THERE ARE seven outdoor gyms in Tower Hamlets – and they are waiting for residents to dash out between the April showers and have a quick work-out on your own, with friends, or during one of the coaching sessions available. ...

BEFORE YOU wonder why Executive Mayor John Biggs is giving Cubitt Town Library a telling off… worry not – this is a genuine exercise in renewing the flooring. So that the work can be done, the library will be closed ...

DAYS AFTER Independent Group councillor Ohid Ahmed called for Tower Hamlets mayor to set up a voluntary register of retailers to log sales of corrosive liquids, a group of national retailers have come to a voluntary agreement to curb sales ...

Emdad Rahman The local football community turned out in force as Whitechapel-based Chattak FC held a victory reception at The Atrium, Brick Lane to commemorate their fairytale success in the 2017 Greater Sylhet Cup.  The evening started with a film ...

THE STORY of the five year old child who was fined by Tower Hamlets Council for running a lemonade stall outside her home has gone around the world. The little girl set up her stall on the route taken by people going from the ...

RESIDENTS ON the east side of the Isle of Dogs were shocked last week to hear what seemed to be a loud explosion in the early hours of Friday morning. Fortunately, the noise was quickly traced to a parked car, ...

IT WASN’T so much a Council meeting as a Labour Rally in the Town Hall last week – and, once again, the meeting failed to discuss topical motions tabled by opposition councillors. Now Tower Hamlets councillors are going to make ...

SUPPORTERS OF the Tower Hamlets Youth Sports Foundation (THYSF) will be lobbying the Council tonight to protest against a lack of funding for this organisation – and its extensive programme of sport enjoyed by young people across the borough. The ...

THE RISING SMOKE could be seen across East London this afternoon, raising fears that history was repeating itself and another high rise building was on fire. Fortunately, it quickly transpired that although a tall block of flats was indeed ablaze, ...

COUNCILLOR MAIUM MIAH is in the news again as he once more issues a call for the safety of his Canary Wharf Ward constituents to be taken seriously. The Councillor has launched a public petition calling for the Council to ...