Cannabis factory found in previous Island Police Station - sold off by Labour Monday, 25 July, 2022 Police discovered a large scale cannabis factory operating in the former Isle of Dogs Police station which had been sold off by Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan in February. Cllr Peter Golds campaigned heavily against the police station closure alongside all Island Conservative candidates and residents. We were deeply disappointed at the decision of closing down the only police station on the Island... Local News
Rahman tries to sell off more of our borough’s heritage 1st December 2012 Respect-backed Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, was accused of selling off more of Tower Hamlets’ heritage – after deciding to sell a famous statue gifted... Local News
Boris delivers investment for Tower Hamlets transport 21st November 2012 Conservative Mayor of London Boris Johnson has provided a major boost to Tower Hamlets’ commuters, after pledging £3.5 million in investment on improvements to... Local News
Cllr Snowdon Leads Opposition To Mayor’s Plan To Sell ‘Old Flo’ 7th November 2012 Cllr David Snowdon (Conservative, Millwall Ward) on Tuesday evening led opposition to Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s plans to sell off Tower Hamlets’ Henry Moore ‘Old... Local News
TOWER HAMLETS SECURES £77M OF GOVERNMENT HOUSING CASH 4th November 2012 The Conservative-led Government has pledged £77 million of funding over the next two years to improve housing on Tower Hamlets. Local News
Not on Mother Kelly's Doorstep ! 13th September 2012 On Wednesday 12th September, Tower Hamlets Development Committee deferred a decision to grant planning consent for a new hotel on the Balls Brothers site... Local News
Fighting Isle of Dogs Overdevelopment 17th August 2012 On Thursday 16 August the council’s Strategic Development Committee rejected by 3 votes to 0 the proposal to rebuild the ASDA store at Crossharbour and... Local News
Canary Wharf Crossrail Taking Shape! 17th August 2012 Cllr Peter Golds and Sir Edward Lister, Chief of Staff to Mayor Boris Johnson, today toured the site of the new Crossrail station at Canary Wharf. Local News
A Capital Effort Cleaning Up The Island! 29th July 2012 Isle of Dogs Councillors Tim Archer (Blackwall and Cubitt Town), Peter Golds (Blackwall and Cubitt Town) and David Snowdon (Millwall) took part in the July... Local News
Mayor Rahman Sells Off Limehouse Library — What Next? 29th July 2012 The library on Commercial Road, which served the local community from 1901 to 2003, was sold to a restaurant company for just £945,000 by Mayor Lutfur Rahman... Local News
Black History Month 2020 1st October 2020 Celebrating the impact of black people on global culture and society. National News
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak on the Winter Economy Plan 24th September 2020 The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak has today launched his Winter Economy Plan, our economic response to the Coronavirus pandemic for the coming winter... National News
Prime Minister’s Statement on Coronavirus in full 23rd September 2020 Read the Prime Minister’s Statement as delivered on new measures to tackle the Coronavirus, delivered on 22 September 2020. National News
Here’s the Government’s new measures to tackle coronavirus 23rd September 2020 We are introducing new restrictions in England, to suppress the disease, and minimise damage to lives and livelihoods. National News
"Out of touch": 10 things everyone should know about Labour after their Conference 23rd September 2020 Read about the top 10 things everyone should know about Labour after their 2020 Conference. National News
Amanda Milling: ‘The PM still has support of Red Wall despite locking down the North’ 19th September 2020 Amanda Milling, chairwoman of the Conservative party, is wincing at the memory of being a government whip at the height of last year’s parliamentary paralysis... National News
