Muhammad Talha TO ADDRESS KNIFE CRIME on the Isle of Dogs and in the Borough of Tower Hamlets, volunteers at the Docklands Community Initiative (DCI) have formed a coalition to shed light on the horrendous impact this form of crime ...
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Mayor Rahman’s new broom sweeps away Cabinet cobwebs
THIS MAYOR MEANS BUSINESS. So much was clear from the second Cabinet meeting of Directly Elected Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s third Administration. Throughout the meeting, Mayor Rahman and the Aspire Cabinet made reference after reference to what support the residents of ...
Read More »All’s well – till Labour loses the plot
LONDON BANGLA COMMENT: A spirit of constructive governing broke out at Tower Hamlets Council on 27th July 2022 – the first scheduled full Council meeting since the election (the AGM in May dealt only with formalities). It was so different ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets Speaker becomes a Dementia Friend
Muhammad Talha CLLR SHAFI AHMED, the Speaker of Tower Hamlets Council, has completed training to become a Dementia Friend: a person who learns about dementia so they can help their community. Too many people affected by dementia feel that society fails ...
Read More »Have your say on a local Good Food Plan
Emdad Rahman WANT TO HELP make nutritious, affordable and environmentally friendly food available to everyone in Barking & Dagenham? Company Drinks are thrilled to be working with the Council, Sustain and local residents on a research project to help develop ...
Read More »LEA celebrates Somali Day
Muhi Mikdad STUDENTS AT the London Enterprise Academy (LEA) led a celebration of Somalia last Thursday, 23rd June ahead of Somalia’s Independence Day on the 26th. Students shared the beauty of Somalia and Somaliland in front of a packed hall ...
Read More »UK tourist finds historical error at Palace of Versailles
Emdad Rahman RUHUL AMIN from Barking & Dagenham caused quite an international stir during a recent visit to France for a short family break. The-eagle eyed Longbridge Ward resident was on a family visit to the Château de Versailles and ...
Read More »1000 bag milestone for Little Litter League
THE LITTLE LITTER LEAGUE began as a social action movement after local resident Emdad Rahman engaged in a Twitter exchange with Barking & Dagenham Council Leader Darren Rodwell and Deputies Saima Ashraf and Dominic Twomey. While out exercising, Emdad was ...
Read More »Aspire launches campaign to save D7 bus route
IT’S OUT OF the Town Hall and back into the community for newly elected Aspire councillors in Tower Hamlets as, together with party activists, they have been trying to save the D7 bus from the Tory/Labour chop. During lockdown, the ...
Read More »Eid soup kitchen is a hit in Newham
Muhammad Talha TO CELEBRATE the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the long weekend, Just Smiles Original teamed up with Inades NGO and the Docklands Community Initiative to organise a soup kitchen and food hub. The coalition ...
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