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- A Local Awards programme which recognises the achievements of women in Tower Hamlets has returned for a second successive year.
- Date:
- 3rd February 2025
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- Forty rough sleepers who were bedding down on the streets of the East End in freezing temperatures earlier this month, were helped off the streets and given shelter - as part of emergency cold-weather plans put into action.
- Date:
- 24th January 2025
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- Almost 300 new affordable homes - including more than 100 family-sized homes - have been given the go-ahead by Tower Hamlets Council.
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- 23rd January 2025
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- Tower Hamlets Council has welcomed the appointment of three Government Envoys who will support the east London local authority on its continuous journey of improvement.
- Date:
- 22nd January 2025
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- More than 1,200 knives have been taken off the streets of Tower Hamlets since April 2024, thanks to six knife amnesty bins across the borough.
- Date:
- 21st January 2025
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- Tower Hamlets welcomes being named as the best place to live in East London
- Date:
- 16th January 2025
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- Ofsted has rated Tower Hamlets' Children's Services as 'Outstanding' - the highest rating attainable.
- Date:
- 13th January 2025
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- Three new, state-of-the-art learning spaces have been officially opened at Idea Store Watney Market.
- Date:
- 10th January 2025
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- Tower Hamlets Council's proposed three-year budget sets aside significant investment to provide new and additional support for families and vulnerable people as the cost-of-living pressures continue to bite.
- Date:
- 9th January 2025
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- The London Borough of Tower Hamlets and Countryside Partnerships (part of Vistry Group), a UK mixed-tenure developer, have signed a Pre-Construction Services Agreement for the regeneration of Harriott, Apsley & Pattison House.
- Date:
- 19th December 2024