Mike Phipps of Iraq Occupation Focus: So, in 2011 the last US troops finally left Iraq? Well, not quite. Combat troops may have gone, but private military contractors remain in their thousands. The US will spend nearly $1bn in 2012 ...

Over the past two weeks, the media has painted a false and exaggerated picture of Luton as a town

Tower Hamlets Council models itself on the Mother of Parliaments.

London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone spent a day in Tower Hamlets on 23rd January meeting

A Bangladeshi man is being hailed a hero after his actions and quick thinking helped prevent serious

Arrests were made and one man was hospitalised after a fight broke out between a small group of EDL supporters and local men close to the East London Mosque on Saturday, 14th January. Metropolitan Police were alerted at around 5pm ...

In May 2010, the people of Tower Hamlets voted in a referendum to introduce a directly elected Mayor

It's the second instalment of Chelsea v Liverpool tonight

More than 12,000 people have signed the e-petition urging the UK government to stop the extradition of British detainee Babar Ahmad to the U.S and put him on trial in the U.K instead. It is currently the highest ranked e-petition ...

Tower Hamlets started the month with a crackdown on street drinking. For two weeks