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Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Well known community & human rights activist James Swapan Peris’s funeral took place on Friday 21 June at Salem Baptist Church, Hillingdon, who had passed away on 27 May in Charring Cross Hospital, London. He had died of kidney failure and brain haemorrhage though he had been ill for a while and had a transplant in ...

Afzal Sayed Munna, FHEA, QTLS is elected to the executive board of Newham Barking and Dagenham Liberal Democrats, the most pre-eminent voice for diversity as announced on June 18, 2019. Afzal Munna, the Lecturer at School of Business for University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the executive member for Lib Dem Campaign for Race Equality and the Independent School Representative ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   The East London Environment Network (ELEN), an umbrella body of environmental groups organised its first ever festival of world’s rivers and oceans, called Splash! on Saturday 15th of June 2019 at the London Enterprise Academy, Commercial Road, East London. In the opening ceremony Hasneen Choudhury, ELEN Coordinator, Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs, Tower Hamlets Deputy Mayor ...

  There will be changes to the way people access services in the coming months as the council makes it easier for people to carry out transactions online. Many residents say it is difficult to get through to the council by phone and they are fed up with waiting in long queues to request services or carry out basic transactions. ...

Free education and childcare for two year olds for eligible parents and families. Education and training opportunities for parents. Additional £1 million of investment in childcare and early years. Over 1,000 two year old children in the borough are accessing ‘good’ Ofsted rated free early learning, double the numbers from just five years ago. Nearly 300 of them are doing ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   The Bangladeshi-born 38-year-old, Lecturer from University of Wales Trinity Saint David Afzal Sayed Munna has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman for Dagenham & Redbridge Sports Club. Afzal is also the Executive Member, Newham Barking & Dagenham Liberal Democrats and Liberal Democrats Campaign for Race Equality and the Independent School Representative for National Education Union (NEU), Barking ...

  Tower Hamlets wins three of the 21 awarded across London John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets has congratulated three local community organisations on achieving the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service. The recipients of the award were officially announced on Sunday 2 June, which is the anniversary of the Queen’s Coronation. The award is the highest given to volunteer groups ...

Funding in 17 areas for infrastructure that will encourage more walking and cycling John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets joined school children, residents and businesses on Friday 7 June, to launch an ambitious four-year programme to create Liveable Streets in Tower Hamlets. Liveable Streets is a £15 million programme, which aims to improve the look and feel of public spaces ...

Residents in Tower Hamlets are being urged to familiarise themselves with changes to the law covering letting agents fees. It is now illegal for agents to charge most fees on new and renewed tenancies. Charges for reference and credit checks have been abolished and caps on how much landlords and agents can ask for as a security deposit and rent ...

  John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, his Cabinet along with 23 other council senior leaders recently took part in ‘Practice Week’ – a week of over 30 activities that showed them first-hand how frontline children’s services support families. Practice weeks have been introduced over the last two years. They provide senior leaders with a unique opportunity to hear directly ...