Mr Abzal Ali authorised £414,726 of AP1 payments during the 15 months for which we have…
Month: April 2020
Poplar Papers 5 – AP1 Vouchers Table of Payments
Details of AP1 payments authorised by five members of Tower Hamlets Youth Service.
Poplar Papers 4 – £1,288,815 AP1 Voucher Payments
In a 15 month period five members of Tower Hamlets Youth Service authorised AP1 Voucher payments…
Poplar Papers 3 – Youth Service investigation 2019 puzzle
Tower Hamlets Council's Youth Service still seems to be in trouble. Nothing new there then. Odd…
Disproportionate amount of BAME falling victim to Covid-19
Why is there is a higher incidence of Covid-19 in those from minority ethnic groups, particularly…
Poplar Papers 2 – The Summer Youth Programme 2016
Clean Up Board allegation CU 023 was that the procurement process for the LBTH Summer Youth…
Poplar Papers 1 – “The finish was more important than the task”
Today we start to publish the results of our investigations into the Poplar Papers. In this…
Muslim Council of Britain publishes Ramadan at home guidance
The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has published advice for those who have to undertake Ramadan…
First Love Foundation Tower Hamlets food bank needs your cash
First Love Foundation supports people in crisis living in Tower Hamlets to get their lives back…
Coronavirus (COVID-19) information in Sylheti (and more)
Whatever language we speak in the East End of London it is essential we all we…
24 Tower Hamlets Council officers get paid total of £3m a year
Data published by the Taxpayers Alliance in their Town Hall Rich List 2020 reveals that 24…
Kerrrr bang! Final piling work at MPS Marine Unit Wapping
The final piling work on the MPS Marine Unit (MPU) pontoon at Wapping is being undertaken…
Help for those suffering domestic abuse during the lockdown
If you are suffering from domestic abuse and need to leave your home to escape abuse…
Visors Please! delivers PPE visors to coronavirus frontline
Kyla McCallum and her teamset up ‘Visors Please’ just two weeks ago and have already started…
Residents fury as pub and drinkers ignore social distancing rules
Wapping residents reacted with fury yesterday as a crowd of people gathered outside the Turner's Old…
ASB idiots happily breaching coronavirus (Covid-19) measures
While the rest of the planet is locked-down battling the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic the Anti-Social…
Tower Hamlets Council relents and opens Victoria Park Saturday
Tower Hamlets Council will reopen Victoria Park on Saturday 11 April with reduced opening hours of…
Search for answers to coronavirus pandemic burials issue continues
Mohammad Rakib has been relentless in his search for answers to coronavirus pandemic burials questions for…
NHS now hiring 16,000 new staff for CV-19 Nightingale hospital ExCel
The NHS is hiring over 16,000 Clinical Support Workers needed to staff the new coronavirus Nightingale…
Police given new powers to issue £60 fines to enforce coronavirus rules
Police officers have new powers that allows them to deal with people ignoring the coronavirus rules…
Newham builds morgue for CV-19 victims, LBTH silent on funeral details
As Newham builds a new morgue to accommodate coronavirus victims Tower Hamlets cannot say how it…
Amidst tragedy and darkness Mayor Biggs plays petty party politics
Mayor Biggs claim that he has agreed an extra £10.5 million fund to tackle Covid-19 is…