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- Quit tobacco before Ramadan with the help of local stop smoking advisors.
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- 11/04/2019
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- John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets has written to Matt Hancock the Secretary of State for health, to call for the funding of HIV treatment that could stop the unnecessary spread of HIV, saving the NHS millions of pounds.
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- 10/04/2019
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- Individuals and families with welcoming hearts and a spare room are being encouraged to open their homes and lives to support adults with learning disabilities.
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- 09/04/2019
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- Across the Easter/spring period from April 7 to the end of May, a range of free council funded activities for children will be on offer at parks, playgrounds, Ideas Stores, libraries and other venues across the borough.
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- 04/04/2019
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- The Mayor met with the Council of Mosques and East London Mosques to discuss opportunities to improve security at places of worship, following the incident in Christchurch.
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- 03/04/2019
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- The seventh Big Clean Up launches in April 2019 as part of Keep Britain Tidy's Great British Spring Clean
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- 02/04/2019
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- We've introduced the borough's first Play Street in an effort to reduce local air pollution.
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- 02/04/2019
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- Tower Hamlets Council launched a Carers' Academy based at the Carers' Centre in Stepney offering bespoke skills training and courses to thousands of unpaid adult carers in the borough.
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- 02/04/2019
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- The council is set to make history as it launches an innovative new scheme to improve air quality and reduce congestion across Tower Hamlets.
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- 31/03/2019
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- A landlord has been hit with a £4,000 fine plus costs of over £5,000 after failing to license a property in multiple occupation (HMO), before a new council licensing scheme comes into play across the borough from 1 April .
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- 29/03/2019