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It’s the budget-making meeting of the Council: we’re hoping to bring you an almost live update. We have started with a petition, though – it’s a petition on the budget. The petitioner has asked Mayor Rahman and Tower Hamlets First ...

By Muhammad Abdullah, 20th February 2015 Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman was defending himself in court today against allegations that were made against him by four accusers. They were all politically involved in last year’s local borough elections. The Mayor ...

Research reveals a startling gap between perception and reality of homelessness in London. Almost half of online adults aged 18+ in the London Government Region (45%) say they always, or almost always, do nothing when they see someone in the ...

The 2015 list of the 100 most influence and inspirational British Bangladeshis was unveiled on Wednesday, 27th January at an invite-only, exclusive event in Canary Wharf.  The 2015 list and the BBPI Person of the Year were announced by the ...

Emdad Rahman The Engage Podcast was started in mid-January of 2011 and since then the team has produced and recorded a total of 39 episodes (excluding the Promo). Last June the team was invited to do a Fan Panel at ...

There’s now questions from Councillors.  We won’t record these in detail: you can read them or even watch the film on: http://moderngov.towerhamlets.gov.uk/uuCoverPage.aspx?bcr=1 The exchanges are brief, and you can see how most councillors present here tonight are grinding party political ...

Intense traffic made us rather late for tonight’s Council meeting, but here we are –  bringing you the news, the jokes and the intrigue. Tonight’s meeting began with public petitions. First we heard from Mr Dulal Uddin of Poplar High ...

Mayor Lutfur Rahman gave his report to the Council (the Council voted, after he was elected, that he should have five minutes to report to each Council meeting).  Mayor Rahman went briefly through the “Pickles process”, pointing out that the ...

Emdad Rahman interviews poet Kai Coggin “The best way to inspire creative young minds is to tell them that their voice is important, that it is unique in the world and there is no other voice like it.” Kai Coggin ...

Emdad Rahman interviews author Dan Lyndon. With October being Black History Month, it is perhaps appropriate to celebrate the life of a truly ground-breaking black football player. Walter Tull was a football pioneer who served as an officer in the ...