POLICE are trying to find two men in connection with a sexual assault which occurred on an Elizabeth Line Tube train at around 11pm on Saturday, 6th June just after a train left Whitechapel station. The incident began when a ...
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Mayor Lutfur Rahman stands up for private renters
THE MAYOR of Tower Hamlets is well known for prioritising social housing – but he cares strongly about the conditions that private renters face too. After Tower Hamlets Council prosecuted three rogue private landlords, the Mayor said, “Every resident deserves ...
Read More »Honeycomb Blast Choc Bar recalled
A FAVOURITE chocolate treat has been recalled because it contains milk, but this ingredient has not been declared on the label. The product, Honeycomb Blast Choc Bar, has been recalled by Buttermilk Confections. Milk allergies can be very serious – ...
Read More »What’s your council up to this week?
Most Council meetings are open to the public. Going along and seeing your councillors perform is a good way to keep an eye on them and learn about what’s going on. Tower Hamlets Monday 15th June, 5.00pm: Health & Wellbeing ...
Read More »Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago – 1976-8
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. Fifty years ago the ...
Read More »Labour gets down to work in Redbridge
LABOUR IS running Redbridge Council. They have an overall majority on the Council – 43 out of 73 councillors. The opposition is led by the Redbridge Independents (nine seats), the Green Party and the Conservative Party (five seats each) and ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets Leisure Centre staff on strike
WHAT is going on at the Be Well Centres in Tower Hamlets? Management of the leisure centres came in-house in 2024, and the service has certainly improved. But Unite says their members’ jobs are not being well at all. Unite, ...
Read More »Dalston pineapple soda recalled as cans collapse
DALSTON SODA Company has recalled its pineapple soda drink as the cans may break apart unexpectedly. This could leave the cans with jagged edges which may cause injury. There is no telling when a can would break apart, so a ...
Read More »Two children dead as measles cases rise in UK
FOLLOWING the news that 500 children have died from measles in Bangladesh is the news that there have been 763 cases in England so far this year. There were only 959 cases in the whole of 2025, so 2026 will ...
Read More »Barking & Dagenham schools say: football not knife crime!
IT WAS football, not knives last month as Year 8 and Year 9 pupils from secondary schools in Barking & Dagenham got stock in to a football tournament organised by the Community Safety Partnership. The event marked Knife Crime Awareness ...
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