Kick It Out, football’s equality and inclusion organisation, has called for a unified effort from everyone involved in football to eradicate prejudice and hate from the game. The call came as Kick It Out showcased its “Call Full Time On ...

By Shahanara Begum My elbow used to be a dinosaur, my toenail, an ancient king, my blood was the flowing river and my stomach is the bread that I ate yesterday. A whole star had to die for me to ...

Emdad Rahman Participants at an East End project have come up trumps after successfully training as football coaches during a two week summer programme. The Tower Project is a community-based voluntary sector organisation and award-winning leading service-provider for children and adults ...

There are few women cycling in Tower Hamlets – but a new project is set to change all that in the coming months. The Royal Foundation of St. Katharine has been awarded a TfL Cycling Grant, which will fund a ...

Stepney City Farm is hosting a day of creative, informative, practical and exploratory workshops about community food and food politics on 31st July which features talks on two key eco issues of the day. The day is a collaboration between ...

The All-Party Parliamentary Corporate Responsibility Group (APCRG) last week announced the companies shortlisted for its 2016 National Responsible Business Champion award. And Jim Fitzpatrick, Labour MP for Poplar & Limehouse, was delighted that his nomination – of the Canary Wharf ...

Emdad Rahman A crowdfunding campaign has begun for Weavers Kids Cafe, an enterprising community project in the north west of the borough. The Café is trying to get as many different people as possible to pledge what they can before ...

Tower Hamlets Council has welcomed government measures to reduce smoking this month – at the same time as it prepared to axe nearly £1 million from its own smoking cessation service over the next couple of years. The Council chose ...

The opening of a new exhibition at the British Museum was disrupted this morning by Greenpeace activists who were protesting at what they alleged were show sponsor BP’s negative effects on the environment. The exhibition, Sunken Cities, displayed artefacts from ...

Tower Hamlets has been chosen as a finalist in the Britain in Bloom competition – one of only two London Councils to be nominated! The Britain in Bloom competition is organised by the Royal Horticultural Society. It’s a national competition ...