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Almost 2,000 local residents, businesses and community organisations have given their views as part of a six week ‘Your Borough, Your Future’ public consultation to help Tower Hamlets Council shape its budget for the next financial year. Children’s services and education, protecting and supporting vulnerable children, and services for older and vulnerable adults are seen as the most valued public ...

An afternoon of enforcement kicked off a new series of multi-agency operations led by Tower Hamlets Council and the police. Continuum Plus targets known people, public places and premises that intelligence suggests are involved in anti-social behaviour (ASB), drugs and organised crime gangs. It also provides support to vulnerable people such as the homeless and people with substance misuse issues, ...

A man shot dead on Christmas Eve was attacked in front of his family after a night out, police said, reports BBC. Flamur Beqiri, a Swedish national, was killed in Battersea Church Road in south-west London at about 21:00 GMT.Neighbours described hearing multiple gunshots followed by a woman screaming “desperately” for help. A spokesperson for the Met Police said the ...

  Encouraging walking and cycling to relieve traffic congestion and reduce overcrowding on public transport is at the heart of Tower Hamlets Council’s new transport strategy. The ambitious 20 year plan was formally adopted by the mayor at last week’s meeting of the cabinet. It aims to make the borough one of the best places in London to walk and ...

Stamping out counterfeit goods has been the name of the game for Tower Hamlets Council’s trading standards officers on the beat in Whitechapel this month.   Operation Real Deal saw officers targeting shops and market stalls in the area, confiscating more than 400 fake goods imitating brands including Apple and Samsung. John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, said: “As a council we ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: SyedaC fashion label celebrated its second anniversary with a bang on Monday, 23 Dec at the Business Development Centre in Greatorex Street, Banglatown, East London. SyedaC’s founder & designer Syeda Choudhury said her main aim is to promote Bangladeshi fabrics, such as muslin, jamdani, silk, khadi, cotton, thath, banarasi and katan in western countries, empowering skills of ...

  The Bienial General Meeting of UK Biman Approved Travel Agents Association was held on 23rd November 2019 in Whitechapel and new Executive Committee was elected. The Election Commissioner was the Biman Bangladesh Airline’s Country Manager Mr Md Harun Khan. Present was the Finance Manager  Mr Arifur Rahman of Biman and Tuhin Bhai of Reservation & Ticketing. . The members ...

      How to deal with major reservoir incidents such as the one in Derbyshire in August this year, holding 1.2m tonnes of water, which flooded following heavy rains at Toddbrook Reservoir, was among the key topics discussed by over 40 experts from the water industry, gathered at the University of East London last week. The experts focused on ...

  Recognition for those who help make the borough bright and beautiful Gardening groups, individuals and organisations who help to make public spaces greener and brighter, have been recognised at the council’s Tower Hamlets in Bloom Awards at the Art Pavilion, Mile End Park on 11 December. The council runs the annual horticultural competition in a bid to encourage more ...

At a meeting in Finland’s capital Helsinki’s Vapaa-ajattelijat (Free Thinkers Association) office on 30 November, a convening committee of the International Forum for Secular Bangladesh (Nirmul Committee) was formed. Leaders of several Finnish secular organisations were present at the event alongside members of Finnish Bengali diaspora. Moderated by Dr Mojibur Doftori, the event was attended by All European Forum for Secular Bangladesh’s ...