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Stop smoking advisors were on hand at the Royal London Hospital yesterday (Thursday 20 September) to launch the national Stoptober campaign. Joined by John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Ian Basnett, Associate Director for Public Health at Barts Health NHS Trust and Chris Lovitt, Associate Director for Public Health at the council, advisors were engaging residents to take part and ...

Tower Hamlets Council has formally endorsed the campaign against cuts to education funding. Councillors made the decision at a meeting of the Full Council on Wednesday 19th September, after a motion was put forward by Mayor John Biggs and Councillor Danny Hassell. Councillors highlighted the fact that school across Tower Hamlets will see their budgets cuts by at least £16m – ...

Tower Hamlets Council’s ‘No Place for Hate’ campaign has scooped a prestigious award at the National No2H8 Crime Awards 2018 for its work in tackling hatred, intolerance and prejudice. TV presenter and social commentator, June Sarpong (MBE) gave the council the Upstanding Organisation Award 2018 for making “a significant impact on countering intolerance, hate and bigotry” in the borough. The ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Members of London Bangla Press club enjoyed their annual picnic party at Fairlop Water Country Park.  Event though there were occasional rain and shower, but it could not stop the members to enjoy the day.   Members of the organisation joined the party with their family and friends. There were marriage anniversary, farewell, gossips, photo sessions and raffle draw among ...

Tower Hamlets Homes  opened a new service on Monday the 17th of September  to help Tower Hamlets residents get accurate and easily accessible advice and assistance on debt management, welfare benefits  including universal credit, housing, employment and training. The event was  hosted by Fokrul Hoque Community Partnerships Manager Tower Hamlets Homes. Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs opened the centre, along with ...

Council committed to providing extra focus on areas for improvement The latest visit to Tower Hamlets by Ofsted has found continued improvement in Children’s Services with more work to be done in key areas. Inspectors published their report today following their fourth visit to the council on 15 and 16 August which looked at the quality of care planning for ...

L-R: Professor Tony Travers, Mayor John Biggs, Cllr Amina Ali, Howard Dawber L-R: Professor Tony Travers, Mayor John Biggs, Cllr Amina Ali, Howard Dawber A commission tasked with examining the likely impact of Brexit on Tower Hamlets was officially launched earlier today. Mayor John Biggs first announced plans for a Tower Hamlets Brexit Commission at a meeting of his cabinet ...

    Housing cabinet members from 19 London boroughs have joined forces to call for an end to letting fees and extortionate deposits that private renters are currently forced to pay. Councillor Sirajul Islam signed the letter on behalf of Tower Hamlets Council. The councillors have echoed the Mayor of London’s calls for the Government to strengthen the Tenant Fees ...

Tower Hamlets Council is supporting National Organ Donation Week which aims to increase family conversations around donation and encourage residents to register to become a donor, particularly those from the Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) community. Running from 3-9 September, the campaign aims to highlight the difference that organ donation can make. NHS Blood and Transplant research shows that people from BAME ...

Students across Tower Hamlets achieved success under the new marking system for GCSE’s. With the exams working to a new marking system ranging from grades 1 to 9  (changed from the traditional A to E grades) for 2018, 82% of Tower Hamlets students achieved grades  9-4 in English, equivalent to the old A to C grades, while in maths 70% ...