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- Tower Hamlets is celebrating a £432,716 investment to refurbish and upgrade its football pitches at Mile End – part of the council's wider programme to enhance leisure facilities for residents across the borough.
- Date:
- 21st October 2025
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- At 1pm today, the Metropolitan Police issued a statement on the planned protests this weekend.
- Date:
- 21st October 2025
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- Tower Hamlets Council has been successful in persuading the Metropolitan Police to reverse its decision close the front counter at Bethnal Green Police Station.
- Date:
- 15th October 2025
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- Bold, heartwarming and poignant performances, events and activities based on the theme of kindness will be played out across Tower Hamlets this November, with the return of the borough's leading theatre festival, A Season of Bangla Drama.
- Date:
- 15th October 2025
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- The Bancroft and Wickford Street development, delivered by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, was selected by a panel of experts for its inclusive, sustainable, and community-focused design. The Housing Design Awards are supported by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, the Royal Institute of British Architects, and the Royal Town Planning Institute.
- Date:
- 8th October 2025
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- Is your child a budding artist? Make sure they enter the council's Christmas card competition to be in with a chance of appearing on the official festival cards from the council.
- Date:
- 8th October 2025
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- Statement on attack on East Sussex Mosque
- Date:
- 6th October 2025
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- Young people in Tower Hamlets can now apply for this year's Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and University Bursary schemes, to support them with the costs of staying in education.
- Date:
- 6th October 2025
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- Statement on attack on Manchester synagogue
- Date:
- 2nd October 2025
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- More than 50,000 residents and visitors flocked to parks, youth, and children's centres, Idea Stores and libraries, sports venues and leisure centres, to enjoy hundreds of activities and events hosted by the council as part of this year's Summer of Fun programme.
- Date:
- 2nd October 2025