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Tower Hamlets Labour Party and Tower Hamlets Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Joint Meeting Debate on Labour’s Defence Policy: Should Trident have a future? 7.30pm, 1st December Kingsley Hall, E3 3HJ (corner of Powis Road and Bruce Road) nearest Tube stations: ...

The Council has been consulting residents on whether to introduce a 20mph speed limit across the borough – and 31st October is the last day for comments to be made. Around 85 per cent of the borough is already within ...

Have you seen this man? Police want to identify and speak to him in connection with a sexual assault on a school girl on 13th May. Although this is nearly six months ago, police are appealing for the public’s help ...

There will be spooky surprises at a host of free spine tingling events in Tower Hamlets to celebrate Hallowe’en. The Council will be staging two Halloween fun days as part of Boo! on Friday, October 31 at King Edward Memorial ...

Half term week needn’t be a drag this year: not only has the Council set up a series of half term activities, there’s also Black History Month events to take part in.   Half term fun •Sporty young people can ...

The Barts Health NHS Trust has been trying out a new way of getting feedback on its services from its patients and their friends and relatives. They’ve been holding Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) – an annual, mandatory ...

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has been looking at who is coming to them to complain about poor service – and, alarmingly, it has found that South Asian and Muslim women are less likely to complain about their NHS ...

Rabina Khan – known to us in Tower Hamlets as Cllr Khan, Member for Shadwell and Cabinet Member for Housing and Development – was named Hero of the Year at the European Diversity Awards on 2nd October. The award was ...

Tower Hamlets Council has been working with partners in the health service and the community to help people join the national “Stopober” initiative and stop smoking. Smoking accounts for over 100,000 deaths in the UK each year and it is ...

The World Land Trust (WLT), the international conservation charity, is putting the spotlight on big cats during Big Cat Big Match Fortnight in October. During the first two weeks of October, donations to WLT’s Big Cat Appeal will be matched ...