TUBE WORKERS who are members of the Aslef trade union were due to go on strike on Thursday in their battle for better. That action has now been suspended because Transport for London (TfL) has come up with a better ...
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Welcome to Islamophobia Awareness Month!
England cricketer Moeen Ali is the ambassador and “Seeds of Change” is the slogan for this year’s Islamophobia Awareness Month, which runs through the month of November. The month began back in 2012, at an event in the London Muslim ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets: London’s riskiest fireworks borough
FIREWORKS come out at Hallowe’en, at Diwali and on bonfire night: and in Tower Hamlets, that means a concentrated period of fire-related calls coming through to Fire Service control centres. A total of 685 emergency calls from Tower Hamlets have ...
Read More »Create celebrates: 40 years and counting
Cllr Gulam Choudhury, Cabinet member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care, has congratulated the Create Community Hub as it celebrates its 40th anniversary. Create was born as the Coborn Opportunities Project on 14th October 1984. The London Dockland Development Corporation ...
Read More »Diwali takes over Trafalgar Square on Sunday
LONDON MAYOR Sadiq Khan is reminding Londoners that Diwail on the Square takes place this Sunday. The celebration will be taking over Trafalgar Square and all Londoners are invited. Diwali – usually translated as the “festival of lights” is a ...
Read More »More mustard product recalls after peanut scare
CHECK YOUR cupboards! A food company FGS Ingredients Ltd, which produces spices has found out that some of the mustard it supplies to other food manufacturers has been contaminated by peanuts. Those manufactuerers have used the contaminated mustard to make ...
Read More »It’s time for the “design a Christmas card” comp
MAYOR LUTFUR RAHMAN has invited primary school pupils who live or go to school in Tower Hamlets to design a festive Christmas card. The Mayor will choose some of the best designs to send out as Council cards this year. ...
Read More »GCSE celebrations at London Enterprise Academy
Ashid Ali, Headteacher, London Enterprise Academy CELEBRATIONS WERE the order of the day at the London Enterprise Academy (LEA) as the school received news of an excellent set of GCSE results – a huge improvement on last year. LEA pupils ...
Read More »Monday: emergency rally to save queer venue
TOWER HAMLETS has a large LGBTQ population – and a modest number of queer venues which support the community with night-time entertainment in a safe space. For many LGBTQ+ residents, and their friends, these safe spaces are a life-line. They ...
Read More »Taj Accountants’ boss wins global recognition
Abul Hyat Nurujjaman, Director General of the British Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BBCCI UK), has been crowned as the “Most Influential Cloud Accountant & Trainer of the Year 2023”. This recognition comes at a prestigious ceremony held at ...
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