FIFTY YEARS AGO we were humming along to the hits of 1976. Some have magnificently stood the test of time; others have not. Join us on Memory Lane as we review them on their golden anniversaries. At this risk of ...

ACT NOW! It’s the week to make sure your name is on the electoral register. You should have received a letter from the Council this week explaining what you need to do. Local Councils are supporting the Voter Registration Week ...

TEN VICTIMS of a money transfer scam saw justice done on 16th September when two men from Hackney were convicted for fraud. The criminals took £5,000 from the tricks they played on their victims. Patrick Mongan, 24, and James Maughan, ...

A MAN DIED in a fire on the 17th floor of a 22-story residential tower block on Saturday 12th September 2026. Now Cllr Maium Talukdar, Deputy Mayor of Tower Hamlets Council, has written to landlord Notting Hill Genesis about a ...

A STRING of physical attacks on Muslim organisations and venues in East London has led to a man being charged with five counts of racially and religiously aggravated criminal damage. The man has been named as Illia Bilyk, 21, of ...

FOR ONE day only, Brick Lane will host the extravaganza that is the Brick Lane Curry Festival. It will be a day of great food, live music, dancing, costumes… and fun for all the family. The Festival will take place ...

The Parliamentary Tiffin Cup used to be described as an award which celebrated culinary diversity. Now George Shaw, Editor of the Good Curry Guide is calling on MPs to revive the Cup to help South Asian restaurants. The Tiffin Cup ...

IT’S SEXUAL HEALTH Awareness Week. Tower Hamlets Council is marking the week by holding an event outside the Town Hall from 10.30am to 4pm on Thursday, 17th September. There will be a testing van outside the Town Hall and you ...

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump makes some pretty outstanding claims – but this one is surely a contender for “claim of the century”. A man called Chris Martz posted a comment on X on 12th September, commenting on the lack of ...

DEPUTY MAYOR Cllr Maium Talukdar took time out of his busy schedule last Saturday to visit a health fair in Launch Street on the Isle of Dogs last Thursday, 10th September. And he joined in what was going on – ...