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Day: January 16, 2019

Sex Education: Why need to watch this show immediately
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Sex Education: Why need to watch this show immediately

    Sex Education introduces us to Otis, a socially-awkward and sexually-repressed 16-year-old who lives with his mum, Jean, a sex and relationships therapist. Despite his own lack of experience, Otis winds up inadvertently following in his mum’s footsteps for his schoolmates, after helping someone through a rather mortifying sexual problem with a bit of advice he picked up from his mum. Already a hit with viewers and critics alike, the show has sparked a lot of conversation online, and if you’re yet to tune in, this is why it’s already proved so popular... 1. The aesthetic The first thing we have to say about ‘Sex Education’ is that it looks great. The entire show has a total’ 80s vibe to it (it took us a full 20 minutes into the first episode to realise that it is...
A budget to build a cleaner, safer and fairer Tower Hamlets
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A budget to build a cleaner, safer and fairer Tower Hamlets

Multi-million funding package for community safety, housing, education, children's services and the environment. Overall a council tax increase in line with inflation and income generation to protect frontline services as supported by a majority of residents following feedback from over 2,000 residents and businesses. Council tax rates expected to remain seventh lowest in London. Tower Hamlets Mayor John Biggs and his Cabinet have approved the borough's draft three year budget, which is designed to invest in a cleaner, safer and fairer Tower Hamlets and continue to protect residents from the negative impacts of ongoing austerity and government cuts. The budget proposals, subject to further scrutiny from councillors ahead of being formally adopted at next month's special b...
EU opens door to more talks if May compromises
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EU opens door to more talks if May compromises

    The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator has opened the door to re-opening talks about the EU and UK’s future relationship if Theresa May ditches some of her negotiating red lines. Speaking the morning after MPs rejected the prime minister’s deal, Michel Barnier said that the European Council unanimously agreed and had always said that if the UK chooses to shift its red lines in the future, and if it makes that choice to be more ambitious and to go beyond a simple free trade agreement, then the EU will be immediately ready to go hand in hand with that development and give a favourable response. Ms May has said she wants to end freedom of movement, leave the single market, customs union, and jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice limiting the scope of her ...
Funding available for community football
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Funding available for community football

16 grants of £500 Mayor's Cup grants on offer. Applications for grants close 18 January. Tower Hamlets residents and community groups have until 18 January to apply for 16 grants of up to £500 to support projects that improve involvement in sport as part of the next round of grants for the Mayor's Cup. The grants pot is raised from the previous year's popular annual football tournament hosted by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets. Applications for the Mayor's Cup grants opened this week. The council is committed to promoting sports and the Mayor's Cup encourages more people to take up football. Shortlisting will take place between 21 and 25 January 2019. The final selection will end with successful applicants being informed during the week ending 1 February 2019. Applicants should...