The Government’s own figures show that homelessness in London has risen for the fourth year running – that’s since the Coalition first took office. A record 29,152 households have declared themselves homeless this year – a 10% increase on last ...

Students at Bow School have praised their new surroundings after moving into their £30million new building. Tower Hamlets Council partnered with developer Bouygues UK to deliver the state-of-the-art new school at Bow Lock on time and on budget. The completion ...

Roman Road will host its inaugural cultural extravaganza next week – the highest-profile activity to be supported by a new Tower Hamlets Council initiative which puts power in the hands of residents. The Roman Road Festival will showcase heritage, entertainment ...

Tower Hamlets Council and police are continuing the fight against drugs in the borough, this month seizing cannabis with a street value of £5,000 in a raid in Stepney. The drugs were discovered when Partnership Task Force (PTF) officers entered ...

England captain Steven Gerrard may boast a £3.9m mansion but it’s a far cry from the modest home he grew up in on a tough council estate in Liverpool. Gerrards Lane in Merseyside and Gerrard Street in London may both ...

The Coalition Government is trying to run down social housing in favour of using public money to subsidise private renting deals – keeping house prices high enough to avoid another immediate recession. They have put all sorts of restrictions on ...

We all know the old joke about doctors having poor handwriting: but it’s come to something when confused communication spreads across the whole NHS – and then jumps the species barrier from handwritten to computer generated copy, as is the ...

Young people who are not in education, employment or training can benefit from some expert advice this week on Thursday (26th June) as businesses and organisations come together for the “MyFuture” careers event. Why the event has been branded “MyFuture” ...

There is some tension between London’s Tory mayor Boris Johnson and the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA), which has oversight of how the London Fire Brigade is run. Boris collects the money that funds the fire service: as ...

As the weather heats up, so too does festival season in Tower Hamlets – and this year promises to be a scorcher with the Boishakhi Mela in Victoria Park on Sunday, 22nd June. The Boishakhi Mela is the largest Bengali ...