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"Business as usual on Brick Lane" says Mayor Lutfur Rahman after meeting with restaurateurs Labour curfew claims dismissed as "nonsense" Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman and Spitalfields and Banglatown ward councillor, Gulam Robbani met with Brick Lane restaurant owners yesterday (6 February) to reassure them following claims by the Labour Party that a midnight curfew had been imposed without consultation. After the meeting Mayor Lutfur Rahman said: "I was pleased to meet the restaurateurs and reassure them that it's business as usual for Brick Lane. The area is London's curry capital and a vital hub for the local economy. We're working closely with the traders to see how we can provide additional support and boost businesses." Cllr Gulam Robbani who called the meeting with the t...

Following the attempt of Far Right activists to provoke civil disorder in Tower Hamlets at the weekend, Mayor Lutfur Rahman said: "The appearance of fascist sympathisers on our streets, masquerading under the banner of ‘Christian Patrols’, was designed to provoke community division and disorder. The East End has a long and honourable tradition of opposing those who preach hatred. I fully endorse the statement of my friend, Rt. Rev. Adrian Newman, Bishop of Stepney, that there is no place for vigilante patrols on the streets of Tower Hamlets. I can reassure the community that the council and police are taking these incidents very seriously. Those involved in vigilante patrols will feel the full force of the law." -Press Release

Sumon Ahmed: Millions across the UK are celebrating the start of the new year, with parties, music and fireworks. An estimated 250,000 people watched an eight-minute firework display at the London Eye, which was set to music for the first time. An estimated quarter of a million people converged on the banks of the River Thames in London to watch a spectacular firework display set to music. Crowds also gathered in central London for the free annual fireworks, which were launched from barges on the Thames and the Eye itself. Peach-flavoured snow and edible banana confetti fell on revellers during the capital's "multi-sensory" show. Hundreds of thousands of revellers have welcomed in the new year at open-air parties across the UK. Showers of brightly coloured fireworks shot into the sky to a...