The Riverside Muslim Association, Barking organised a community Iftar to celebrate the month of Ramadan. Residents and guests from various backgrounds came together to break bred and eat at sunset. Barking Councillor Cameron Geddes said: “I was so ...
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Strawberry 4: strawberry and summer leaf salad with vanilla salt
This is a real taste sensation, fresh fruity and refreshing British strawberries, thirst quenching watermelon and cherry tomatoes, summery pea shoots and baby leaves tossed with crumbled feta shaved parmesan, toasted pine nuts then finished with sea salt flakes mixed ...
Read More »Plus ca change, plus c’est la meme chose…
The Council meeting on Wednesday, 30th July was the first proper meeting since the May elections (the meeting on 11th June was concerned only with AGM business). There were a number of new councillors present at their first proper meeting ...
Read More »Strawberry 3: strawberry sandwich
These fab sandwiches in true Alice in Wonderland style are not all that they seem. While they may look like white bread spread with butter and filled with salad they are actually made with thinly sliced white chocolate cake topped ...
Read More »Looking back with local artist Dan Jones
A retrospective exhibition of artist Dan Jones’s work spanning more than 40 years has opened at Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives. The exhibition features over 50 of Dan’s paintings and posters reflecting East End life and history, with ...
Read More »Who’s got the drive to win?
We’re used to driver-less trains in Tower Hamlets. Ever since the Queen came to open the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), we’ve had trains criss-crossing the Borough with only their train captains to guide them and respond to little emergencies. Some ...
Read More »Head for the hills!
In the 1980s, the then Tory Government set up the London Docklands Development Corporation, which made deals (usually discounts on their taxes) with various companies to move to the Isle of Dogs. They told us that wealth would trickle down ...
Read More »Slumming it: Tory Lady ventures into East End
Since the Tories headed up the Coalition after the 2010 General Election, they have been making cuts in public spending and presiding over austerity measures which have made life harder for ordinary Eastenders. Government attacks such as the bedroom tax ...
Read More »It’s East End Shhhhhh!
It’s hard to keep a secret in Tower Hamlets – so all credit to East End Homes for keeping the outcome of their meeting last week totally under wraps. By way of context, you should know that when Labour Councillors ...
Read More »Witness appeals
Officers are appealing for witnesses to a fatal collision on the A12 in Chadwell Heath. Police were called at 22:15hrs on Sunday, 20th July to a Vauxhall Corsa in collision with barriers on the A12 near to the Moby Dick ...
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