RESIDENTS ON the east side of the Isle of Dogs were shocked last week to hear what seemed to be a loud explosion in the early hours of Friday morning. Fortunately, the noise was quickly traced to a parked car, ...

IT WASN’T so much a Council meeting as a Labour Rally in the Town Hall last week – and, once again, the meeting failed to discuss topical motions tabled by opposition councillors. Now Tower Hamlets councillors are going to make ...

SUPPORTERS OF the Tower Hamlets Youth Sports Foundation (THYSF) will be lobbying the Council tonight to protest against a lack of funding for this organisation – and its extensive programme of sport enjoyed by young people across the borough. The ...

THE RISING SMOKE could be seen across East London this afternoon, raising fears that history was repeating itself and another high rise building was on fire. Fortunately, it quickly transpired that although a tall block of flats was indeed ablaze, ...

COUNCILLOR MAIUM MIAH is in the news again as he once more issues a call for the safety of his Canary Wharf Ward constituents to be taken seriously. The Councillor has launched a public petition calling for the Council to ...

A FIRE BROKE OUT late on Sunday night in a flat in a block on Cassilis Road – in the Canary Wharf Ward on the Isle of Dogs. Ward Councillor Maium Miah (Independent) was immediately on the scene. Cllr Miah immediately ...

TOWER HAMLETS Independent Group of Councillors has marked the Queen’s Speech by sending an Open Letter to the two Labour MPs in Tower Hamlets – Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar & Limehouse) and Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green & Bow), The Letter deals ...

Intense traffic made us rather late for tonight’s Council meeting, but here we are –  bringing you the news, the jokes and the intrigue. Tonight’s meeting began with public petitions. First we heard from Mr Dulal Uddin of Poplar High ...

Of course many political commentators have dismissed UKIP as a Party which is just too old fashioned for the modern day voter. The world has moved on, they say – but still UKIP harks back to the glory days when ...

The counting of the councillor elections began a bit after the mayoral result was declared: maybe around 2am or so.  LBTH is publishing detailed ward results on http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=22&V=1&RPID=3009658 and there is no need for us to repeat them here. The ...