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- Tower Hamlets Council has successfully completed the procurement of 52 electric vehicles as the first step in our ambitious project to green our fleet, by replacing over 100 diesel and petrol-powered vehicles with cleaner, more cost-effective vehicles.
- Date:
- 25th April 2025
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- Tower Hamlets Council has appointed Stephen Platt as its new Director of Housing Property and Asset Management.
- Date:
- 23rd April 2025
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- Tower Hamlets Council marks VE Day 80 with a street party, tea dances, history club and more
- Date:
- 23rd April 2025
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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