Top Labour figures today carried on their drive to put across to the electorate good reasons for voting “remain” in next week’s referendum. Deputy Leader Tom Watson was first in the queue, stressing the potential for creating jobs that comes ...
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Racist killer now working in local school?
When Judge Richard Hawkins sentenced 17 year old Ian Devlin to nine years imprisonment for the racist manslaughter of Shiblu Rahman, he took the unusual step of allowing the killer to be named, even though he was under 18, saying ...
Read More »Politicians condemn Orlando anti-LGBT hate killings
UK politicians came up with a variety of responses to the Orlando hate-killings. They all expressed shock and extended sympathy to those directly affected. Only some went further and spoke out against the hate crime and expressed solidarity with the ...
Read More »Councils drag their feet on accepting Syrian refugees
All twenty-two Councils in Wales promised to accept refugees from war-torn Syria – but new Home Office figures show that only five (less than a quarter) have done so. The news has disappointed charities working with refugees. Carys Mair Thomas, ...
Read More »Did you blink? Cos you have missed it
John “one job” Biggs is now free from commitments to City Hall and is now holding down only one job – running Tower Hamlets. But he’s clearly still a busy man. On 1st June, a notice went up on Tower ...
Read More »Disability Day 2016 attracts hundreds of participants
Emdad Rahman The hugely popular Disability Sports Day Festival 2016 has been successfully delivered by Vallance CSA for an eighth consecutive year. Junel Uddin, Senior Sports & Project Manager, said: “The 2016 festival was described by participants as one of ...
Read More »Annual dinner celebrates young people in sport
Emdad Rahman The Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation (THYSF) celebrated its fourth annual Youth Awards Presentation and Fundraising Dinner by recognising the achievements of some of the Borough’s most highly regarded sporting talent. High profile guests from the world of ...
Read More »“O&S” struggles to improve recycling
When the Cabinet system was first introduced, a council’s “overview and scrutiny” committee was intended to scrutinise, closely, the work of the executive – providing some sort of reassurance to the wider Council. Councillors were given “call in” powers, by ...
Read More »Architects appointed to build Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s Town Hall
Tower Hamlets Mayor, John “two jobs” Biggs, is making sure that Mayor Lutfur’s vision for a new Town Hall in Whitechapel is coming together. As the Mulberry Place Town Hall was being demolished, so its owners could redevelop the site, ...
Read More »Cllr Khan welcomes Council DV project
The Government has cut millions from Tower Hamlets’ income, but the Council has fortunately won a small grant which will restore a tiny drop of the missing funding. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) set aside £3.5 million ...
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