As part of the Shanghati Literary Society’s Community Literature Festival 2015, groups of learners of different ages came together to try their hand at writing poems. These poems were produced by a group in a 30 minute workshop.     ...

Tower Hamlets is celebrating the end of a successful Carers Week, during which various groups across the borough have been raising awareness of what carers have to do and what services are available to support them. This year there was ...

Emdad Rahman A top order collapse saw Scintilla CC fall to a shock defeat at Tennyson CC this weekend. Tennyson won the toss and opted to bat first. Ayaz Karim’s bowlers were on red hot form and bowled the hosts ...

Diabetes Week runs from 14-20th June and is seen as a time to increase awareness and provide further advice, support and information on the condition. The national campaign, led by Diabetes UK, is encouraging people to share their hints, tips ...

The predominant emotion in the Labour Party campaign when they woke up on Friday morning (or maybe even Friday afternoon) was probably not elation so much as relief. Although John Biggs won the Tower Hamlets mayoral election, he lost a large ...

Three men have been found guilty of assault and threatening behaviour towards Tower Hamlets Enforcement Officers (THEOs). At two Magistrates’ Court hearings in April and May this year, two were found guilty of assault and threatening behaviour and the third ...

Officers from Bow West Safer Neighbourhoods team are urging Tower Hamlets residents to increase their security measures following a recent rise in moped thefts.  As other motor vehicles have become more secure, there has been a significant rise in criminals ...

Pupils from George Green’s School have been helping to keep the borough clean by helping the Council install new litter bins. Working with Citizens UK, students were able to identify sites near to the school where bins were needed and ...

We’re all used to seeing targeted advertising on the Tube. Go into the West End, and the escalator walls will be papered with invitations to go to a nearby theatre, and so on. Now, however, targeting’s gone on over-drive. Advertising ...

Sophie McCallum, 25, from Lewisham, is putting on her war paint and appealing to mums, daughters, grans, friends and colleagues to unite and form a “pink army” at the Race for Life events taking place across the capital this year. ...