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Two Tower Hamlets apprentices received accolades at the London Council’s Apprenticeship awards ceremony at the Saddlers’ Hall in the City. Paul Sammut- who works in the council‘s Parks and Open Spaces department was awarded the best manager or mentor award for his work developing new staff in the council’s parks service. Paul has supported a number of apprentices who have ...

The inaugural Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards (ARTA), the most  prestigious celebration of South Asian cuisine in the UK, paid homage to the UK’s  finest curry houses at the InterCont inental London – The O2 on the evening of 30th September 2018. ARTA 2018 welcomed a guest list of the nation’s most respected curry  restaurateurs alongside MPs, dignitaries and celebrities ...

Emdad Rahman: Team Orange on Behalf of the UK charity Penny Appeal have completed the Ealing Half Marathon for charity. The run at Lammas Park now recognised as West London’s biggest running event has three times been voted the UK’s best half marathon. The idea of bringing a half marathon to the London Borough of Ealing was first discussed in ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Jalalabad Association UK has formed its full executive committee enhance and embolden the relationships among all Non-resident Bangladeshis of Sylhet division. In order to form the full committee the organisation held a meeting on 26th of September in a restaurant in East London and declared the committee naming Muhibur Rahman Muhib as President, Aminul Haque Zilu as ...

John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets today wrote to the Home Secretary in a bid to change laws allowing Nitrous Oxide (N2O) to be bought “cheaply and easily online and on the high street” because “current legislation is simply not up to the job.” The move follows the council’s rollout of a No Laughing Matter campaign, which aimed to tackle ...

John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, held a violent crime summit on 21 September at the Osmani Centre, E1 with police officers, industry experts and community groups to consider the best way to tackle drug dealing and violence on the streets. The move builds on successful partnership work between the council and police, which has already resulted in the imprisonment of 160 ...

John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has announced that schools can pilot trials where streets around them are closed to cars for a few hours if  parents are concerned about their children’s health. Play Streets, where some roads are closed off at weekends where there is demand, are also being proposed as part of the council’s campaign to improve air ...

    Advice and support for young people looking to find jobs, training, courses and apprenticeships is now available at the heart of the community. What was once a vacant Santander bank branch in Watney Market has been transformed into the home of Young WorkPath, the council’s new and innovative employment and careers service with a focus on residents aged ...

A week of activities, talks, workshops and other events will take place across the borough, as Tower Hamlets Council alongside voluntary, health and community organisations mark United Nations International Day for Older Persons (UNIDOP) on 1 October. In 2015, there were an estimated 16,700 people aged 65 or over living in Tower Hamlets. It is expected that this number will increase ...

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 ...