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👮 The     in   is searching for  . These two were caught robbing the  !!
05/04/2025

👮 The in is searching for . These two were caught robbing the !!

TWO SHOPLIFTERS put on their balaclavas and made for the Co-op store in Homerton High Street, Hackney, just before Christmas last year. But it was bad luck for the two thieves: police were watching on CCTV. The surveillance was part of a proactive operation aimed at tackling high levels of shoplifti...

🇧🇩 It was a life-changing trip for students from the  , as they headed off to explore the history and culture of   – and...
05/04/2025

🇧🇩 It was a life-changing trip for students from the , as they headed off to explore the history and culture of – and to make new friends.

A GROUP OF group of students and staff from London Enterprise Academy made a nine-day journey to Bangladesh from 13th to 23rd February this year. This was more than just a trip: it was an experience that would stay with them for a lifetime. From the moment they arrived in Sylhet, the heart of Bangla...

🦸‍♂️   – the   hogs the agenda as the   draws to a close. Read more about it...
04/04/2025

🦸‍♂️ – the hogs the agenda as the draws to a close. Read more about it...

ON 1ST APRIL, Tower Hamlets Council was 60 years old. On 19th February, Eastenders – the popular BBC soap opera set in roughly the same area, had celebated its 40th birthday. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the two apart. Those assembling in the Council chamber for the Council meeting on 2nd April d...

👮 The   say their strategy to reduce   against women and girls is bringing results. Click here to see some examples from...
01/04/2025

👮 The say their strategy to reduce against women and girls is bringing results. Click here to see some examples from .

THE Metropolitan Police have seen 100 offenders convicted for crimes of violence against women and girls (VAWG) since it launched a new campaign – V100 – to tackle the problem. The V100 programme identifies the men who pose the highest risk to women, and then local and specialist officers concen...

🏸The   is back with a new sport!   has joined the fold. Tournaments will be played in April. Click here for details of t...
28/03/2025

🏸The is back with a new sport! has joined the fold. Tournaments will be played in April. Click here for details of the matches and how to register.

FIRST IT WAS football. Then it was cricket. And now the third sport has entered the Mayor’s Cup Family: it’s badminton. Tournaments – in the three categories of Juniors, Adults and Doubles – will take place over three weekends in April. Over 55s The first group on the courts are the Seniors ...

🏢👨‍⚕️🦠 Is   coming to  ? Are we building modern look-alike buildings that will overshadow our historic housing? Or do we...
23/03/2025

🏢👨‍⚕️🦠 Is coming to ? Are we building modern look-alike buildings that will overshadow our historic housing? Or do we really need another building?

IT IS several years since the NHS decided to modernise the Royal London Hospital – triggering a wholesale redevelopment of the surrounding part of Whitechapel. But will the development bring improvements to the area? The opportunity to improve Whitechapel wasn’t all the fault of the NHS: many fa...

🏀 There’s another   exxtravaganza at the   on   – when the   take on the  . Click here for details.
21/03/2025

🏀 There’s another exxtravaganza at the on – when the take on the . Click here for details.

CAN THE LIONS make it 11 in a row? Head for the Copper Box on Sunday afternoon and watch London’s premier basketball team take on the Surrey 89ers. Surrey will be heading up to London this weekend quaking in their trainers – as they know the Lions are on a winning streak. It’s ten wins ...

👩‍🦽 Who pays for  ? And where does the money go? Should we let private companies provide wheelchairs, or would we be bet...
21/03/2025

👩‍🦽 Who pays for ? And where does the money go? Should we let private companies provide wheelchairs, or would we be better off with a national, not-for-profit wheelchair manufacturer?

THE NUMBER OF people in England who were referred to the NHS wheelchair service in 2024 is roughly the same as the number of people who live in Northampton. What is the NHS wheelchair service? If you need a mobility aid such as a walking stick or a zimmerframe, you can buy one from a ...

🥜 Another   Alert! This time it’s in   garlic powder. Click here for details.
21/03/2025

🥜 Another Alert! This time it’s in garlic powder. Click here for details.

SOFRA GARLIC POWDER contains peanuts – but this is not declared on the label. Therefore anyone who has a peanut allergy is at risk if they consume the garlic powder. It is welcome that so many companies are coming forward and withdrawing products when they realise they contain peanuts or have beco...

🥇The Interntionl Olympic Committee has a new President! Read about her background – and her plans for the next Olympic G...
20/03/2025

🥇The Interntionl Olympic Committee has a new President! Read about her background – and her plans for the next Olympic Grames.

KIRSTY COVENTRY stormed past her six male competitors to win the election for President of the Interntionl Olympic Committee (IOC). She is the first woman president; at 41 she is the youngest ever; and she is the first African to hold the post. The post of president is seen as an extremely powerful....

Passengers have been shocked to hear that workers who clean British Airways offices are only paid the minimum wage. Clic...
16/03/2025

Passengers have been shocked to hear that workers who clean British Airways offices are only paid the minimum wage. Click here to find out how you can support the cleaners’ strike.

TWO DEMONSTRATIONS are being held this week in support of striking workers who clean British Airways offices – and receive the legal minimum in pay. British Airways have offices at Heathrow, and they employ OCS, a facilities services firm, to organise the cleaning. OCS does pay its own staff the r...

Putting   in your  ? Take care: the   brand may contain glass! Click here for details.
16/03/2025

Putting in your ? Take care: the brand may contain glass! Click here for details.

SUSHI GINGER manufactured by Kelly Loves is being recalled – because the product may contain pieces of glass. The product is unsafe to eat The product comes in a 150ml pack, which shows that batch code UK2019, with a use by date of 9th February 2026. It was sold at ASDA and at Waitrose. Kelly ...

    seems to be having a bit of bother with the law. The latest councillor to turn up in Court has admitted   – and has ...
16/03/2025

seems to be having a bit of bother with the law. The latest councillor to turn up in Court has admitted – and has stood down from the Council.

REDBRIDGE LABOUR Councillor Sam Gould, who represented Hainult ward, has resigned from the Council – after admitting two counts of indecent exposure at a hearing at Barkingside Magistrates Court last week. Gould, from Hornchurch, had earlier been sacked from his role as assistant to Wes Streeting,...

When did black people first come to  ? The 1960s? No – by 1567. Learn more about the area’s earliest Black residents at ...
15/03/2025

When did black people first come to ? The 1960s? No – by 1567. Learn more about the area’s earliest Black residents at a new Exhibition.

THE SLAVE TRADE was running across the Atlantic – but in Tower Hamlets, between 1567 and 1802, Black people were finding refuge and telling their stories. Now a new exhibition tells their stories. Six local residents have dug into the archives to find these stories which are now re-told through ar...

  Gallery has a new programme! Click here for details.
15/03/2025

Gallery has a new programme! Click here for details.

THE CHISENHLE Gallery has announced a series of events which will take place over the next three months. Introduction 11am-12 noon, Saturday, 29th March An introduction to Claudia Pages Rabal’s commission Five Defence Towers, by Olivia Aherne, Curator, and Oscar Abdulla, Assistant Curator. Tea and...

The phone calls were threatening and the   were on it quickly.
15/03/2025

The phone calls were threatening and the were on it quickly.

SOMEONE MADE a series of threatening phone calls to Finsbury Park Mosque on 21st January. Less than two months later, the police had found the culprit – and he was in court, being sentenced. The calls contained violent threats and were motivated by religious reasons. The main investigation was car...

  have been recalled by   because they contain peanuts. Click here for further information.
14/03/2025

have been recalled by because they contain peanuts. Click here for further information.

DOLMA SPICES are being recalled because the manufacturer, Safa Food 1, has discovered that the spices contain peanuts – which are not mentione on the label. The affected product comes in a 100g pack, with a batch code of 210624 and a best before dates of June 2026. There is good public awareness o...

💼🥇🏘   is the top city for starting a business, says private bank  . The wealthy are descending on the   capital, droolin...
08/03/2025

💼🥇🏘 is the top city for starting a business, says private bank . The wealthy are descending on the capital, drooling at the prospect of making .

CARDIFF: the capital of Wales; the largest city in Wales and the eleventh largest city in the United Kingdom. Nestled on the south coast of Wales, it was occupied by the Romans and then by the Normans, before being unified with England in 1536, along with the rest of Wales. Cardiff has two things in...

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