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The Housing service is making changes to how residents get in touch, aimed at making communication clearer, faster, and more efficient. As part of this improvement, the contactus@towerhamelts.gov.uk email inbox will close at the end of April. The inbox has received more than 32 thousand emails received in the last year. The majority of these require manual triage, often unrelated to housing, or ...

Families across Tower Hamlets have received their secondary school offers for September 2026, with 96.6 per cent of pupils securing a place at one of their preferred schools – a higher proportion compared to last year’s figure of 94.1 per cent, and higher than the London average (94.3 per cent). Within this overall outcome, 79.1 per cent of families received ...

  Tower Hamlets Council is putting on a range of events to celebrate the contribution of women and girls Free swimming for women and girls The opening of the Nari Centre for women The opening of a dedicated youth centre for girls A positive gender pay gap in favour of women at the council A host of events for WHM ...

Michelle Boshoff-Turner, NPP Engagement Manager joined Cllr. Shafi Ahmed, Cabinet Member for Environement and the Climate Emergency to unveil new signage pointing residents to the new simpler parking system. Tower Hamlets has today joined the National Parking Platform (NPP), becoming the first London borough to do so and the latest local authority to offer drivers flexibility in how they pay for parking. From today, drivers can pay for ...

Idling vehicles emit harmful pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) and fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅). The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is taking part in the London-wide Engine Off, Every Stop campaign, working alongside Camden and Hounslow councils to tackle air pollution caused by vehicle engine idling. The campaign delivers a clear message to drivers across the capital: engine idling harms ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   London, 7 March: Marine Chief Engineer Dr A K M Masud Karim (21E) has been appointed as Deputy Director in the Maritime Safety Division at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the specialised agency of the United Nations (UN) based in London. In this prestigious position, Dr Karim will supervise critical areas such as cargo safety, maritime regulatory systems, and ...

Bangla Mirror desk: The UK Bangla Reporters Unity organized the annual Iftar Mahfil, Basic Training in Journalism, discussions ahead of Independence Day 2026 and International Women’s Day, and separate discussions on the significance of Ramadan: Zakat, Fitra. Muhammed Shahed Rahman, President of UK Bangla Reporters Unity and Special Correspondent of Bangla Mirror New & Editor Uk Bangla Guardian, presided over ...

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman highlighted the importance of multilateralism at the Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting in London, calling for concrete actions to confront existential global challenges, particularly climate change and growing economic uncertainty. Dr Rahman led the Bangladesh delegation to the 26th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) held on Sunday 8 at Lancaster House in London, according ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : The UK Bangla Reporters Unity organized the annual Iftar Mahfil, Basic Training in Journalism, discussions ahead of Independence Day 2026 and International Women’s Day, and separate discussions on the significance of Ramadan: Zakat, Fitra. Muhammed Shahed Rahman, President of UK Bangla Reporters Unity and Special Correspondent of Bangla Mirror New & Editor Uk Bangla Guardian, presided ...

The government has withdrawn Bangladesh High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (UK), Abida Islam, accusing her of not serving the interests of the Bangladeshi community and of keeping the community divided through her actions. “The good news is that High Commissioner Abida Islam has been withdrawn. She has been removed from her post,” Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs, Humaiun ...