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Striking workers join MPs in parliament to protest conditions at be well leisure centres in east london
Borough NewsPoliticsTower Hamlets

Striking leisure centre staff accuse council of ‘hiding away’ and take their fight to Parliament

Billy Roberts

Nine MPs have tabled a parliamentary motion supporting strikes at council-run leisure centres over working hours, pay scales, and alleged

Rushanara Ali MP column for Tower Hamlets Slice: How Labour is laying the foundations for economic stability.
Bethnal GreenBethnal NewsBorough NewsPoliticsTower Hamlets

Rushanara Ali MP on building the foundations for a stable economy in the UK and east London

Contributor
Lutfur Rahman, Zoë Garbett, Liam Shrivastava
Borough NewsHousing & HealthPoliticsTower Hamlets

Council takes Khan to court over cut to affordable homes pledge, joining Lewisham and Hackney 

Nick Clark, Local Democracy Reporter
Abul Monsur, who published the anti-semitic posts online, stands with party leader Lutfur Rahman, Tower Hamlets, East London.
Borough NewsPoliticsPoplarPoplar NewsTower Hamlets

Confusion as Holocaust denier still a member of council’s Aspire ‘group’ despite being suspended from party

Nick Clark, Local Democracy Reporter
Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman being photographed just after winning the 2026 Tower Hamlets local elections
Borough NewsPoliticsTower Hamlets

Triumph and division: What Tower Hamlets’ 2026 local election results really show 

Billy Roberts
Aspire Party members after increasing their majority on Tower Hamlets Council
Borough NewsPoliticsTower Hamlets

Aspire substantially increases council majority as Labour falls level with Greens

Billy Roberts

Lifestyle

From independent shops to neighbourhood cafés and nightlife, our Lifestyle section explores where to shop, eat, drink, and spend your time.

Afternoon tea on a table in the Angel of Bow, Poplar, East London.
Food & DrinkOut & AboutOut in PoplarPoplarTower Hamlets

The Angel of Bow brings West End-style afternoon tea to the East End 

Lydia Jones

Forget the Ritz – one of the East End’s most characterful pubs is bringing the elegance of afternoon tea to

The natural pool, busy with swimmers and people sunbathing on the decking. The pool is backgrounded by skyscrapers, canary wharf, poplar, Tower Hamlets.
Out & AboutOut in PoplarPoplarTower Hamlets

Making a splash: We visit the new Sea Lanes lido in Canary Wharf, on the hottest June day on record

Lydia Jones
The outside of the Old George pub in Bethnal Green, with a red bike parked next to it
Bethnal GreenOut & AboutOut in Bethnal GreenTower Hamlets

The best Old Man Pubs in Bethnal Green

Billy Roberts
The exterior of 9 Morgan Street in Mile End, run but the owners of Breid Bakers
Out & AboutOut in Roman RoadRoman RoadTower Hamlets

9 Morgan Street: Breid’s baby brother branch brings sourdough bread and nduja croissants to Mile End

Billy Roberts
Cirilo Filipino restaurant on Cable Street, Whitechapel
Out & AboutOut in WhitechapelTower HamletsWhitechapel

Head-spinning beer and lip-smacking Adobo: Cirilo Filipino restaurant on Cable Street

Billy Roberts
Friendly Runners group outside Victoria Park pavilion in running gear.
Out & AboutTower Hamlets

The best running groups, clubs and routes in the East End of London

Alice Collyer

Society

Take a closer look at Tower Hamlets today, examining the arts, people, and trends shaping the East End of London.

Drawing of different places of worship across Tower Hamlets, including churches, mosques and the siikh temple.
Borough CultureSocietyTower Hamlets

Messages from local spiritual leaders for the New Year 2026

Billy Roberts

2026 already seems to be accelerating at the rate set by 2025. One essential role of religious leaders is to give

Three women in the gym with strong looking arms.
Borough CultureSocietyTower Hamlets

Strongwomen take the East End by storm with a women-led fitness revival

Agatha Scaggiante
Wherries servicing the London Docks in Wapping in 1805.
Borough CultureHistory and MemoriesSocietyTower Hamlets

Lost stations, mini-ferrries and omnibuses: The buried secrets of Tower Hamlet’s transport history

Agatha Scaggiante
A smiling community grower in the middle of a community garden surrounded by crops, Tower Hamlets, London
Borough CultureSocietyTower Hamlets

In pictures: Portraits celebrate local growers reimagining borough’s food system 

Angel Sun
Homeless person sleeping in a sleeping bag in Shoreditch, East London.
Borough CultureSocietyTower Hamlets

Nearly 50% rise in Tower Hamlets rough sleepers in the last decade, Government data reveals

Billy Roberts
The red and white St. George's Cross flying against a cloudy sky.
Borough CultureSocietyTower Hamlets

Red and white or red, green and black? In Tower Hamlets, flags are always up for debate

Agatha Scaggiante