A man appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court this morning (17th September) to answer the charge that he murdered 45-year-old local father of three Zakariyya Islam. He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at the Old Bailey at 10am ...
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Biggs pledge to refugees: I’ll support a small number… and write a letter!
Tower Hamlets Council met on Wednesday, 16th September – and began with a resolution on the Refugee Crisis in Europe. It was moved by Mayor John Biggs and seconded by Cllr Sirajul Islam, Deputy Mayor. It was a disgrace. The ...
Read More »Arrest made in Greatorex Street murder
A 43 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an incident in Greatorex Street, Whitechapel in the early evening of Monday, 14th September. The London Ambulance Service went to Greatorex Street to attend to the victim ...
Read More »Unmesh Desai romps home in race to fill Biggs’s boots
London Labour Party members in the Greater London Authority (GLA) City & East constituency have chosen Newham councillor Unmesh Desai as their candidate in next May’s elections. The decision was greeted with speculation about how many candidates will now come ...
Read More »Labour Leader: Jeremy Corbyn wins – by a mile
Jeremy Corbyn has been elected Leader of the Labour Party – winning just short of 60% of the vote on the first round. Jeremy Corbyn MP spoke to the Labour Party Conference just after the selection result was announced. He ...
Read More »Labour deputy leader result: Tom Watson wins
Tom Watson has been elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. He was ahead throughout the count, finally winning in the third round of counting. He is thought to have received particular support from the affiliated members of the Labour ...
Read More »Sadiq Khan to be Labour candidate for Mayor of London
Sadiq Khan has been selected as Labour’s candidate for London Mayor. He received just short of 60% of the vote in the final round of counting, with Tessa Jowell receiving just over 40%. He now faces the uphill struggle of ...
Read More »Chief Exec: £200,000; 237 community organisations: £0
Tower Hamlets Labour and Tory Councillors united in the last week of August and agreed to spend up to £200,000 a year employing an additional senior officer – just weeks after 237 community organisations learned that John Biggs’s Administration did ...
Read More »Double standards!
John Biggs and Tory Leader Peter Golds unite to back candidate Labour and Tory councillors appoint candidate who is under police investigation Independent councillors abstain following last minute release of shock information On Wednesday evening (26th August), John Biggs stood ...
Read More »The tale of the Social Landlord and the broken bollard
As soon as they heard that One Housing Group is planning to redevelop all four of its housing estates on the Isle of Dogs, local residents began asking whether the housing association was competent to undertake such a large project. ...
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