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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 ...

  Tower Hamlets schools have received over £250,000 of funding for projects derived from the ‘sugar tax’, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy allocated to schools through the Healthy Pupils Capital Fund(HPCF). Schools submitted bids, illustrating how they will use the funding to improve young people’s physical and mental health through new projects and facilities. Across London, over £100m of revenue has ...

  Young people in Tower Hamlets are receiving top class careers advice that is transforming futures, according to an assessment of the council’s Young WorkPath service. The team, which includes careers advisers and employability coaches, is now based at Watney Market after a move from Bow last year. It was recently visited by inspectors to determine whether it was performing ...

  The annual Festival of Communities celebrates the culture and diversity of the extraordinary borough that is Tower Hamlets. Hosted by Queen Mary University of London and Tower Hamlets’ organisations, the festival is returning for its fourth year to showcase living and learning across the borough. The festival provides a weekend of family friendly activities, giving visitors the opportunity to ...

  Teaching Kitchen to join chef-in-residence programme and pupil-run garden as part of Manorfield School’s bid to shake up food education Manorfield Primary School is currently fundraising for a pioneering new ‘teaching kitchen’ that will seek to tackle poor health, reduce levels of obesity and impact positively on a lack of education around nutrition amongst students, parents and the wider ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: Well known activist James Swapan Peris passed away on Monday 27 May in a West London hospital. He died of kidney failure and brain haemorrhage though he had been ill for a while. He was a cultural, secular, human rights & community activist involved with various organisations including the Nirmul Committee, Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Unity Council, ...