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HACKNEY COUNCIL is getting ready to install Electric Vehicle Charging Points across the Borough – and it is asking residents to let the Council know where the Charging Points should be sited. The Council is making good progress on its ...

FROM 8 TO 180,000 – that’s the story of how Tower Hamlets Youth Services has progressed from the Labour ragbag of provision to the unified, coherent Young Tower Hamlets today. Eight? That was the number of youth centres which Labour ...

NEW YEAR resolutions to make 2026 your year to “be well” will be easier to keep in Tower Hamlets with the Council’s New Year’s membership offers. It starts with “4 months for the price of 3” on standard membership. There’s ...

WATER SAFETY is not only an issue for the warm summer months, warns the London Fire Brigade. Icy conditions during the winter bring problems of their own. This is a serious concern for Tower Hamlets. The borough’s southern border is ...

CLLR BODRUL Choudhury, Aspire councillor for Bromley South, is steaming with fury on behalf of residents in two tower blocks in his ward. “I am very concerned about the situation at Gayton House and Sleaford House,” he explained.  “These large blocks ...

WHILE THE Labour Government was making life harder for migrants by taking their mobile phones away, Tower Hamlets Council was recognising the achievements of sanctuary seekers who have been improving their education and making the most of volunteering opportunities. The ...

WHO WANTS to be frozen all year? The Tower Hamlets Be Well centres do! The Council has frozen the fees at all its Be Well Centres for the next financial year (2025-26). Most boroughs have sports and/or leisure centres which ...

IT IS several years since the NHS decided to modernise the Royal London Hospital – triggering a wholesale redevelopment of the surrounding part of Whitechapel. But will the development bring improvements to the area? The opportunity to improve Whitechapel wasn’t ...

THE NUMBER OF people in England who were referred to the NHS wheelchair service in 2024 is roughly the same as the number of people who live in Northampton. What is the NHS wheelchair service? If you need a mobility ...

THE SLAVE TRADE was running across the Atlantic – but in Tower Hamlets, between 1567 and 1802, Black people were finding refuge and telling their stories. Now a new exhibition tells their stories. Six local residents have dug into the ...