Tower Hamlets Archive

Revolutionary road: the first ‘recycled’ road in Tower Hamlets

Tower Hamlets is now the first inner London borough to have a recycled road constructed from old tyres. Tarmac, a …

by Anna Mariya Tesfaye/ February 14, 2020/ Lead Stories, Tower Hamlets/

City Airport’s Master Plan runs into turbulence

London City Airport’s proposed £480m development programme continues. The development will see eight new aircraft stands equal to the size …

by Ellen Coughlan/ February 7, 2020/ Business, Environment, Health, Lead Stories, Tower Hamlets, Uncategorized/

London boroughs have lowest recycling rates in country

Campaigners have warned that the capital could fail to meet recycling targets if local boroughs don’t get more money to …

by Areski Boutraa/ January 29, 2020/ Environment, Hackney, Lead Stories, Tower Hamlets/

Tower Hamlets welcomes the Chinese New Year

It’s a month into 2020 and Chinese New Year celebrations have started in Tower Hamlets. A day of festivities was …

by Mary Litchfield/ January 28, 2020/ Lead Stories, New Year, Tower Hamlets/

Canary Wharf Chefs under pressure to meet Veganuary Demands

Restaurants in East London are under pressure to liven up their menus as demand for vegan food reaches an all …

by Clodagh Griffin/ January 27, 2020/ Tower Hamlets, Uncategorized/

Canary Wharf Winter Lights

Canary Wharf is welcoming back the popular Winter Lights festival, where people can enjoy the beauty of the light artworkscreated …

by Jason Tzu-Kuan Lu/ January 24, 2020/ Arts, Arts Features, Events, Lead Stories, Tower Hamlets/

History of East London print industry on show

East London had a thriving printing trade in the last century providing jobs for thousands of people. But technological changes transformed …

by Ibrahim Banat/ January 23, 2020/ Arts, Arts Features, Events, Lead Stories, Tower Hamlets/

What’s On This Week?

CROYDON Boxpark: Love Island Viewings Boxpark Croydon is the official screening venue of ITV’s Winter Love Island. Every Wednesday night …

by Mary Litchfield/ January 23, 2020/ Croydon, Events, Lead Stories, Lewisham, Tower Hamlets, Upcoming, What's On This Week/

Not just a home and more than a venue: performance space forced to relocate

For some performers a music venue closing down may just mean the end of a regular gig. For the residents …

by Charles Woodham/ December 19, 2019/ Arts, Music, Tower Hamlets, Uncategorized/

Council accused of hypocrisy over mainly diesel vehicle fleet

All but a handful of vehicles belonging to Tower Hamlets Council are diesel powered, despite the council declaring a climate …

by Georgina Gambetta/ December 16, 2019/ Tower Hamlets/

Demand for food banks rockets as Christmas looms

In the second of a two part examination of the poverty crises affecting people this Christmas, Barney Stone looks at …

by Barney Stone/ December 15, 2019/ Croydon, Hackney, Health, Lead Stories, Lewisham, News, Tower Hamlets/

#ELLGE19 Ali and Begum secure strong majorities in Labour stronghold

By Georgina Gambetta and Tom McGhie Labour’s Rushanara Ali and Apsana Begum secured strong majorities in the constituencies of Bethnal Green and Bow, and …

by Eastlondonlines/ December 13, 2019/ Tower Hamlets/

#ELLGE19: Accusations of ‘corruption and hypocrisy’ at Bethnal Green and Bow hustings

A stinging attack on Tower Hamlets Labour and by extension, their candidate for Bethnal Green and Bow Rushanara Ali has …

by Alex Mistlin/ December 10, 2019/ ELLection2019, News, Tower Hamlets/

#ELLGE19: Begum rejects Tory claims of Labour data leak

Labour’s Apsana Begum has rejected alleged evidence that she leaked a party membership list during a 2018 council by-election.  Begum, the …

by Georgina Gambetta/ December 10, 2019/ Tower Hamlets/

Sustainable Christmas market tackling festive period wastefulness

The Zero Waste Christmas Market came to Brick Lane on Saturday, proving Christmas doesn’t have to be wasteful but can still be wonderful.   The …

by Daisy Lester/ December 9, 2019/ Tower Hamlets/

#ELLGE19 Election Preview: Poplar and Limehouse – ‘I’m voting Labour – never Tory in Tower Hamlets’

Bookended as it is by the imposing skyscrapers of the Canary Wharf financial district on one side and the beautiful …

by Tom Mcghie/ December 9, 2019/ ELLection2019, Tower Hamlets/

School ‘proud’ to be part of artist Steve McQueen’s Year 3 project

Their faces were on the big-screen on huge billboards across the city for all to see, and now they’re on …

by Daisy Lester/ December 8, 2019/ Arts, Society, Tower Hamlets/

The Bells may chime again: Minister halts plans for foundry’s transformation into boutique hotel

Controversial plans to transform the historic Whitechapel Bell Foundry into a boutique hotel have been halted by the Government, pending …

by Georgina Gambetta/ December 4, 2019/ Lead Stories, Tower Hamlets/

Crossrail leads to 90pc rise in Whitechapel property values since 2008

House prices in Whitechapel around the planned new Elizabeth Line station have risen by nearly 100% since 2008 according to …

by Daisy Lester/ December 4, 2019/ Housing, News, Tower Hamlets, Transport/

#ELLGE19 Election Preview: Bethnal Green & Bow: “Tory cuts have devastated our community.”

Bethnal Green and Bow’s history is firmly rooted in that of London. From the 1381 Peasants Revolt against Richard II, to Jack …

by Georgina Gambetta/ December 3, 2019/ ELLection2019, Politics, Tower Hamlets/

#ELLGE19: Liberal Democrats threaten Labour’s majority in Poplar and Limehouse

The Liberal Democrats are threatening to pull off a dramatic win in Labour’s Poplar and Limehouse stronghold in next week’s …

by Tom Mcghie/ December 3, 2019/ ELLection2019, Lead Stories, Tower Hamlets/

Local GPs call for action: ‘The climate crisis is a health crisis’

During the Election campaign and in the midst of a climate emergency, doctors in Tower Hamlets are raising awareness about the devastating impact our changing …

by Daisy Lester/ December 2, 2019/ Environment, Health, Tower Hamlets/

McKellen cuts the tape for Positive East’s Red Run event

“In these days when politics seems to divide us, we stand here united to support our friends living with HIV …

by Georgina Gambetta/ December 2, 2019/ Health, News, Tower Hamlets/

Tough new gambling policy to protect children, ill and elderly

Betting shops are to banned from opening anywhere near to schools, hospitals and old people’s homes under a tough new …

by Alex Mistlin/ November 30, 2019/ News, Tower Hamlets/

Controversial £1 billion Silvertown Tunnel project faces legal challenge

Tower Hamlets have become the only local authority in east London to back the controversial multi-million pound Silvertown tunnel underneath …

by Daisy Lester/ November 29, 2019/ Environment, Local News, News, Tower Hamlets, Uncategorized/

Hackney has lowest baby primary vaccination rate in the country

Over a quarter of babies in the Hackney and the City of London health authority area have not had their primary …

by Barney Stone/ November 27, 2019/ Health, Lead Stories, News, Tower Hamlets/

#ELLGE19: Claims of antisemitism against Labour candidate

Labour parliamentary candidate for Poplar and Limehouse, Apsana Begum, is facing calls to step down after being accused of anti-Semitism. …

by Tom Mcghie/ November 25, 2019/ ELLection, ELLection2019, News, Politics, Tower Hamlets/

Man killed and three injured in Whitechapel stabbings

A man was stabbed to death in Whitechapel yesterday morning and three others were injured in related knife attacks.  Police …

by Daisy Lester/ November 24, 2019/ Crime, News, Tower Hamlets/

Doctors stage protest over health app ‘destabilising and privatising’ the NHS

Dozens of people, including doctors and medical staff from across London joined a protest by Tower Hamlets GPs against an …

by Georgina Gambetta/ November 23, 2019/ Health, News, Tower Hamlets/

SEND parents: ‘We are treated as second class citizens’

Children with learning difficulties and disabilities are treated like second class citizens and being left behind by the government, parents …

by Georgina Gambetta/ November 22, 2019/ Education, News, Tower Hamlets/

Columbia Road Cartel art attack prompts police crackdown on drug dealers

A guerrilla street art project in the Columbia Road area of East London has led to the prosecution of more …

by Eleanor Magill/ November 21, 2019/ Crime, Lead Stories, News, Tower Hamlets/

Former Labour councillor jailed for housing fraud

A solicitor and former Tower Hamlets Labour councillor has been sentenced to a 16 months in prison after pleading guilty to …

by Alex Mistlin/ November 19, 2019/ Crime, Housing, News, Politics, Tower Hamlets/

#ELLGE19: Labour candidate brands Tory attacks ‘racist and sexist’

Apsana Begum, the controversial Labour candidate for Poplar and Limehouse, has rejected allegations against her of anti-Semitism and links to …

by Georgina Gambetta/ November 18, 2019/ ELLection, ELLection2019, Politics, Tower Hamlets/

Not saved by the bell: Whitechapel Bell Foundry plan approved despite anger

Plans to transform the five-hundred-year-old Whitechapel Bell Foundry into a boutique hotel and multi-purpose space were approved last night despite …

by Georgina Gambetta/ November 15, 2019/ News, Tower Hamlets/

Hundreds of charges in ‘Operation Continuum’ drug dealer crackdown

Major progress has been made in recent months to disrupt the activities of drug dealers and reduce the overall amount …

by Alex Mistlin/ November 15, 2019/ Crime, News, Tower Hamlets/

Parents and pupils attack Bethnal Green school closure

Parents, students and former students of a failing Bethnal Green school which is set to close have accused education authorities …

by Georgina Gambetta/ November 14, 2019/ Education, News, Tower Hamlets/

Seventeen arrested in dawn slavery raids

Arrests have been made in Tower Hamlets during early morning raids across East London in connection to an international human …

by Eleanor Magill/ November 14, 2019/ Crime, Tower Hamlets/

Phone-snatching spike as bicycling thieves copy commuter dress code

Robbers are blending in with commuters by wearing “traditional cycling clothing” as phone snatching increases in Hackney and Tower Hamlets.  In …

by Sean Russell/ November 14, 2019/ Crime, Hackney, News, Tower Hamlets/

Transfusion research reduces deaths by 40 percent

Ground-breaking research by Queen Mary University of London in Mile End, Barts Health NHS Trust and NHS Blood and Transplant …

by Georgina Gambetta/ November 14, 2019/ Health, Tower Hamlets/

Parents and teachers rally against cuts to special needs funding

Parents and teachers in Tower Hamlets are leading an emergency campaign to fight £1m cuts to Special Educational Needs and …

by Daisy Lester/ November 14, 2019/ Education, Health, Tower Hamlets/