The last day of July marks the release of Bangistan – an uproarious satire on fundamentalism starring Riteish Deshmukh and Pulkit Samrat as two blundering terrorists. It’s a comic tale with a strong underlying message highlighting the futility of violence, religious divisions ...
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Six Tower Hamlets youngsters are gagging to “Gigs”!
In the shadow of protests from across the music industry at the Government’s “shortsighted” cuts to young people’s music services, London Mayor Boris Johnson is holding his traditional competition to find London Busker of the Year. The competition itself is ...
Read More »Akshay Kumar looks forward to launch of Brothers
Akshay Kumar’s new film, Brothers, launches on 14th August – and the star has been praising the high quality of the stunt work in the film. Brothers used the same expert stunt team as Hollywood film Warriors – who were ...
Read More »Abdal sweeps the board
The Poplar & Limehouse Constituency Labour Party met last Tuesday to choose one candidate – from a long list of 18 – to put on the Labour Party’s ballot paper, from which members will chose who will be the Labour ...
Read More »Thames is a great success
The Tower Hamlets Arts and Music Education Service (THAMES) delivered a fantastic programme of summer events this year. The free music events have not only impressed audiences in Tower Hamlets but the wider East End too. Shoreditch Church hosted the ...
Read More »Is this the way to staunch extremism?
David Cameron summed up his approach to “extremism” in one paragraph of the lengthy statement he made this week: “For all our successes as multi-racial, multi-faith democracy, we have to confront a tragic truth that there are people born and ...
Read More »Live from the Council
The report starts at the bottom of this post: new paragraphs are being added at the top. 20.34 With two minutes left, Cllr Oli Rahman moved that the order of business be changed so the Council could discuss a motion ...
Read More »Police raid in Whitechapel
Armed police have this afternoon (22nd July) raided premises in Whitechapel Road. The premises appeared to be in Court Street, a small cul de sac to the north of Whitechapel Road, near the Tube station. Passers by observed nine armed ...
Read More »Cllr Rabina Khan challenges John Biggs: now stand up for safeguarding!
Cllr Rabina Khan will take the lead at tonight’s meeting of Tower Hamlets Council (22nd July) – the first scheduled Council meeting since John Biggs squeaked to victory in the mayoral election – and call on John Biggs to run ...
Read More »Table tennis stars Paul Drinkhall and James Smith meet their match
Emdad Rahman faces off with both stars at the East Village, Stratford City. The three year anniversary of the London 2012 Olympics is approaching fast. To celebrate the arrival of Ping! London table tennis tables at the East Village – ...
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