Who would want to go to live in Bromley anyway? Probably loads and loads of us, for some reason – as this south London Borough has had the highest rent increases for private renters in the last 12 months. It’s ...
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Grass Roots Volunteers Celebrated
Tower Hamlets Council celebrated grass root volunteers at the CanDo Celebration and Awards ceremony on 25th June at the Mile End Ecology Pavilion. The project provides start up support to individuals with ideas on how to help residents shape attitudes ...
Read More »Stratford reveals new season
The Theatre Royal Stratford East has announced details of their coming season of shows that will be performed between August and March 2015. The new season highlights the theatre’s longstanding commitment to championing new writing and delivering world-class musical theatre. ...
Read More »Does energy fund have the power to make a difference?
The Government has made a further £1 million available to help charitable and community organisations help people to cut their fuel bills. That’s about a penny and a half per UK resident: it’s unlikely to have a major impact. The ...
Read More »Youngsters take advantage of expert advice at the MyFuture jobs fair
The Council’s Targeted Youth Support (TYS) team organised an event called “MyFuture” on 26th June at Mile End Ecology Pavilion. It was a jobs fair, designed to help young people not in education, employment or training (NEETS). Over 20 organisations ...
Read More »Council takes action to improve Kobi Nazrul Primary School
Tower Hamlets Council has applied to the Government for permission to replace the governors at Kobi Nazrul Primary School with immediate effect as part of an effort to improve educational performance, governance and leadership. Last year’s SATs results at the ...
Read More »Taking a walk on the mild side…
Last Thursday, 3,000 people went to the polls in Blackwall & Cubitt Town (BCT), to vote in a by-election. On Saturday, some 600 people marched through Tower Hamlets to protest against government funding cuts to GP surgeries. It’s a contemporary ...
Read More »Live from the count – Blackwall and Cubitt Town version
No, we are not re-living the joys of last month. This is the Blackwall & Cubitt Town by-election count we’re at. We’ll post updates when we can and we’ll be first with the news when the result is out. Kabir ...
Read More »Go get a bit of legacy back!
Public money funded the infrastructure for the Olympics and to date local people have had little legacy benefit back. However, now we find that the former Athlete’s village, East Village, is holding a series of free, al fresco fitness classes in ...
Read More »Subway’s the way to help hearts
On Sunday 370 runners put on their trainers and came down to Victoria Park for the first Subway Helping Hearts Family 5K event in the capital. Local professional boxer Aarron “The Marksmen” Morgan was on hand to start the race ...
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