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Climbing The Walls To Reduce Heating Loss

Tower Hamlets Homes has taken an imaginative approach to improving the energy efficiency of 17 high and medium rise blocks. A novel technique was used to insert cavity wall insulation into more than 480 homes quickly and without disrupting residents. Instead of erecting scaffolding, THH used specialist engineers commissioned by Keepmoat contractors, to abseil down the sides of the buildings. ...

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Tower Hamlets Council backs smokefree cars with children

Following on from the recent announcement of new legislation of banning smoking in cars when children are present, Tower Hamlets Council is strongly supporting Public Health England’s campaign for smokefree homes and cars. The ban to end smoking in cars in England will come into effect on October 1 with fines up to £50 for those caught not following regulations. ...

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Tower Hamlets supports ‘Fair Pay Fortnight’

From February 16 to March 1, 2015 Tower Hamlets is supporting ‘Fair Pay Fortnight’ – a campaign run by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to raise awareness about Britain’s cost of living crisis. The TUC say that working people in the UK are seeing their living standards squeezed harder every year. The cost of energy, food and housing is soaring ...

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5000 homes made decent in Tower Hamlets programme

One of London’s largest Decent Homes programme sails past another milestone, as the 5,000th home is made decent, with new kitchens, bathrooms and other improvements. Tower Hamlets Homes have come a long way since the programme began in 2010.  When they started the vast majority of homes managed by Tower Hamlets Homes (77%) were not up to the decent standard. ...

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India Blocked an Activist From Traveling to Britain

 The Indian Ministry of Home Affairs has said it prevented aGreenpeace India activist from boarding a flight to Britain in January, where she was scheduled to brief members of Parliament on the effect of mining on indigenous communities in central India, because her visit was “prejudicial to the national interest” and would hurt India’s image abroad. Priya Pillai, an activist ...

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Ukraine crisis: Minsk ceasefire ‘generally holding’, say EU leaders

France and Germany believe the ceasefire in Ukraine is “generally” being observed, a statement from the French presidency says. But the countries’ leaders, who helped broker the truce, said some “local incidents” must be “quickly” resolved. Shelling has continued around the besieged town of Debaltseve. However, fighting in the area is reported to have lowered in intensity since the ceasefire ...

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Clashes between Shia Houthis and Sunnis in Yemen leave 26 dead

Tens of thousands of Yemenis demonstrated in several cities on Saturday against the rule of the Shia Muslim Houthi movement as clashes between Houthis and Sunnis in a southern mountainous region left 26 dead. It was the second day of nationwide demonstrations against the Iranian-backed Houthis in less than a week after their dissolution of parliament this month unraveled security ...

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Saudi Arabia condemns “terrorist” killing of US Muslims

Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned the killing in North Carolina of three American Muslim college students as a “heinous terrorist” act, and called for an end to incitement against Muslims. The statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency also condemned as a “terrorist” act the recent attacks that killed two people in Denmark, one at a panel discussion that ...

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Mayor Rahman: New police officers to support local community

The Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman has announced that funding will be set aside for six new police officers for the Borough, in order to assist the Met in building community relationships and making Tower Hamlets a safer place to live. Tower Hamlets can be proud of its record on community policing in recent years, from its ‘Dealer a Day’ initiative ...

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