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The US ambassador to the UK Mr. Matthew Winthrop Barzun has organized an Eid Party on 22 July 2015 at his Regents Park home in London. Mainly he has invited the UK Young Leaders along with the dignitaries from Muslim community and embassies in the UK. He also invited a female student group form the Mulberry School on London Tower ...

It’s time for Stepney Community Fair again.  Like last time, it is taking place at Stepney Green Park this coming Sunday 26 July.  The fair will start at 12 o’clock noon and run until 7o’clock afternoon. Stifford Community Centre initiated this Community Fair in 2010 to reflect the diversity and cultural cohesion among the different ethnicities of the multicultural society ...

Council of Mosques Tower Hamlets organised its annual gala dinner on Monday 20th July where a number of leading and important community members took part. The dinner represented an important opportunity for people of different faiths and backgrounds to come together, celebrate and renew commitments to each other and the wider community, to make it stronger and more cohesive. Chairman ...

More than 3,000 people celebrated the road’s culture, heritage and creativity at last year’s Winter Festival, organised by the Roman Road Resident and Business Association and Tower Hamlets Council. The rain held off and the sun came out for people to enjoy a whole array of events – including Britain’s Got Talent dance troupe, IMD Legion, who gave a lively, ...

An emergency meeting was held to organise a reunion of former students of Moinpur High School. The organisers at the meeting decided that a re-union of the former students will be held on 17th August at Waterlily auditorium in East London. To discuss the action plan and other bits and bobs, a preparation meeting will be held on 27th July ...

A drawing by a school pupil from Tower Hamlets has been selected by the council for a 20mph speed limit introduction awareness campaign. The image of a sloth hanging from a 20mph roundel features on adverts that are being displayed on roadside banners, bus stops and on the back of London buses that serve the borough. The campaign will be ...

Results from the 2015 Annual Residents’ Survey show that 82 per cent have of residents have said they are satisfied with their local area as a place to live and 81 per cent of local people believe that Tower Hamlets is a place where people from different backgrounds get on well together. Between January and February 2015, independent researchers held ...

The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau is warning residents about a new scam targeting people of Asian descent. Victims of the scam are cold called by people claiming to be from the Home Office UK Visa and Immigration department. The cold caller claims that a case has been received by the department against the victim, sometimes suggesting that the victim will ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah UK Awami League hosted an Iftar Mahfil for the London based Bengali press & media on 9 July held at Café Grill restaurant, Banglatown. The event was attended by a large number of staff working for UK based satellite TVs, radio, newspapers, magazines and websites. Conducted by Secretary Syed Faruk Awami League’s president Sultan Shariff said, as ...

Mayor John Biggs has attended the very first meeting of the new Overview and Scrutiny  Committee (OSC). This is in stark contrast to the previous mayor who repeatedly refused to attend meetings. The Mayor attended the latter part of the meeting in order to answer committee questions  on an executive decision. This marks a significant change in the culture of ...