WE CLAPPED NHS workers; we clapped key workers employed by Local Authorities; we clapped for public sector workers. As national lockdown eases, are these key workers still getting the recognition they deserve? A look at the campaigns currently being promoted ...
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Stepney City Farm re-opens for visitors
IT’S A CASE OF come and talk to the animals (and listen to what they have to say too, of course) at Stepney City Farm – for the first time in around five months. And don’t forget the plants, who ...
Read More »When life begins in the Cemetery…
HOW DO YOU think of Tower Hamlets? Is it a green borough, with acres of grass, splendid trees and havens for urban wildlife? Or is it a collection of parallel dual carriageways taking people from east to west, channels built ...
Read More »Christchurch Mosque Massacre – justice done
THE MUSLIM PROFESSIONALS FORUM has welcomed the sentence handed out by the Court in New Zealand to Brenton Tarrant – an Australian national and white supremacist dubbed the “Islamophobic terrorist”. Tarrant had burst into the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch ...
Read More »Divorce: how do you serve a petition?
Khaled Noor is a solicitor, a non-practising barrister and the Principal of Blackstones Solicitors. Here he explains how to serve a divorce petition – and why it is such an important part of divorce proceedings. MARRIAGE IS A solemn commitment, ...
Read More »National Literacy Trust issues #FitforLit challenge
THIS WEEK SEES the National Literacy Trust challenge families to take part in a #FitForLit challenge to raise money for the Trust. The charity works to improve the literacy and overall learning of disadvantaged children – work that has become ...
Read More »Toddler falls to his death from 9th floor flat
A TODDLER has died after falling from a window in his flat on the ninth floor of a high rise block in Haberdasher Street, Shoreditch. The accident occurred at around 4pm yesterday, Friday, 14th August. The toddler fell from a ...
Read More »Locals take on Dover Trek
Emdad Rahman A GROUP OF volunteers joined the Bethnal Green-based Lonely Orphans charity team to complete the Dover Trek. This ten mile linear walk offers panoramic views of the English Channel. Three of England’s mightiest coastal forts stand on the route, from the medieval ...
Read More »East London Mosque has office space for rent
THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has an office of 232 sq.m in the LMC business wing which is available for rent. The office is available on a five year fixed term lease at a rent of £59,400. The office space has ...
Read More »Local charity calls for return of Meals on Wheels
NEIGHBOURS IN POPLAR (NIP) has learned one lesson from the Coronavirus Lockdown – just how valuable and valued a meals delivery service can be. With the Meals on Wheels service axed in Tower Hamlets, the charity is now calling for ...
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