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- Upgrade works to 14 community food gardens on council housing estates across Tower Hamlets have been completed in time for the new growing season. £230,000 was invested to upgrade the gardens, which were all 10-15 years-old and in need of repairs and maintenance work.
- Date:
- 17th April 2025
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- Tower Hamlets residents can a pair of VIP tickets to the LIDO festival 2025
- Date:
- 17th April 2025
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- 98 per cent of children due to start primary school in September have been offered a place at one of their preferred primary schools in Tower Hamlets. This is consistent with figures from last year.
- Date:
- 17th April 2025
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- The council has frozen all activity and membership fees at Be Well leisure centres for the next year to keep services affordable and accessible for all borough residents.
- Date:
- 16th April 2025
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- Nearly 1,000 job seekers in Tower Hamlets received expert careers advice at a public sector careers and jobs fair on Thursday 10 April, held at Tower Hamlets Town Hall.
- Date:
- 16th April 2025
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- A total of 33 new homes have been completed across two sites on Wickford Street in Bethnal Green.
- Date:
- 10th April 2025
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- Tower Hamlets Council officially reopened London's oldest spa at the historic York Hall on 3 April – one of the last remaining traditional Turkish baths in London – following a half a million pound renovation by the council.
- Date:
- 3rd April 2025
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- Five individuals have been hit with a range of sentences in one of the longest and most complex Trading Standards prosecutions in the UK.
- Date:
- 31st March 2025
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- For the first time in its history, the iconic Brick Lane, long known as a cultural and spiritual hub for the British Bangladeshi and wider Muslim community, will be illuminated with 'Eid Mubarak' lights to mark the end of Ramadan and celebrate the borough's rich heritage.
- Date:
- 28th March 2025
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- Met officers have arrested four suspected drug dealers as part of work to tackle serious and organised crime in Whitechapel.
- Date:
- 20th March 2025