Tower Hamlets Council is made up of members, who are called councillors, together they represent the people in the area they were voted for. Councillors must either live or work in the area. Councillors do not receive a salary. However, they do get a ‘member’s allowance’ in recognition of their time and expenses incurred while on council business. Your councillors …

Tower Hamlets newspaper East End Life, which has run for 23 years, published its final edition on Monday. It was set up in 1993 to “promote services and help foster unity and community cohesion” following the election of a British National Party councillor on the Isle of Dogs. Residents will no longer get vital information directly through their letter boxes …

At around 2.20pm (Sunday 15th May) two cars were involved in a crash on Vallance Road at the junction of Buxton Street. This has caused major delays as the police have restricted vehicles to one lane. A BMW was turning left out of Buxton Street while the Golf was heading towards Whitechapel apparently overtaking a vehicle heading in the same …