IT IS 90 years since trade union and anti-fascist activists chased members of the British Union of Fascists off the streets of Shadwell – uniting under the slogan “They shall not pass”. Mayor Lutfur Rahman marked the day by joining ...

CLLR MAIUM TALUKDAR, Deputy Mayor of Tower Hamlets, was joined by councillor colleagues outside the Town Hall as he led calls to remember the message “they shall not pass”. Aspire councillor colleagues joining the Deputy Mayor included Cllr Bodrul Choudhury ...

IT’S OFFICIAL! Construction has begun on the Council’s HAP Regeneration Scheme in Stepney Green. HAP is the regeneration of Harriott, Apsley and Pattison Houses – hence the name. Mayor Lutfur Rahman and Cllr Saied Ahmed, Cabinet Member for Homebuilding and ...

IT WAS all smiles as teams took part in a tournament for the Mayor’s Cricket Cup over August and September. It wasn’t so much “Cup” as “Cups”, as six winners proudly took home their trophies. Mayor Lutfur Rahman voiced his ...

WATER SAFETY is not a frivolous issue. Water can kill – and sometimes it does, and sometimes it does it here, very close to home. Mayor Lutfur Rahman is all too aware of that – and determined to do all ...

IT WAS THE third Tower Hamlets Education Awards; it brought together 900 guests; and it recognised a wide range of achievement across Tower Hamlets by school and college students. Mayor Lutfur Rahman congratulated the winners and explained the reason for ...

THANKS TO all the community organisations around Tower Hamlets which ran holiday clubs for children and young people around the Borough was the message from Deputy Mayor Cllr Maium Talukdar. The Deputy Mayor was addressing a celebration last week which ...

ONE OF the most popular football competitions in Tower Hamlets is taking place over the weekends of 19th/20th and 26th/27th September 2026. It’s an extravaganza of exciting football playing – and a little dose of competition. It’s a little hard ...

THE MAYOR led politicians, the police and council workers on a Day of Action against drugs last week. The team had a van and posters outside the Town Hall and workers spread out around the vicinity to help where they ...

HUNDREDS OF families in Tower Hamlets will welcome the news that the Council has submitted five planning applications to build new homes – another step forward in the “Mayor’s Accelerated Housing Programme”. Mayor Lutfur Rahman is pleased with this achievement. ...