THE TOWER HAMLETS Parent and Carer survey remains open for just one more week, until 15th January. Residents are being invited to give their views on a range of services which are used by children or those looking after them. ...
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May’s mental health boost based on wishful thinking
PRIME MINISTER Theresa May has announced a policy decision to give more priority to treating mental illness. As her announcement contained virtually no extra funding, it constitutes little more than wishful thinking. May made her announcement at an event held ...
Read More »VW owners gear up for compensation
OVER 10,000 owners of VW motor vehicles are planning to launch a group action in the High Court later this month. They are seeking compensation for having been sold vehicles which were programmed to pass emissions tests but exceed emissions limits ...
Read More »Khan panics as Tube shuts down
THE MAYOR OF London, Sadiq Khan, has condemned today’s London Tube strike as “totally unnecessary”, claiming that the dispute should have been solved “amicably”. The Labour Mayor had promised commuters there would be no more strikes on the Tube in ...
Read More »Council tells residents: help yourselves
TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL has urged residents to use the New Year to make a fresh start and give up smoking and curb their drinking of alcohol. Labour’s John Biggs promoted the stance by warning residents to pull their socks up ...
Read More »Phil Vickery on Wooden Spoon and Sunsail at the London Boat Show
Emdad Rahman THE ANNUAL London Boat Show has returned to ExCeL London and was launched, amidst much fanfare, at a fabulous opening ceremony by Joanna Lumley OBE. Among the special guests in attendance was Rugby World Cup winning legend, England, British ...
Read More »UPDATE: Kelsey-Eve Price found
Breaking news: missing Kelsey-Eve Price has been found. Her family is greatful to everyone for their help. KELSEY-EVE PRICE has been missing since 5th January. Her family and friends have mounted a massive social media campaign to try to find ...
Read More »Muslims have a Wales of a time
INDEPENDENT COUNCILLOR Mahbub Alam saw the seasonal break as a chance to take a few days rest and recuperation from his busy schedule. He and eleven family members booked up a holiday cottage in the village of Rhayader, Powys, in ...
Read More »Labour launches industrial strategy consultation
THE LABOUR PARTY has launched a public consultation over its “industrial strategy” – in other words, its policy on how to run the economy, which will form the basis of its next manifesto and campaigning up to the 2020 General ...
Read More »Rich Mix is looking forwards
THE RICH MIX team are wishing their supporters a happy new year. The cultural centre is remembered in Tower Hamlets for winning generous public subsidy and in particular for the controversial £850,00 loan it received from the Council some years ...
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