This is not the best of The Times: this is the worst of The Times. It is relentless. Top story on the website of The Times in the early hours of 20th August was the barbaric and brutal murder of ...
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East End Homes in meltdown
There’s an old saying in cynics’ circles: if voting could change anything, they’d abolish it. Resident activists sometimes have a little joke about that and say to ourselves: “if tenants could change anything, they’d abolish us”. At least, we thought it ...
Read More »Get fit under open skies
As the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow proved to be a blistering success with England’s haul of medals pushing past 100, be inspired to get fit and push yourself to the limit with a new outdoor gym in Tower Hamlets. ...
Read More »Boris betters Biggs
We were all surprised earlier this year when Labour’s John Biggs declared his intention to carry on as a GLA Councillor for City and East London (the City, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham) while also serving as Mayor of ...
Read More »Police honour fallen officers
Operation Valour is a project commemorating the police officers from K Division (what is now Newham, Tower Hamlets, Redbridge and Barking & Dagenham boroughs) who enlisted in the armed forces during the First World War and were subsequently killed in ...
Read More »Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose…
The Council meeting on Wednesday, 30th July was the first proper meeting since the May elections (the meeting on 11th June was concerned only with AGM business). There were a number of new councillors present at their first proper meeting ...
Read More »Looking back with local artist Dan Jones
A retrospective exhibition of artist Dan Jones’s work spanning more than 40 years has opened at Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives. The exhibition features over 50 of Dan’s paintings and posters reflecting East End life and history, with ...
Read More »Slumming it: Tory Lady ventures into East End
Since the Tories headed up the Coalition after the 2010 General Election, they have been making cuts in public spending and presiding over austerity measures which have made life harder for ordinary Eastenders. Government attacks such as the bedroom tax ...
Read More »It’s East End Shhhhhh!
It’s hard to keep a secret in Tower Hamlets – so all credit to East End Homes for keeping the outcome of their meeting last week totally under wraps. By way of context, you should know that when Labour Councillors ...
Read More »Police honour fallen officers
Operation Valour is a project commemorating the police officers from K Division (what is now Newham, Tower Hamlets, Redbridge and Barking & Dagenham boroughs) who enlisted in the armed forces during the First World War and were subsequently killed in ...
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