Five Tower Hamlets councillors have been threatened with explusion from the Labour Party – and have hit back by asking whether the Labour Party is institutionally racist.

In a Borough where too many residents live in fuel poverty, Mayor Rahman is set to launch an energy co-op which will allow residents to join together and use their buying power to reduce their energy tariffs. Fuel poverty is ...

Emdad Rahman interviews Bishop Adrian Newman of Stepney. Bishop Adrian Newman is the Suffragan Bishop of Stepney. He was an economist before he became Vicar of Wadsley Bridge. He was Rector of St Martin-in-the-Bullring, Birmingham from 1996 to 2004, before being ...

A tougher approach to the way those convicted of dangerous dog offences are treated by the courts is contained in new guidelines from the Sentencing Council published earlier this month.  In recent years, there have been increasing numbers of convictions ...

A school in Stepney is the latest Tower Hamlets secondary to be transformed into a state-of-the-art education facility as part of the council’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Sir John Cass and Red Coat Church of England Secondary ...

In a move which would have had Tony Blair’s spin doctors proud, Tower Hamlets Labour Group threw East London News out

We understand that the confidential part of the Council agenda on 16th May ended in uproar, with the police being called in

Emdad Rahman:  London 2012 Organising Committee Chair Seb Coe has expressed his delight at the quality of field for the forthcoming BT Paralympic World Cup and says the event at Manchester Regional Arena is a “fantastic opportunity” for sports fans ...

Emdad Rahman: The last month or so has seen 20 occupiers setting up camp inMileEndPark. The camp is situated near the Mile End road junction onBurdett Road. Some 20 Occupiers have pitched their tents and are making a stand against ...

Tower Hamlets Council has announced that the result of the by-election in Weavers Ward is: