HOW DO we see our future? Local politicians and faith-based communities have a great deal in common when it comes to answering that question – as they found out at the recent Faith in Environment Summit 2024. The Summit was ...
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Council offers utility help to local businesses
IT’S NOT just pensioners who need help with fuel costs and other bills. Tower Hamlets relies on local small businesses to provide local jobs and to sell us the goods and services we need. And climbing costs are not helping ...
Read More »Police seek witnesses after collision kills OAP
AN 81 year old man died on 6th December from injuries sustained in an accident on Beauly Way, Romford, just before 5pm on Tuesday, 3rd December. He was hit by a car. The pensioner had received treatment at the scene ...
Read More »Mayor Rahman praises young achievers
YOUNG PEOPLE in Tower Hamlets are unstoppable. All too often we hear about the problems young people cause – but on 5th December Tower Hamlets Council celebrated what the borough’s engaged youth community has achieved. The achievement was marked at ...
Read More »Metal found in MadeGood Granola Bars
BRAND Organic have recalled some of their MadeGood Granola bars because they contain pieces of metal and are therefore not safe to eat. The products involved in the recall are: •Chocolate Chip Organic, 6x24g, best before 30.05.25, 31.05.25, 18.11.25 •Mixed ...
Read More »Argument leads to attempted murder
IT ALL WENT wrong when Isakov Akhmad, 42, and Firuz Raupov, also in his 40s, had an argument. The two had shared a house in Thorogood Gardens, Stratford, E15. The argument began in the early hours of Sunday, 9th June. ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets 2024: bloomin’ marvellous
IT WAS ALL bloomin’ marvellous at the annual Tower Hamlets in Blooom awards 2024, as residents flocked to ceremony to see individual residents and community groups recognised for their horticultural skills. Gardeners help to make the borough a brighter and ...
Read More »Peanut allergy? Seriously: avoid mustard
A NEW and serious reminder to people who have a peanut allergy comes from the Food Standards Agency (FSA): keep avoiding food which list mustard as an ingredient. It was way back on 20th September when the FSA first warned ...
Read More »Police urge public to be vigilant over Xmas
BE VIGILANT if you are out and about over the Christmas period – that’s the message coming from the Met Police as the festive season begins. If you are out shopping or at events such as shopping or Christmas-related festivities, ...
Read More »Councillors back resident objections on China embassy
SAFETY FOR residents and visitors; respect for our heritage; police resources; and road safety were the key concerns of councillors who rejected, for the second time, a planning application to build a new Chinese embassy at Tower Hill. The issue ...
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