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A waiter has been jailed after he admitted stalking a vulnerable woman through the streets of Whitechapel before raping her. Shohid Miah, 34, on Kings Arms Court, followed a “visibly intoxicated” woman for some time on April 20 last year before approaching her at about 10.30pm. He led her into a secluded area on Old Montague Street and after being ...

Hundreds of people packed out the Atrium in Shoreditch last week for 2016’s Foster Carers’ Awards, organised by Tower Hamlets Council’s fostering service. The awards are held annually to recognise and celebrate the achievements of foster carers. This year’s event focused on celebrating diversity. Tower Hamlets’ foster carers and staff have links to over 30 countries and speak 20 languages ...

Tower Hamlets Council and local community groups played their part to raise awareness and help promote a number of events and activities for Fairtrade Fortnight, which ran from 29 February – 13 March 2016. Fairtrade Fortnight is a chance for organisations and individuals across the globe to focus on issues that affect farmers and local communities within the developing world. ...

Tower Hamlets Council has teamed-up with Bacs Payment Schemes Limited (Bacs) to offer council tax payers a chance to win £10,000. Tower Hamlets Council is one of eight London boroughs taking part in the campaign, with those also living in Barnet, Brent, City of Westminster, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lewisham, Southwark all eligible for entry into the draw. To be ...

The multi-million pound Blackwall Reach regeneration project in Tower Hamlets has been hailed as an innovative response to urban living. Labour’s Shadow Housing and Planning Minister, John Healey MP met Mayor John Biggs, senior officers, and councillors, as part of a visit to see how Tower Hamlets Council is rising to the challenge of the housing crisis on 3 March. ...

A 700-strong audience were entertained at a cultural gala by The Community Languages Service of Tower Hamlets paying tribute to community languages and various cultures across Tower Hamlets. Under the able leadership of Mr Showkat Khan, Service Manager of Community Languages Service, the International Language Day celebrations took place at York Hall in Bethnal Green and kept the whole audience ...

Emdad Rahman : Mir Jawwad Uddin, 16, a pupil of the London Islamic School has been crowned the 3G Boss of 2016 by community broadcaster Channel S and the Canary Wharf Group PLC. Jawwad, who has memorised the Quran and is studying to become an engineer took part in a reality TV show which pitted some of the Uk’s brightest ...

Funder President of Awami League Sheffield branch and member of UK Awami League executive committee Mohammed Mohed Ali Mitu expressed his interest for candidacy for Sylhet 2 (Osmaninagar, Balaganj and Bishwanath) form Awami League representing Boat symbol.  He told this in a meeting held in a reastaurent hall room in sylhet on Saturday27 Februaty in a view exchanging meeting with ...

We can now stand proud and say that we are Bangladeshi and Bengali is our Language.  All the languages around the world are now recognized internationally as a result of the sacrifice of lives of Bangladeshis.  Everybody of us will need to work together to promote and retain this language amongst everybody. The speakers told this in a meeting organised ...

Seoul, South Korea – Amid rising concerns of peace and security on the Korean Peninsula from the recent nuclear tests and satellite launch by North Korea, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) hosted a peace forum on February 19 at the Grand Ballroom in Coex Hall, Seoul. The theme of the forum was “Humanity on the Crossroads of ...