JIM FITZPATRICK has pledged to help a local campaign which is trying to stop government funding of Tower Hamlets schools being slashed. The outgoing MP, who is Labour’s candidate for Poplar & Limehouse in the coming General Election, was speaking this ...

Emdad Rahman SCINTILLA Cricket Club’s Health and Wellbeing Advisor Rob Dewan has accepted a special commendation from Tower Hamlets Council’s Speaker, Cllr Khales Ahmed, in recognition of his community work. Dewan was recognised for the support he has given to grassroots ...

TOWER HAMLETS Food Growing Network (FGN) has a range of events planned to support the local community over the next few weeks: keep scrolling down to see the full list. First, the FGN is joining forces with controversial “social landlords” ...

THERESA MAY’S “cut and run” election has been exposed as a desperate gamble based on self-preservation rather than a move which can strengthen the UK’s hand in Brexit negotiations. The Prime Minister had claimed she had decided to hold a ...

JIM FITZPATRICK, Labour MP for the Poplar & Limehouse seat in Tower Hamlets, has at last rebelled against his own party Whip. The MP known in Tory circles as “Dim Jim” voted against having a General Election on 8th June ...

THE GENERAL ELECTION was a surprise – and it’s bound to lead to a few more surprising utterances and events. Straight out of the stalls is John Woodcock, Labour MP for Barrow and Furness in Cumbria – who seems to ...

WHAT DO  YOU DO when you find someone’s building a new block of flats in the middle of your estate? Or when you look round your community and wonder what the kids will be up to this summer? For many Tower ...

Barking FC -v- Sporting Bengal Utd Emdad Rahman ON 15TH APRIL, Mayesbrook Park will host Essex champions Barking FC in their clash with Sporting Bengal United in the Essex Senior League. The home game will see Barking, who are promoted ...

TOWER HAMLETS now has more people living in the private rented sector than in any other kind of housing. It’s not surprising, then, that John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has decided to launch a major initiative designed to improve conditions ...

Md Ismael THE EAST HAM Conservative Club was the venue as Scintilla Cricket Club held its tenth birthday amidst much fanfare and celebration.  The Barking & Dagenham and Dagenham Club started its illustrious journey from humble roots when, in 2006, ...