Regular East London News contributor Emdad Rahman has been made a Freeman of the City of London. The award was made after the Court of Common Council passed an order for his admission. Emdad attended a short Freedom ceremony at ...

  [Adverts] An interesting night.  Jim Fitzpatrick looked forward to fighting the mayoral campaign with John Biggs.  Rushanara Ali welcomed the election of Naz Shah in Bradford West (though that does not appear to have been formally declared) and Rupa ...

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The director of Geet Ghar shop in Osborn Street, Whitechapel, has been found guilty of possessing thousands of pounds worth of illicit tobacco at Thames Magistrates’ Court. Mohammed Razual Karim pleaded guilty to the charges in court which arose after ...

New arrangements for applying for places in community and school-linked nurseries have been operating this year in Tower Hamlets. Parents have had a common application form, with one closing date – and the Council expects to send out letters to ...

Are we on the brink of another Labour upset? Three weeks ago it seemed self-evident that the borough’s sitting Labour MPs would walk through to victory at the General Election. That was before the election court verdict in the case ...

There were smirks from the Tory benches at the last meeting of the Council as Labour Group Leader Cllr Rachael Saunders referred to Rushnara Ali as the local “MP”, who was working for her “constituents”. It had to be pointed ...

The news that Cllr Rabina Khan will stand in the mayoral election on 11th June, announced at last Thursday’s rally at the Waterlilly, will come as a delight to many voters in Tower Hamlets. As Cabinet Member for Housing (and, ...

Emdad Rahman Many homeless people are deterred from registering to vote because they do not have a fixed postal address, but being homeless is actually not a bar. For decades the plight of those who are homeless has been neglected ...

At the Council meting on Wednesday last week, Tower Hamlets First councillors responded to critics of the Mayor’s decision to reclaim a loan paid by Tower Hamlets Council to the Rich Mix cultural centre a decade and a half ago. ...