Have your say in our poll to name Tower Hamlets’ favourite hospitality venue in three categories – cafe, pub and restaurant. Last month, this newspaper asked for your nominations of great venues in time for National... Read more »
A cargo bike sharing scheme is being launched to help Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets residents and businesses carry heavy goods around more sustainably. Eight new electrically assisted cargo bikes will be available to... Read more »
Major planning decisions continued to be made by Tower Hamlets Council during the pandemic, some controversial. Here are a few examples of the developments approved by the town hall as it had to carry on “business as usual” during... Read more »
Squads of volunteers are planning to clean up parks and neighbourhoods in the East End which are regularly strewn with litter. The CleanupUK national anti-litter charity is looking for helpers to set up a Tower... Read more »
A 50-year-old man who was killed in a suspected homophobic attack in East London has been named and pictured for the first time. Ranjith Kakanamalage, also known as Roy, was a gay... Read more »
More children are becoming eligible for free school meals in the East End than almost anywhere in the country, latest government figures show. Percentages have risen dramatically during the Covid crisis, Department for Education (DfE) statistics for... Read more »
In my last column I wrote about my Mayor’s Covid Recovery Fund, a £3m investment that we’re putting into projects across Tower Hamlets to help kickstart our community’s recovery from the pandemic.... Read more »
The mayor of Tower Hamlets assisted street cleaners in a bid to get businesses in the East End bouncing back after months of lockdown. John Biggs was out with council sweepers and volunteers in Shoreditch... Read more »
A murder investigation is underway after a man was found with a fatal head injury in Tower Hamlets. Emergency services were called to Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, in Southern Grove, at 7am... Read more »
Labour got a shock tonight as it lost a ‘safe’ seat on Tower Hamlets Council in a by-election overwhelmingly won by Aspire party activist Kabir Ahmed. He stormed home taking Bethnal Green’s Weavers ward with 1,204... Read more »
