Cllr Ohid Ahmed won an unprecedented victory at the Council meeting on 17th January, when the ruling Labour Group of Councillors not only allowed him to move a motion – but actually supported it! While local historians thumb through the ...

NOMINATIONS FOR THE first Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards (ARTA) opened last week at the House of Lords, with various dignitaries, many of Asian heritage, present to show their support. The launch was hosted by former Tower Hamlets councillor – ...

HISTORY WAS MADE at the meeting of Tower Hamlets Council last night, 17th January. No one was sure if this was the very first opposition motion which Labour had agreed to debate at a Council meeting – but the debate ...

WHAT HAPPENS if Brexit sees tens of thousands of financial sector jobs disappear from East London? That was the question rippling through East London, as politicians wondered if the Colman’s closure would be repeated in the capital. Yesterday Colman’s, manufacturers ...

INDEPENDENT GROUP Councillor Ohid Ahmed has called on Tower Hamlets Council to create a “Tower Hamlets Acid Register”, to be used on a voluntary basis by local retailers who sell corrosive substances. Cllr Ahmed says that a voluntary register would ...

Emdad Rahman TOWER HAMLETS Councillor Mahbub Alam joined the local Muslim community in Long Melford, Suffolk, to engage in a short discussion on Remembrance Day. The event was hosted by Razak Amin (Shahid).  The group also went out with the ...

THE MILE END Community Alcohol Partnership (CAP) has won a national award for its work tackling underage drinking. The award was presented to Vincent Fajilagmago, a Tower Hamlets Council Licensing Officer, by Derek Lewis, Chair of the national CAPs, at ...

Cllr Rabina Khan’s speech to BNP Paribas Diversity Conference, October 2017. First, I would like to thank Anne and Connor for organising an event on behalf of BNP Paribas to recognise how important diversity is, both in Britain and globally.  ...

Rabina Khan addresses BNP/Paribas Diversity Week TOWER HAMLETS Councillor Rabina Khan was chosen to give a major speech at the BNP/Paribas Diversity Week – which this year has extended to nearly two weeks and four countries. The annual Diversity Week ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL has announced that there will be two snap exhibitions this week where the public can see the most up to date plans for the new Town Hall in Whitechapel. This is the last chance to see the ...