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JOHN BIGGS, mayor of Tower Hamlets, wants to see more of the borough’s residents recycling their rubbish – and he has made a small concession to make it slightly easier for them to do so. Residents who need to put ...

IF YOUR NEW YEAR’S resolutions included stopping using tobacco – by smoking or by chewing – Tower Hamlets Council is offering the support which could be crucial to helping you to quit for good. With Tower Hamlets having one of ...

Emdad Rahman THE NEW Golapganj Education Trust UK celebrated their recent election win with a community dinner at the Boleyn Banqueting Suite, Newham.  A variety of guest speakers took to the stage to commend the new panel and also to ...

THERE ARE AROUND 130 babies born to Rohingya mothers in the refugee camps in Bangladesh every day. That’s just below 50,000 a year – according to figures from Save the Children. These babies are facing some of the biggest hurdles ...

FROM one of the first fire crews to arrive at Grenfell Tower are to run in the London Marathon in order to raise money for children who suffered when the Kensington tower block was gutted by fire last year. The ...

JOHN BIGGS, Labour Mayor of Tower Hamlets, set the public to work cleaning up the Borough before Christmas and branded the exercise “a great success”. Most councils pay staff to do cleaning, while some contract out the service. However, not ...

Emdad Rahman THE LB24TV team have enjoyed a get together to celebrate the start of the new year 2018. Team members came together as part of a networking event to celebrate and also to promote the online media channel which ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has announced – with some delight! – that it has launched a mobile phone app! So far the app is available on Android, but an Apple version is on its way. The app can be found ...

Emdad Rahman MUSIKALEIGH, a magical musical family event with songs from favourite movies and featuring the East London Symphony Orchestra, has been organised as a childhood cancer awareness and family fun fundraiser for Kaleigh Lau. Kaleigh is an East London youngster ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council will resume normal rubbish collections from Monday, 8th January – after collecting over 2,000 tonnes of commercial and household waste from the adjusted collection timetable which operated over the seasonal break. There will also be a free ...