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A council scheme to offer boiler replacements to low income households in Tower Hamlets has been named as the best in the capital. The popular initiative was awarded Best Small Scale Project at the 2019 Greater London Energy Efficiency Awards. John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets said: “This scheme supports our residents to lower their energy costs, reduce carbon emissions and ...

Tower Hamlets’ No Place for Hate Champions Project has once again been recognised with an #EndHateTogether award from the London-wideHEAR Network, an equality and human rights organisation. The award was presented on 2 July to the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs and the Tower Hamlets hate crime team by Mhairi McGhee from the HEAR Network at an event which also included the ...

Residents and community groups came together in Bow this afternoon to celebrate the launch of a new space for activities, classes and events. The Bow Community Hub in Twelvetrees Crescent is the latest in a series of ‘community hubs’ to be built by Tower Hamlets Council. It will be managed by Poplar HARCA. Councillor Rachel Blake, Deputy Mayor for Planning, ...

  Proposals to build 17 new council homes on the site of a former children’s home have been given the go ahead. Permission for the four townhouses and 13 flats in Norman Grove, Bow, was granted at a meeting of the council’s development committee on Thursday. The properties will have a mixture of one to four bedrooms. They will all ...

  Dear Mehfuz and Conservative Friends of Bangladesh members, Thank you so much for coming to my ‘Friends of’ reception last week. ‘Friends of’ groups provide our Party with magnificent support in a number of ways, from campaigning and supporting our Councillors, MPs and candidates, to raising important issues and making sure that matters which disproportionately affect communities are at ...

    Chair Conservative Friends of Bangladesh Thursday 4th July 2019:   Dear Conservative Friends of Bangladesh, It is my pleasure to write to you at this time, as a strong supporter of the Conservative Friends of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is a key partner for the UK. Most recently, our countries had the opportunity to highlight the deep historic ties that ...

  London, UK – 10 July 2019 – The University of East London (UEL) has announced a ground-breaking collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This includes the creation of a UEL Career Zone and Innovation Loft at the University; establishment of a UEL industry research institute; and support for UEL’s flagship Professional Fitness & Mental Wealth programme. See below for more details. As ...

Mayor John Biggs said: “I am deeply concerned to see videos of the arrest on Aberfeldy yesterday. “Although social media doesn’t always show everything the videos are clearly disturbing. I have spoken to the police this morning and told them the incident should immediately be referred to the independent IOPC for investigation. “While we should avoid jumping to conclusions, everyone ...

  The caretaking team at Tower Hamlets Homes (THH) swept up as they were awarded ‘frontline team of the year’ award, at the Housing Heroes Awards ceremony on Monday night (24 June) in Manchester. The awards showcase the people and teams that are doing exceptional work in the social housing sector. The judges praised their fantastic customer service skills and ...

The young mayor of Tower Hamlets and his team fulfilled their first public appointment with a visit to the Tower Hamlets Cabinet this week. Young Mayor Jaami Barry and his deputies addressed a busy Cabinet meeting to lay out their vision for their term working closely with the Cabinet and the wider council. Jaami Barry, Young Mayor of Tower Hamlets ...