“VIVA VIVA PALESTINA – the hope and the horror” is the umbrella title of a series of events taking place at the Rich Mix Centre in Tower Hamlets during the month of November, organised by the Viva Viva Palestina Collective. ...
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Is it pay peace for Tube travellers?
TUBE WORKERS who are members of the Aslef trade union were due to go on strike on Thursday in their battle for better. That action has now been suspended because Transport for London (TfL) has come up with a better ...
Read More »Is Starmer about to do his own “Windrush”?
MIGRANTS BEWARE! Keir Starmer’s Government is about to make an administrative error which could accidentally remove the rights of settled migrants in the UK – dwarfing the consequences of the “Windrush” fiasco. Most migrants in the UK have a Biometric ...
Read More »Selling our health data: so wrong
Boris had his parties at no. 10; Cameron his parties back at university; and Starmer had a bottle of beer in an MP’s office. But now there’s a new scandal brewing: and it’s to do with your personal health information. ...
Read More »Welcome to Islamophobia Awareness Month!
England cricketer Moeen Ali is the ambassador and “Seeds of Change” is the slogan for this year’s Islamophobia Awareness Month, which runs through the month of November. The month began back in 2012, at an event in the London Muslim ...
Read More »New clue in hunt for Ilford murderer
JASON DIALLO – described by his family as a devoted father of two who had the softest heart – was murdered in Balfour Road, Ilford four years ago in what police believe was un unprovoked, violent attack. There was a ...
Read More »Labour budget: is it austerity by the back door?
LABOUR’S BUDGET, delivered by Chancellor Rachel Reeves but clearly endorsed by Keir Starmer, has divided economists and journalists alike. It’s also divided the three Tower Hamlets MPs. ●Poplar & Limehouse MP Apsana Begum took a balanced view – welcoming some ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets: London’s riskiest fireworks borough
FIREWORKS come out at Hallowe’en, at Diwali and on bonfire night: and in Tower Hamlets, that means a concentrated period of fire-related calls coming through to Fire Service control centres. A total of 685 emergency calls from Tower Hamlets have ...
Read More »Teen convicted of mistaken ID gangland murder
LIANNE GORDON did not deserve to die. She was sheltering behind the front door of her home in Vine Road, Hackney E5 when she was shot by a 17 year old teenager – who was part of a gang dispute. ...
Read More »Create celebrates: 40 years and counting
Cllr Gulam Choudhury, Cabinet member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, has congratulated the Create Community Hub as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. Create was born as the Coborn Opportunities Project on 14th October 1984. The London Dockland Development Corporation ...
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