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UK Commentators (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... looking for three Asian youths, all aged about 16. The attack has also brought condemnation from Tower Hamlets Council. The authority's community cohesion spokesman, Cllr Ohid Ahmed, said: “The idiots who carried out this attack have let their community down as well as themselves and their families. Elsewhere in East Lahndahn - underclass man 'loses marbles' . THIS is the yob who has been...
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Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
London will lose nearly 20,000 financial services jobs over the next three years, a report has predicted. The City will bear the brunt, with 10,000 jobs set to be axed, while another 9000 will go in Tower Hamlets - home to Canary Wharf - and Westminster, which hosts scores of hedge funds in Mayfair and St James's as well as thousands of media and marketing firms, lawyers and corporate headquarters...
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Pub Philosopher (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
Here's another great story from Tower Hamlets. Bangladeshi groups in and around Brick Lane are campaigning to have the planned new railway station at Shoreditch High Street renamed 'Banglatown'. Having effectively banned the filming of the movie Brick Lane in...
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London SE1 community website (Free subscription) | 04/29/2008
The Tories came third in the first two London Assembly elections in Lambeth and Southwark, but this year's candidate - Tower Hamlets councillor Shirley Houghton - is hopeful of a 'Boris bounce'. We put some of your questions to her.
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Home of the Green Arrow (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
Ken attempts to woo the gay blue vote during house move News just coming to hand but not yet confirmed is that Mr. Kenneth Livingstone, Lord Mayor of London has announced he is moving with his wife and family to a third floor flat in a council block in Tower Hamlets.When asked what prompted this decision to leave his smallholding in the Bucks countryside for an depressed inner London suburb...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
Letters: I was very surprised to see a letter from three Tower Hamlets councillors purporting to represent my party, Respect
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 04/18/2008
I fear the Brotherhood in London's East End is not as considerable as George Galloway hopes. The Teddy Bear of Tower Hamlets has a surprisingly happy clappy election campaign, touring atop an open double decker bus with balloons and reggae-type music. A voter writes: "For weeks now, [expletive] George Galloway and his [expletive] so-called Respect bus have been trawling the streets of Shoreditch...
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Londonist (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Tower Hamlets have come up with a cunning plan to keep da kidz out of trouble; bribing them with vouchers for "positive activities" like rock climbing and drama (um, enhancing escape from trouble and lying confidently skills') to the value of £40 a month. About 2000 young people are eligible for the scheme, called Choice and Opportunities On-Line or (get ready for this terrible acronym) COO-L,...
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Duncan's TV Ad Land (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
AMV BBDO London has created an arresting viral campaign to raise awareness of domestic violence in the UK in association with Tower Hamlets Borough Council. The ad opens with the familiar UK custom of tying tin cans to the back of the vehicle carrying the bride and groom away from the wedding reception. The ad finishes with [...]
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Ian Bone (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
The London Anarchist Movement and Harringay Solidarity are encouraging the setting up of anarchist groups in each of London’s 32 Boroughs. So far Hackney,Harringey,Tower Hamlets -Newham, Camden, Walthamstow and Lambeth are up and running. Anyone interested in a group in the Croydon/Thornton Heath/South Norwood/Crystal Palace area e- mail me………………….
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MayorWatch (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
Ken Livingstone was in Tower Hamlets this morning to launch his housing policies which include a re-committment of his policy that 50% of all new housing in London should be affordable.
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Anglican Mainstream (Free subscription) | 03/20/2008
By Andrew Carey for CEN 20 March 2008 HATE CRIMES against clergy and churches are on the rise, it was revealed this week in the wake of an attack on a Tower Hamlets cleric, Canon Michael Ainsworth. Canon Ainsworth is recovering from an attack two weeks ago in which he was beaten-up after asking two Asian [...]
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British Blogs (Free subscription) | 03/19/2008
Respect press release: George Galloway has announced that he will be standing for Respect in the GLA elections in May. He will be joined by, amongst others, Respect councillors from Tower Hamlets and Newham, including Councillor Hanif Abdulmuhit who was selected as Respect's City and East candidate last year, and Newham Councillor Sheikh as well as Respect Leader Linda Smith, both of whom were...
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Engage: the Carve Consulting Blog (Free subscription) | 03/18/2008
http://www.knowhowtheevent.co.uk We're delighted to have worked with Tower Hamlets , Jobcentre Plus , the Learning and Skills Council , ELBA , Tower Hamlets College & Employment Solutions, Skillsmatch and the National Skills Academy for Financial Services to put on Knowhow - the innovative careers event that brings together flagship employers and the community . The event today ( March...
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UK Commentators (Free subscription) | 03/15/2008
A priest has been attacked in the grounds of his church, in what police described as a "faith-hate" crime. Canon Michael Ainsworth, 57, was injured by two Asian youths at the church, in Tower Hamlets, east London. Canon Ainsworth said a third youth watched as he suffered cuts, bruises and black eyes in the assault at the church of St George-in-the-East. Asian youths, eh ? They were at it in...
