A SET of five motions coming to next Wednesday’s Council meeting as the Independent Group of councillors puts forward a strategy to make the Borough a safer place. When he was Deputy Mayor, Cllr Ohid had a special brief for ...

PUPILS AT Manorfield primary school in Tower Hamlets launched their edible playground last week. No – they’re not down on their knees gnawing at the tarmac. The pupils are growing fruit and veg – and scoffing it when it’s ready for ...

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 ...

A CRANE collapsed onto a house in Crewe, Cheshire – leaving two men dead and three people in hospital. The incident occurred at approximately 4.30pm as the crane was working on a new housing estate near the Bombardier manufacturing site. ...

TOWER HAMLETS PATH Councillors have launched a petition calling on Labour’s Executive Mayor, John Biggs, to undertake a number of measures to improve fire safety in the Borough. Already the petition is gathering support at a rate of knot, with ...

TOWER HAMLETS Independent Group of Councillors has marked the Queen’s Speech by sending an Open Letter to the two Labour MPs in Tower Hamlets – Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar & Limehouse) and Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green & Bow), The Letter deals ...

LONDON’S SMALL BUSINESSES are increasingly being targeted by online criminals who are trying to exploit weaknesses in their IT systems. Now the Metropolitan Police are trying to help those businesses protect themselves. The London Mayor and Metropolitan Police set up ...

ISLE OF DOGS Independent Councillor Maium Miah has spent the last few days chasing landlords to provide answers on tower block safety – starting with One Housing Group, the controversial landlord which owns and manages a number of tower blocks  the ...

THERESA MAY is still facing a barrage of criticism for the Government’s failure to act promptly as the fire broke out and in its immediate aftermath – and for its role in causing it. On Saturday, as estimates of the ...

THE LATEST estimate of the number of fatalities in the Grenfell Tower fire is between 58 and 70. Londoners will feel that even 58 deaths is 58 too many – but there must be some relief that the eventual figure ...