A case study of the Holland Estate and why top down approaches to urban planning can only ever offer partial, skewed and arguably irrational solutions to London’s housing crisis. By Dr Alex Rhys-Taylor For the past two years the residents of ...

Emdad Rahman A 700-strong audience was thoroughly entertained at a cultural gala organised by the Community Languages Service of Tower Hamlets and which paid tribute to community languages and the variety of cultures across Tower Hamlets. Under the able leadership of Mr Showkat Khan, Service Manager of the Community ...

Labour’s John Biggs promised that he would be accountable to his electors and he’s making a start by coming out from the Town Hall to meet the public at sessions he has called the “Mayoral Assembly”. The Assembly is timed ...

John “two jobs” Biggs has issued no official statement on the Council’s “employment day” held in Bethnal Green last month. He seems to have delegated the commenting to Cllr Joshua Peck, Cabinet Member for Work and Economic Growth, who said: ...

The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) was delighted to see thousands of people around the UK take part in its “Visit My Mosque” initiative on Sunday, 7th February. This was the second year that the MCB had organised the national ...

At one minute past 7pm on Friday, 9th February 1996 a massive boom swirled round the Isle of Dogs – a noise few residents had heard before. Residents felt their blocks sway. Looking out the window, residents saw a swirl ...

The 2012 Olympics held in East London were supposed to leave a legacy for Londoners who shelled out on developing the Stratford site where the Games were held. East Londoners were hoping that the Athletes Village would, after minor conversion, ...

John “two jobs” Biggs has taken time out of his busy schedule juggling with two full-time jobs to steer through a new contract for advertising in some of the borough’s bus shelters. Beijing may have nine million bicycles, but Tower ...

David Cameron has announced that Muslim men and women who come to the UK on a five year spousal visa to join their wife or husband will, half way through the visa, have to prove that their English is improving ...

If you are one of the thousands who have made New Year’s Resolutions about your health – but you don’t want to be one of the thousands who have broken them by the end of January – here’s some information ...