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- Tower Hamlets Council is marking the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransport initiative by pledging to welcome an additional 10 unaccompanied refugee children into the borough and calling on Government to release the necessary funding.
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- 20/11/2018
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- The council is highlighting issues surrounding alcohol use during Alcohol Awareness Week and serving up mocktails.
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- 16/11/2018
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- A new approach to funding community organisations and the voluntary sector in Tower Hamlets has been approved by the council's cabinet.
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- 16/11/2018
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- The council's cabinet has agreed a report recommending that an in-house waste collection, recycling and street cleansing service should be created to improve services for residents from 1 April 2020.
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- 16/11/2018
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- Tower Hamlets Council is working alongside local organisations and partners during national HIV Testing Week from 17 – 24 November 2018, in the run up to World AIDS day on 1 December, to raise awareness of the importance of getting tested.
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- 16/11/2018
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- Dozens of free mini literary events including readings, music and poetry are set to lift the spirits this November as Tower Hamlets' tenth Writeidea Festival returns to the Idea Store Whitechapel from 16-18 November.
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- 08/11/2018
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- A great discussion took place at this month's Ask the Mayor event in Poplar. Clean air, the importance of recycling and new traffic calming measures were all raised as issues that need resolving.
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- 07/11/2018
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- John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets has backed the 2018 poppy appeal, raising money for the British Legion to support servicemen in need from past conflicts.
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- 07/11/2018
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- Council rolls out healthier school dinners after scooping top food award
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- 07/11/2018
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- Mayor gets his annual flu jab, encouraging those most vulnerable to do the same.
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- 07/11/2018