THE ONLY fitting response to Cllr Rachael Saunders’s resignation is for John Biggs to follow her example says Cllr Oliur Rahman, Leader of the Opposition, The Independent Group of Tower Hamlets Councillors. “I have been calling for months for Cllr ...

IT WASN’T so much a Council meeting as a Labour Rally in the Town Hall last week – and, once again, the meeting failed to discuss topical motions tabled by opposition councillors. Now Tower Hamlets councillors are going to make ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL has been running courses to train local residents to become champions who will tackle hate crime in the borough. A lucky 13 residents have just begun the latest course, which has been completed by 71 residents to ...

IT IS A FIGHT for survival, as Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation (THYSF) tries to stave off cuts which Tower Hamlets Labour Mayor, John Biggs, is planning to the Council’s trailblazing youth sports service. Youth and community leaders across the ...

Emdad Rahman NOT IN OUR NAME! Not in our city! That was the collective slogan as a group of Muslims and non-Muslims from across London came together to participate in a silent rally at Whitechapel followed by a march to ...

MUMS LED THE way as nursery campaigners went to see the Tower Hamlets Mayor, John Biggs, on Tuesday (15th May) to make the case for Council-run nurseries. Tower Hamlets Council owns and runs three day care nurseries – but the ...

HELP IS AT hand for Tower Hamlets residents who want to stop smoking over Ramadan. The Council began its intensive campaign at the end of last month, hoping to help tobacco users wean themselves off the habit before the holy ...

Emdad Rahman SCINTILLA Cricket Club’s Health and Wellbeing Advisor Rob Dewan has accepted a special commendation from Tower Hamlets Council’s Speaker, Cllr Khales Ahmed, in recognition of his community work. Dewan was recognised for the support he has given to grassroots ...

TOWER HAMLETS Food Growing Network (FGN) has a range of events planned to support the local community over the next few weeks: keep scrolling down to see the full list. First, the FGN is joining forces with controversial “social landlords” ...

JIM FITZPATRICK, Labour MP for the Poplar & Limehouse seat in Tower Hamlets, has at last rebelled against his own party Whip. The MP known in Tory circles as “Dim Jim” voted against having a General Election on 8th June ...