Friday 3rd May marked the first anniversary of the local elections in Tower Hamlets which saw a Labour landslide with the re-election of Mayor John Biggs and the election of 42 Labour councillors. The election was a turning point for the borough and all but one of the disgraced former mayor’s councillors originally elected under the banner of ‘Tower Hamlets First’ ...

Labour can “unite our country” and heal the divisions caused by Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn said, as he launched his European elections campaign. Mr Corbyn said the party backed “the option of a public vote” if a “sensible” Brexit deal cannot be agreed and there is not a general election. He said cross-party talks on Brexit were “difficult” as the government’s ...

  More than 1,000 people have secured jobs over the past 12 months thanks to the efforts of the WorkPath partnership led by Tower Hamlets Council. WorkPath is an employment brokerage and training service dedicated to supporting the residents of Tower Hamlets into sustainable jobs. Since April 2018, the team has worked with partners across the borough to provide vital ...

The effects of social media use on teenage life satisfaction are limited and probably “tiny”, a study of 12,000 UK adolescents suggests. Family, friends and school life all had a greater impact on wellbeing, says the University of Oxford research team. It claims its study is more in-depth and robust than previous ones. And it urged companies to release data ...

Theresa May is to meet the chairman of an influential committee of backbench Tory MPs, Sir Graham Brady, amid calls for her to set a firm resignation date. It follows a request from the 1922 Committee for “clarity” on the issue. No 10 insists the meeting is routine, but pressure is mounting on the PM, with local Tory associations confirming ...

  Muslims in Tower Hamlets are being encouraged to have a healthy Ramadan when it starts on 5/6 May. People with long-term health conditions such as diabetes are advised to speak to their GP to understand if fasting will impact on their condition, how to manage their medication and what they can do to prevent any adverse reactions. Muslims are ...

Rayhan Ahmed Topader: The untrammelled exercise of power, without legal, political or moral restraint is the bane of many countries across Africa. That is why the abuse of power tends to manifest itself in a more grimly way amongst our peoples. It is not that politicians in other societies are not wilful or whimsical, but there are other institutions that ...

Residents, community leaders, voluntary and anti-racist organisations came together at Altab Ali Park on Saturday 4 May to commemorate the death of Altab Ali in 1978. Tower Hamlets council hosted the ceremonial event, which included wreath laying and speeches by community leaders. Altab Ali, a 25-year old leather garments worker had recently arrived in the UK from Bangladesh prior to ...

  Najrul Khasru: Judicial impartiality is a fundamental component of natural law. It is universally recognised that without judicial impartiality, justice cannot be done, the rule of law loses its potency and the public confidence in the judiciary erodes. To safeguard against that the common law countries, which include Bangladesh, have developed the concept of the rule against bias. This ...

Afzal Sayed Munna: I was thinking not to write something about it as it has got a mix flavour of religion with it. Religion was and is always a sentimental issue to discuss, especially in public. However, after reading all the dailies published internationally and locally and also by listening to the television news I could not resist myself from ...