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Generative AI up for debate at council’s annual arts event

#TowerHamlets #EastLondon #arts #culture

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Generative AI up for debate at council’s annual arts event
Speakers from a range of organisations will be in attendance on 3 April
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March 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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‘Nothing positive’: Residents hit out at canalside development over heritage concerns

#EastLondon #planning #heritage

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‘Nothing positive’: Residents hit out at canalside development over heritage concerns
Local group Friends of Regent’s Canal speak out about potential impact on heritage
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March 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Bow corner shop gets thumbs-up for additional 16-seat restaurant

#EastLondon #Bow #licensing

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Bow corner shop gets thumbs-up for additional 16-seat restaurant
The premises will remain as a shop but it will now also have a small dining area at the back
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March 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Rushanara Ali visits Providence Row homelessness charity

#EastLondon #homelessness

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Rushanara Ali visits Providence Row homelessness charity
‘It was great to meet the Providence Row team and service users, and to see the range of support provided to people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping.’
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March 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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What Is It Like?, Arebyte Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Fascinating and unsettling’

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What Is It Like?, Arebyte Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Fascinating and unsettling’
Six digital artists ‘remind us that our minds are steeped in very human cultures’
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March 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Check out this year’s Modern Cockney Festival

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Check out this year’s Modern Cockney Festival
A month-long celebration of the culture, heritage, and identity of ‘non-posh Londoners’.
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March 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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East London gears up for Women’s History Month

#EastLondon #women #womenshistorymonth

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East London gears up for Women’s History Month
Art, live performances and talks feature in a wide-ranging line-up
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February 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Calls for grooming gang inquiry rejected by City Hall following Conservative gaffe

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Grooming gang inquiry rejected by City Hall following Conservative gaffe
Tory calls for a London-wide investigation were voted down by Assembly members
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February 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Supporters launch fighting fund to save Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club

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Supporters launch fighting fund to save Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club
Crowdfunder appeal aims to raise £12,000 by 8 April
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February 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Council apologises to man in wheelchair trapped in his home ‘for long periods’ by illegally parked cars

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Council apologises to man in wheelchair trapped in his home ‘for long periods’ by illegally parked cars
Town Hall pays out £400 after ombudsman found it failed to take ‘appropriate action’
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February 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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‘Anxiety and uncertainty’: East London teachers could strike over redundancy threat

#EastLondon #schools #education

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‘Anxiety and uncertainty’: East London teachers could strike over redundancy threat
More than a fifth of teaching assistants at St. Luke’s primary are at risk of redundancy, says union
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February 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Artwork people can taste wins highly competitive East London award

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Artwork people can taste wins highly competitive East London award
Laisul Hoque’s food installation tops more than 800 entries for the 2025 East London Art Prize
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February 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Making Egypt, Young V&A, exhibition review: ‘Fitting centrepiece for a family day out’

#EastLondon #museum #exhibition #children

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Making Egypt, Young V&A, exhibition review: ‘Fitting centrepiece for a family day out’
The museum’s second major show does a ‘fine job of engaging with audiences on different levels’
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February 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Domestic abuse workers call off strike as talks continue

#TowerHamlets #EastLondon #domesticabuse

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Domestic abuse workers call off strike as talks continue
Independent advisers at Solace Women’s Aid were set to take action today
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February 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Filling time: Sandwich giant wins permission to stay open later

#TowerHamlets #licensing

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Filling time: Sandwich giant wins permission to stay open later
Subway on Mile End Road gets approval from planners for extra hours
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February 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Boost for Chinese ‘super embassy’ plans as Tower Hamlets Council backs off

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Boost for Chinese ‘super embassy’ plans as Tower Hamlets Council backs off
Town Hall concedes it can ‘no longer present evidence’ for refusing permission
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February 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Domestic abuse workers to strike indefinitely over potentially ‘catastrophic’ job cuts

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Domestic abuse workers to strike indefinitely over potentially ‘catastrophic’ job cuts
Independent advisers from Solace Women’s Aid vote unanimously to take action from 14 Feburary
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February 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Weight lifted as Bethnal Green’s iron-pumping club wins stay of execution

#EastEnd #TowerHamlets #weightlifting #sports

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Weight lifted as Bethnal Green’s iron-pumping club wins stay of execution
The council has extended the eviction deadline for the historic Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club by three months
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February 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Council pays out over £1k to woman whose son missed out on therapy sessions

#TowerHamlets #EastLondon #education #therapy

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Council pays out over £1k to woman whose son missed out on therapy sessions
Town Hall apologises to family after being found at fault by local government watchdog
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January 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Council to decide on plans to merge two schools

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Council to decide on plans to merge two schools
The amalgamation of Globe Primary and Rachel Keeling Nursery is set to be considered by cabinet today
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January 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM