THE TOWER HAMLETS Council Cabinet met on Wednesday, 7th January – in what was probably the warmest room in the Town Hall.  The meeting had a single main item on the agenda: the budget for 2026/27 – but it began ...

CHECK THE fridge! Have you bought coarse farmhouse, coarse Ardennes or smooth chicken liver pate from Tesco? These products have been labelled with the wrong “use-by” date and they may be unsafe to eat. Tesco has recalled the pate and ...

WHILE THE Labour Government was making life harder for migrants by taking their mobile phones away, Tower Hamlets Council was recognising the achievements of sanctuary seekers who have been improving their education and making the most of volunteering opportunities. The ...

AS PART OF the Labour Government’s campaign to crack down on migrants, Keir Starmer has given “border authorities” the power to seize phones from “illegal migrants”. Bet Farage didn’t think of that one. The Government’s thinking is that migrants’ phones ...

IT WAS back in 1997 that the new Labour Government capped class sizes for children aged 5-7 to just 30 pupils. That achievement has endured – and class sizes across England are below that magic number. But the bare numbers ...

BEFORE WE look forward to 2026, let’s take a moment to look back at what was happening in Tower Hamlets in 2025. What was the Council up to? What were its memorable moments? Here’s the highlights of the first six ...

Emdad Rahman The Shahjalal Jamia Islamia School & College (SJISC) Alumni Association UK proudly marks a historic moment with the formation of its first ever Advisory Council and the successful completion of the Executive Council Election 2025; two landmark developments ...

By Emdad Rahman History and heritage took centre stage in East London as the Kakardia Teradal Alipur Welfare Trust UK unveiled its landmark publication, Phinick-1. The book, a meticulous chronicle of 400 years of Kakardia village’s history and traditions, was ...

THE STARMER Government is planning to reduce public expenditure by cutting welfare benefits and restricting the number of people who can apply or them. This has come as a surprise to quite a number of Labour MPs, and some members, ...

Emdad Rahman The Tara Tari restaurant hosted the newly formed Thames Titans Cricket Club, and with it, a newly formed badminton club set to host both local and national tournaments. Under the rallying ethos One Team, One Dream!, the dual sport ...