Tower Hamlets Council could scrap its weekly East End Life publication which has previously come under fire for its high cost to tax payers.

The biggest teachers meeting in Tower Hamlets for more than 35 years last week unanimously voted to ballot all NUT union members in the east London borough for strikes against cuts.

Nahimul Islam, 15, from Wapping won the young mayoral election with 2,004 votes.

Tower Hamlets Homes Decent Homes programme in Lister and Pauline Houses has been riddled with delays, multiple changes of sub-contractors

JP Morgan, one of the world's biggest banks has acquired 25 Bank Street in Canary Wharf from the Canary Wharf Group.

Lutfur Rahman, the Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets joined Independent Columnist Yasmin Alibhai Brown to address participants at a special Leadership dinner.

Cllr Marc Francis sent an email to Labour Group Leader Cllr Abbas expressing his discontent at the management of Labour Group.

"We are working very long hours to keep things running and would be glad if cross party colleagues were willing to share the work in Cabinet." - Mayor Lutfur Rahman

The By-election in Spitalfields and Banglatown triggered by Lutfur Rahman’s election as Mayor will be held on the 16th of December.

Lutfur Rahman, the executive mayor of Tower Hamlets, said the Olympic organisers had acted unlawfully and Failed!