BERNIE SANDERS is the one mainstream candidate campaigning solidly from the left in the US presidential election campaign. He has now acknowledged that he cannot win enough votes in the primaries to become the Democratic Party candidate in this autumn’s ...
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Council declares climate emergency and then fells trees
LOCAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS were delighted when Tower Hamlets Council declared a “climate emergency” – linking in with campaigners across the world Imagine their disappointment to see, weeks later, the Council felling mature trees. It’s a difficult debate – made very topical ...
Read More »From clapping to campaigning for a fairer NHS
HEALTH WORKERS across the UK have thanked people for the “Clap for the NHS” show of appreciation last night, 26th March. And now the medics’ campaign Medact has issued a list of actions which the public can do to help ...
Read More »Sadiq Khan in two minds over carbon emissions
HE WAS dubbed a “vandal” for agreeing plans to run a road for through traffic across Fish Island in Bow – but now London Mayor Sadiq Khan has expressed dismay over a government move to relax environmental standards for house ...
Read More »Community flocks to Holland Estate Play Street event
Emdad Rahman EASTEND HOMES AND its Holland Estate Estate Management Board (EMB) arranged and delivered a community event on the Holland estate to celebrate the Tower Hamlets Play Street event and to also mark the official opening of the recently ...
Read More »Ekota Cricket Academy celebrate All Stars
Muhammad Ismael EKOTA CRICKET ACADEMY celebrated the completion of the summer All Stars Cricket Programme with an awards night for young participants and their parents. A competitive game finished off with a prize giving ceremony and healthy snacks for all. ...
Read More »Now John Biggs’s Council lets centre-right mob into park
THE COUNCIL that banned a The Big Ride, a charity raising money for children in Gaza, from one of its local parks seems to have let a shadowy centre-right think tank hold an ideas conference in another park. The Council’s ...
Read More »London City airport plans to expand
LONDON CITY AIRPORT has launched a public consultation on its new Master Plan – including whether it should be allowed to increase the number of flights to and from the small airport on the western edge of Newham. The Airport ...
Read More »Starting young with a summer of cricket
ALL STARS CRICKET provides boys and girls from 5-8 years old with eight weekly sessions of non-stop, cricket-centred fun. The activity and game based programme is suitable for all skill levels. The summer course is aimed at providing children with ...
Read More »Biggs enters second year rewarding loyal followers
THERE WERE NO pom-poms in sight in Mulberry Place tonight as John Biggs presented his new Advisory Cabinet to the Council – but as so many of the cheer-leaders were in the said Advisory Cabinet, there was no one left ...
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