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 ...

Fatema Miah: Eid Mubarak, Eid Saeed. Here is a Eid gift with few pondering points to learn from. Some thoughtful and respective western people expressing their shame for misconception of meaning of Fatwa and in agreement that they are shame for misconception they blame the media and press have worked to and caused such misconception. Fatwa was understood to be ...

  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 ...

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are meeting the Queen on the first day of their state visit to the UK. The pair are at Buckingham Palace for a private lunch and welcome ceremony. Mr and Mrs Trump arrived on Air Force One earlier on Monday and were taken to the US ambassador’s home in central London, ...

Rayhan Ahmed Topader: This religious Eid (Muslim religious festival) is the first and only day in the month of Shawwal during which Muslims are not permitted to fast. The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramadan. Everybody knows Eid means happy. Eid means eternal joy. At the time, ...

Fatema Miah: A month has just gone passed as super fast truck, quickly,  it’s the final last third part of the Ramadan now already. A lunar month, the best time of entire year, has gone passed and it coming up to Eid celebration in the first week of June 2019. I have seen many changes; of environment and situation, time ...

By Shofi Ahmed: Laylatul Qadr, the Night of Power, Night of Measures is the most sought after night in the Islamic calendar. We all want to dip in it due to its colossal virtues. As we know it’s a matter of searching. In one of the five odds of the last ten nights of the Ramadan. The search has been ...

During Eid-ul-Fitr, Muslims across the UK will mark the end of Ramadan by celebrating a feast with their friends and family. After long hours of fasting, Eid allows everyone to enjoy experimenting with new recipes, taste new flavours and create traditional favourites sharing inspiration from one another. Asda shoppers share their Eid rituals inspired by the memories of their celebrations. ...