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Bow Boys BMX Club meets after school on Wednesdays at the BMX pump tracks which were built as part of the Olympic legacy. Backing from cycling charity Sustrans has ensured that Club members have bikes to ride and training by ...
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Science here for a nine-day week
National Science & Engineering week lasts from 15th to 24th March this year. This is the 20th annual event, and there’s plenty on offer for Londoners to enjoy. Here are some of the highlights. For more details, view the online ...
Read More »Rahat receives Jack Petchey recognition
Emdad Rahman: The Jack Petchey Awards were presented at a ceremony held at York Hall. The Awards highlight the contributions of young people and the extra steps that they take to help and support their fellow citizens and the community ...
Read More »Council Speaker trains with Stepney FC
Councillor Rajib Ahmed took to the field to train and discuss tactics with young footballers at Stepney FC. The Under 12’s were treated to a special visit from Tower Hamlets First Citizen, who joined in a kickabout before delivering a ...
Read More »Six, two four; the Tower Hamlets score!
GCSE results in Tower Hamlets have improved again, while national results have shown their first drop since the qualification
Read More »Olympic Borough schoolgirls lead cancer fight
A year-long project led by school girls in east London has produced life saving results. Girls at Plashet School in the Olympic Borough of Newham have been promoting the early detection of breast cancer to their mums, aunties and grannies. ...
Read More »Study shows young people ill equipped to find suitable careers
The unemployment rate for those from London stands at 9.7 per cent as nationally one in five young people are still unemployed. The Office for National Statistics has released its latest batch of unemployment figures which show unemployment in the ...
Read More »Sir John Cass School re-opens after Building Schools for the Future make-over
A school in Stepney is the latest Tower Hamlets secondary to be transformed into a state-of-the-art education facility as part of the council’s Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Sir John Cass and Red Coat Church of England Secondary ...
Read More »London Islamic school administrator receives national award
Arif Abdurrahmaan, the Administrator at the London Islamic School (LIS) a Muslim Secondary school for Boys, situated at Esha’atul Islam Ford Square Masjid, Tower Hamlets – was awarded the AMS UK Secondary Non Teaching Staff of the Year 2012 Award ...
Read More »Mayor Rahman supports school students the Tories forgot
Mayor Lutfur Rahman, Tower Hamlets Council, summed it up: “EMA enabled young people from low income
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