US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has picked a fight with the US media – but they are fighting back in the courts and with direct action to defend the principle of a free press. The context for the spat is that ...

IT WAS THE third Tower Hamlets Education Awards; it brought together 900 guests; and it recognised a wide range of achievement across Tower Hamlets by school and college students. Mayor Lutfur Rahman congratulated the winners and explained the reason for ...

CAN YOU help the Metropolitan Police identify and find these men? The police wish to talk to them after a teenage girl was raped in Bethnal Green two years ago. At around 11.30pm on Thursday, 1st April police received reports ...

THANKS TO all the community organisations around Tower Hamlets which ran holiday clubs for children and young people around the Borough was the message from Deputy Mayor Cllr Maium Talukdar. The Deputy Mayor was addressing a celebration last week which ...

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 ...