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- A solicitor and former councillor Muhammad Harun was sentenced to serve 16 months in custody at Snaresbrook Crown Court today, Thursday 14 November 2019 after pleading guilty to two counts of fraud.
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- 14/11/2019
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- Tower Hamlets Council paid its respects to those who gave their lives in the service of their country at a Remembrance Day memorial event on 11 November at the town hall.
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- 12/11/2019
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- The capital's first women-only street market called Lady Lane Market and funded by Tower Hamlets Council is set to launch in Petticoat Lane on Friday 15 November 2019.
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- 08/11/2019
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- A rogue landlord has been fined £22,000 for dishing out 'sham licences' to tenants in Tower Hamlets following an investigation by the council's trading standards team.
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- 08/11/2019
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- A bus gateway will be introduced in Wapping this month to protect residents from the blight of drivers using their streets as a rush hour rat-run.
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- 08/11/2019
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- Welcome to Tower Hamlets guide launched
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- 07/11/2019
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- Annual Writeidea Festival celebrates the pleasure of reading
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- 07/11/2019
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- A statutory notice has now been issued on proposals concerning the future of Raine's Foundation School. This follows a decision by John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets in Cabinet on 30 October to approve a report recommending the closure of the school.
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- 04/11/2019
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- Summary of Remembrance Sunday events in the borough on Sunday November 10, 2019
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- 04/11/2019
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- A former cinema worker from Poplar is starring in his own epic adventure after securing a place as an apprentice engineer through the council's WorkPath employment and skills service.
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- 01/11/2019