HE IS BACK. Lutfur Rahman has won a decisive victory in the election for Mayor of Tower Hamlets. He topped the poll with over 31,000 votes – winning his fourth mayoral election. The ringing endorsement from voters came as a ...

IT WAS the opposition that won it for Labour. Rokhsana Fiaz stood down as labour Executive Mayor after two four year terms, and Labour selected Forhad Hussain as their candidate. Forhad, a former Labour Councillor for Plaistow North ward, won ...

HAVERING residents are in for a grim four years. Reform UK has swept away the other parties to take full control of the Council for the next four years. Traditionally Havering has been a Tory borough. Straddling London and south ...

GOT SOMETHING to move? A bit of shopping, some furniture – or even some children? And want to stay green at the same time?  You could be a suitable candidate for Tower Hamlets Council’s new Shared Cargo Bike scheme. Let’s ...

IT’S BAD NEWS for the UK economy – again. Poor old “Rachel from Accounts” keeps trying her best, but as soon as things look like they might be on the right track, something pops up to blow the economy off ...

HOW MUCH screen time should young children enjoy? The Government has now issued new guidance on this topic – and an East London professor’s research has contributed to the findings. Professor Sam Wass, Director of the Institute for the Science ...

REPORTS CAME in on the morning of Saturday, 21st March that missiles had been fired at Diego Garcia – an island in the Indian Ocean which has been home to the controversial UK base for years. Initially, the UK Ministry ...

IT’S A colossal victory for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which has won a landslide victory in the first General Election since the 2024 uprising sent Sheikh Hasina to exile in India and her Awami League party into the political ...

THE TRAIL of destruction Peter Mandelson leaves in his wake is vast. As Labour loyalists – from elected representatives to ordinary party members – queue up to denounce him, the question “what took you so long?” remains unanswered. Mandelson’s transgressions ...

MAYOR LUTFUR RAHMAN has spoken out about the Government’s decision to allow the Chinese Government to build a new mega-embassy on the site of the former Royal Mint, near the Tower of London. The planning application initially came to the ...