Tower Hamlets Local History & Archives has launched an online catalogue which will allow residents to discover the history of the local area from the comfort of their own homes. If there’s nothing on TV over the festive period which ...

Labour MP for Poplar and Limehouse Jim Fitzpatrick issued two statements on his activities in the second half of this month – both dealing with slaughter. First, Fitzpatrick issued a statement explaining why he had voted, on 3rd December, for ...

What a year it’s been for French Canadian artist Abbas Hassan. He’s signed as a global ambassador for the Pan-Asian Film and Music Awards academy (PAIFMA); he signed as the new face for international fashion brand Mastrioni’s latest campaign; and ...

Local community, faith and political leaders have condemned the dumping of two pigs heads at Markazul Uloom School, an independent Muslim school in Blackburn. The heads were left either late on Friday, 18th December or in the early hours of ...

The Rich Mix Cultural Centre has announced that it is setting up a new contemporary Asian Club night – further blurring the debate about whether the venue is a subsidised local arts venue or a commercial venture. The first club ...

“Congratulations to everyone involved in delivering the scheme,” said John Biggs after the Blackwall Reach Regeneration Project scooped the Award for Planning for Housing Growth at the Planning Awards 2015. This was a scheme which Mayor Lutfur Rahman had driven ...

Bollywood superstar of over 100 films Akshay Kumar is preparing for a busy new year as he looks forward to the release of his new film Airlift. It’s an edge-of-the-seat thriller based on a real incident which occurred in Kuwait ...

Peabody Housing Association was established in 1862 by the US banker and philanthropist, George Peabody. Nowadays their mission is “to ensure that as many people as possible have a good home”. Really? In Tower Hamlets, Peabody has been known as ...

Confusion surrounds three applications to set up Neighbourhood Planning Forums which came to the December meeting of Tower Hamlets Council’s Cabinet. Residents have done the preparatory work in three areas – parts of Spitafields, Limehouse and the Isle of Dogs ...

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