Labour councillors in Tower Hamlets are campaigning to increase local authority powers to control the spread of betting shops in the High Street. At a council meeting last week, the group urged Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman to sign up to a cross-borough and cross-party request to the Government that…
![Demolition of Robin Hood Gardens [Audio]](http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/ell_wp/wp-content/themes/blognews/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastlondonlines.co.uk%2Fell_wp%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F04%2FRobinHoodGardensELL.jpg&q=90&w=255&h=260&zc=1 "Demolition of Robin Hood Gardens [Audio]")
Demolition work has begun at the Blackwall Reach Regeneration Project in Tower Hamlets.…
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Tower Hamlets Council has introduced a public consultation on whether or not residents would like tougher legislation giving local authorities more powers to regulate the licensing of sexual entertainment venues. Sexual entertainment venues refers to lap- and pole-dancing clubs. There are 11 such venues in the borough. The Licensing Act…
![Single mothers to be worst hit as welfare reforms bite [Audio]](http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/ell_wp/wp-content/themes/blognews/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastlondonlines.co.uk%2Fell_wp%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F04%2FLucy_Single-Mothers-Tower-Hamlets-Ready-for-ELL.jpg&q=90&w=255&h=260&zc=1 "Single mothers to be worst hit as welfare reforms bite [Audio]")
An event hosted at the Idea Store in Whitechapel Wednesday 24 April investigated how the bedroom tax is affecting local women. Although this reform is being implemented nationwide, the meeting indicated that social housing residents and housing benefit recipients in Tower Hamlets and across London are likely to feel…
![Lewisham political figures question report condemning Borough as least peaceful place in Britain? [Audio]](http://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/ell_wp/wp-content/themes/blognews/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eastlondonlines.co.uk%2Fell_wp%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F04%2Flewishampeacereport.jpg&q=90&w=255&h=260&zc=1 "Lewisham political figures question report condemning Borough as least peaceful place in Britain? [Audio]")
Political figures in Lewisham have been questioning the impression of a think tank report that describes the borough as the ‘least peaceful place in Britain.’ Hackney and Tower Hamlets were also placed in the bottom five places for social harmony in the United Kingdom by the UK Peace Index, from…
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The thirty third London Marathon passed through the Boroughs of Lewisham and Tower Hamlets on Sunday during its 23 mile route and attracted record crowds of more than 700,000 who cheered and clapped 34,278 runners crossing the finishing line in the Mall.…
John Biggs has been selected as the Labour candidate in the upcoming Tower Hamlets Mayoral Election. Biggs, who is currently in his fourth term as London Assembly Member for City and East, was chosen by members of the Tower Hamlets Labour Party on Saturday to take on Lutfur Rahman for control…
Brick Lane’s Old Truman Brewery will host the SPIN LDN festival in the first week of May, an event described by organizers as the “world’s first urban focused bicycle consumer show & festival”. The event is predicted to attract over 10,000 cycling enthusiasts from all over London and will include…
Police have not found enough evidence of voting fraud in Tower Hamlets last year to identify suspects or bring prosecution, the Electoral Commission has said. The allegations of fraud related to the Spitalfields and Bangletown ward by-elections on April 19 and the Weavers ward by-election on May 11 –…
Tour the streets of Tower Hamlets to see the best street art on offer. Down Brick Lane, street art decorates every open wall space between the hairdressers, galleries and second-hand shops. If you venture into the alleyways, you’ll find numerous pieces hiding around every street corner. If you are peckish you can pick from a [...]
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