The Council has been consulting residents on whether to introduce a 20mph speed limit across the borough – and 31st October is the last day for comments to be made. Around 85 per cent of the borough is already within ...
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Are you ready for Hallowe’en fun?
There will be spooky surprises at a host of free spine tingling events in Tower Hamlets to celebrate Hallowe’en. The Council will be staging two Halloween fun days as part of Boo! on Friday, October 31 at King Edward Memorial ...
Read More »Help continues throughout Stoptober
Tower Hamlets Council has been working with partners in the health service and the community to help people join the national “Stopober” initiative and stop smoking. Smoking accounts for over 100,000 deaths in the UK each year and it is ...
Read More »Fun and games? It’s child’s play!
It was third time lucky for tiddlers and toddlers who went to the street party at Around Poplar Children Centre last week. This was the third party, organised by Tower Hamlets Council and the Children’s Centres Parents Forum – the ...
Read More »Volunteers help put community assets on the map
A celebration event took place last Thursday to thank residents who helped create a new map showing the borough’s most-valued community assets. Tower Hamlets Council recruited 28 volunteers and helped train them in how to research the views and experiences ...
Read More »Counterfeit and smuggled tobacco worth £21,000 seized by Tower Hamlets trading standards, police and customs officers
A successful joint operation using tobacco-detection dogs has resulted in large seizures of smuggled and counterfeit products from retailers across Tower Hamlets. The seizures were part of ‘Operation Henry’, a crackdown on the supply of illicit tobacco across nine ...
Read More »Behind The Times?
This is not the best of The Times: this is the worst of The Times. It is relentless. Top story on the website of The Times in the early hours of 20th August was the barbaric and brutal murder of ...
Read More »Grants to help businesses with internet costs
Small and medium businesses in Tower Hamlets could get up to £3,000 towards installing a high-speed broadband connection, usually of 30Mbit/s or more. The new grant from the Greater London Authority (GLA), worth up to £100 million across the UK, ...
Read More »Derbyshire Street “pocket park” officially opened
Lutfur Rahman, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, officially opened the new “pocket park” in Derbyshire Street, Bethnal Green during a community event on Friday, 15th August. The environmentally-friendly park has transformed a local eyesore into an asset everyone can enjoy. Residents ...
Read More ȣ250,000 pothole repair fund announced
Tower Hamlets Council has been granted an additional £250,000 by the Government to tackle potholes. The council will be conducting a fast track inspection of all roads in the borough over the coming months to identify and repair potholes. A ...
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