TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce.  Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...

A SERVING police officer is among six men charged last week with various offences arising out of an alleged conspiracy to acquire criminal property. Few details have been released, but the property in question is believed to be cash. The ...

THE POLICE investigation into an incident in Wilmington Gardens, Barking, which left one man, 24, in a critical condition with gunshot injuries and another man with less serious injuries, has led to two people being charged. Jamie Reid, 31, of ...

LONDON IS packed with politicians who support planting more trees. They are rivalling each other – each promising to plant more than the other this year, or over a four year term of office. Now The Voice, monthly newsletter of ...

Under the Executive Mayor system, councillors have little formal power in the Council. The Executive Mayor takes almost all the decisions. However, councillors are able to lobby the Mayor, and the Executive Mayor is more likely to listen to them ...

THE Tower Hamlets Food Growers are offering local gardeners a series of tips and opportunities to help us enjoy our favourite pastime during what we hope is the last stage of the lockdown. Pest Control It’s the time of year ...

A MAN HAS appeared in Court to answer charges that he was responsible for two separate incidents of indecent exposure on the number 104 bus in Stratford.  The incidents occurred on 9th November last year and 7th January this year. ...

IT WAS just after 2pm on 4th June when the emergency services received reports that gunshots had been heard in Wilmington Gardens, Barking. Police, the London Ambulance Service and the London Air Ambulance attended. They found two injured men. One, ...

THE JUNE issue of The Voice – monthly magazine of the East London Garden Society (ELGS) – is out now, bringing greenies its usual mix of information about gardening theory and practice. The state of our planet is a hot ...

CORONAVIRUS is still causing a several hundred deaths a day in the UK – and that figure includes a number of Muslims, whose lives the virus has brought to an end. The East London Mosque has now brought together a ...