RESEARCH INTO how controversial Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) are going down with Londoners shows a strong desire for consultation over new LTNs – real consultation and working up the detail together, not just imposition of schemes dreamed up in Town ...

WHAT A RARE EVENT! It’s not often that a real life World Cup comes to East London – but on Sunday, 16th January the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup came to Tower Hamlets. The Cup, which is currently held ...

FIFTY YEARS since Bangabandhu visited the UK and held a press conference at Claridge’s Hotel, London, a press conference has again been held to mark the anniversary. The original press conference was held on 8th January, 1972. BangaBondhu – the ...

KNIFE CRIME – and the closely related issue of drug trafficking – has been a concern throughout Tower Hamlets, but especially on the Isle of Dogs, where a number of violent incidents took place last year. The Island Network has ...

NHS USERS in Tower Hamlets have a new Public Governor representing them on the East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT). Rofikul Islam was elected by registered members of the Trust and is one of three Governors who represent Tower Hamlets. ...

BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT Zoinul Abidin, Head of Universal Services for the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, has been recognised for his sensational efforts in the field of community development. Zoinul has been recognised by Her Majesty the Queen and ...

IT IS OFFICIAL: children whose parents or carers smoke are more likely to take up smoking themselves, as teenagers or even in later life. That’s another good reason to start the New Year by stopping smoking. Non-smokers will often describe ...

Emdad Rahman Civil rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who worked with Dr Martin Luther King in the 1960s, has paid a visit to the East End, where he spent an afternoon with teachers, students and parents at the London ...

Muhi Mikdad TOWER BRIDGE, that iconic symbol of East London, turned red and green last Thursday, 16th December. The bridge was lit up in the colours of the Bangladeshi flag to mark the 50th anniversary of “Victory Day” in the ...

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE have today announced the latest step they are taking in their plan to rebuild public trust in the capital’s law enforcement body – which was shattered after the murder of Sarah Everard in March this year. It ...