IT’S A partnership which has stood the test of time. Tower Hamlets Council and developers the Canary Wharf Group came together as long ago as 1990 to establish the Tower Hamlets and Canary Wharf Further Education Trust. They’ve been working ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council is overflowing with news about the achievements of its CCTV system. There has been a great deal of investment to improve the hardware (and the operators), and it seems that is now paying dividends. The latest news ...

WHERE IS Balasankar Narayanan? The 46 year old absconded while on escorted leave from a care facility in Ilford, and police are trying to find him. Mr Narayana was last seen at 2pm on Thursday, 3rd September. He was with ...

IT’S A NIGHTMARE. We have so much on our phones these days and we use them so often. Sadly, we know that mobiles are all too often stolen – often by organised gangs who make a quick getaway. That’s where ...

ANDY BURNHAM: are you listening? While the new Prime Minister takes some modest steps towards mitigating the worst effects of the cost of living, Mayor Lutfur Rahman is striding forward in Tower Hamlets. Tower Hamlets is a borough of extremes: ...

IF YOU HAVE a child in Year 6 (the last year of primary school) and you would like that child to go to a secondary school in Tower Hamlets next year, it is time to apply for a place. A ...

WHAT DO you like? What is missing? What could be done better? These are the questions Tower Hamlets Council is asking residents in a survey which closes at 5pm on Friday, 28th August. The survey takes just five minutes to ...

THE COMMUNITY laundry on the Boundary Estate in North West Tower Hamlets has been there for years. The laundrette has been experiencing financial problems, but Tower Hamlets Council has just announced that it has found a way to secure the ...

SAVE THE DATE: 20th September 2026. Having returned in 2025 after a nine-year hiatus, the Brick Lane Curry Festival is back again this year. The event returned as part of the Mayor’s work to improve community cohesion – work which ...

Cllr Maium Talukdar praised the Nari Centre – a new women’s centre for women in Tower Hamlets – after they held the Centre’s first Summer Fest. Tower Hamlets Council has given its Cabinet members very long job titles, and Cllr ...