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- Tower Hamlets Council has appointed Sam Brown as its new Director of Corporate Property and Estates.
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- 25th September 2025
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- This year's Mayor's Cup football tournament came to an exciting finale at Mile End Stadium on Sunday 21 September, following two action packed weekends of competitions which attracted a total of 966 players, with teams playing across 10 age categories.
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- 24th September 2025
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- This weekend, Tower Hamlets Council held two festivals to celebrate East London's history of migration and its rich culinary and cultural diversity following the far-right march through the capital the previous weekend.
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- 22nd September 2025
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- Tower Hamlets Council, in partnership with Cyclehoop, announced today the installation of four new on-demand secure Bikehangars, the first of their kind in London.
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- 19th September 2025
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- Statement from the Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets Lutfur Rahman
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- 19th September 2025
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- The Council has announced a major boost to its cost-of-living support programme, with £5.3 million from the Government's Household Support Fund (HSF) allocated to help residents facing financial hards
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- 18th September 2025
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- Building on council investment in cricket across the borough, the Mayor's Cricket Cup tournament returned for a second successful year, with trophies presented in four categories.
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- 18th September 2025
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- Young children who attended a story time session were amongst the first visitors to celebrate the creation of a new children's library at Idea Store Canary Wharf. Tower Hamlets Council and Canary Wharf Group are working in partnership, spending £1.4m on improving and increasing the learning offer for residents, at Idea Store Canary Wharf.
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- 5th September 2025
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- Plans for a major regeneration scheme which will see creation of a new neighbourhood on the north bank of the River Thames, were approved at Tower Hamlets Council meeting
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- 5th September 2025
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- Young entrepreneurs from Tower Hamlets have truly excelled in this year's Young Traders Market campaign, a national initiative run by the National Market Traders Federation (NMTF) to support 16–30-year-olds in launching and testing their products.
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- 4th September 2025