THE NUMBER OF people who have lost their jobs as a result of the Carillion collapse is creeping up towards 1,000. Carillion went into liquidation on 15th January, revealing that the company had been juggling debt for a very long ...
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Thousands march as Tories struggle with NHS
TOWER HAMLETS Labour Party members were out on the streets of central London today – with thousands of others, marching to show their support for the NHS. They were protesting on the day the Tories came up with another cover ...
Read More »Liverpool visit for Ghana charity project
Emdad Rahman A VISIT TO LIVERPOOL was a well earned trip for a team of Whitechapel charity volunteers travelling to Ghana after completing the construction of a school and sports complex. The new facilities will be used by children and ...
Read More »Council corrects ELN on child poverty figures
ON 24TH JANUARY, we published a story about child poverty in Tower Hamlets. We are delighted to report that on 25th January Tower Hamlets Council kindly sent us two corrections to the article – which we are of course happy to ...
Read More »UKIP bosses “no confidence” in Leader
UKIP Leader Henry Bolton has lost a vote of no confidence at a meeting of UKIP’s ruling body. The vote was taken because Mr Bolton’s girlfriend had tweeted a series of offensive messages. Mr Bolton has since ended the relationship. ...
Read More »Stepney beat Tigers to kick off ILFL Winter League
Muhammad Ismael THE GAME OF THE DAY saw Summer League runners up Stepney FC face champions London Tigers in a mouthwatering opening day fixture in the first round of games in the Inner London Football League Premier Division. Before kick ...
Read More »UK faces rubbish quandary
CHINA HAS recently announced that it will no longer take plastic rubbish from the UK – exposing the UK’s recent practices and strategic planning on recycling as… pretty much a load of rubbish. Two startling pieces of information have been ...
Read More »One Third & HRF team up for homeless soup kitchen
Emdad Rahman Living on the street can be all consuming. Help us erase homelessness… There was plenty of banter among the team and our homeless friends last night at Booth House. One Third Soup Kitchen partnered up with the Human ...
Read More »Rohingya: the “crisis of children”
MORE THAN half of the Rohingya people who have fled Myanmar are children. They have fled from the danger of being killed to the danger of dying. As the world prevaricates, Human Aid is trying to keep them alive. In ...
Read More »Whitechapel Whoppa is beaten!
A WHOLE NINE WEEKS ago, Thames Water found a gigantic “fatberg” blocking the sewers of Whitechapel. These blockages of non-degrading items, such as nappies and wipes, which catch fat washed down the sink, are common – but this one was ...
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