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Read about environment news including transport, climate, nature, housing, planning and development.

Electric rubbish collection truck Tower Hamlets
Environment Local News 

Tower Hamlets refuse workers miss bin collections because ‘they don’t know the routes’

May 19, 2023May 19, 2023 Ruby Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter 0 Comments News

Tower Hamlets Council attributes high numbers of fly-tipping to poor waste collection services, claiming that refuse workers miss roads due

Orford Road Liveable Street, a part of Waltham Forest's 'Mini Holland' Low Traffic Neighbourhood scheme
Environment Local News 

Panorama’s Road Wars explores divisions caused by Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

April 17, 2023April 18, 2023 BBC Local Democracy Reporter 0 Comments News

BBC’s Panorama documentary reveals an East London Councillor received death threats from residents opposing Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. A councillor in

A block of flats with green doors in Whitechapel, East London, showing a courier delivering food at one of the apartments, and laundry hanging outside another. Photography by Matt Payne.
Photography by Matt Payne.
Environment Local 

Sustainable living in Tower Hamlets for the many, not the few

April 6, 2023April 14, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments Features

How our borough is becoming a model for grassroots environmental change, with organisations and charities proving the cost-of-living crisis and

Old Bethnal Green road after liveable streets scheme
Environment Local News 

Tower Hamlets Council ‘misrepresented’ TfL on Liveable Streets

March 16, 2023March 17, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

Setting the record straight about its objection to the reversal of Liveable Streets in Tower Hamlets, Transport for London claims

Artist's impression of the MSG Sphere in Stratford.
Artist's impression of the MSG Sphere in Stratford.
Environment Local News 

Gove halts plans for MSG Sphere in Olympic Park to become the UK’s largest arena

March 3, 2023March 25, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments News

The MSG sphere, a giant event space, has had plans put on hold after strong opposition from locals and the

London Stadium in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Environment Local News 

West Ham’s London Stadium to be covered in ‘solar membrane’ to save energy

February 24, 2023March 1, 2023 BBC Local Democracy Reporter 0 Comments News

The London Stadium in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is set to be covered in solar panels to cut carbon

Tower Hamlets new town hall in Whitechapel.
Photo credit: Tower Hamlets Mayor's Office.
Environment Local News 

Tower Hamlets Council set to move housing services in-house to cut costs

February 18, 2023March 25, 2023 Ruby Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter 0 Comments Housing, News

Eighty-six per cent of residents backed the idea of the Council taking over housing services citing value for money and

New Whitechapel town hall front with illuminated purple clock and flag above.
Environment Local News 

Tower Hamlets Town Hall moves to former Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel seven years after works began

February 10, 2023March 25, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments Housing, News

The Tower Hamlets Town Hall has moved to a £115 million building with the promise of enhancing local democracy. The

London City Airport runway from above
Environment Local News 

London City Airport proposes thousands of extra Saturday flights despite opposition from East Londoners

February 9, 2023March 1, 2023 BBC Local Democracy Reporter 0 Comments News

Flights taking off from City Airport often travel over East London areas such as Bow and Poplar, causing concerns among

Cyclist in front of Oaklands School on Old Bethnal Green Road liveable street scheme.
Environment Local News 

Tower Hamlets schools call on Mayor Rahman not to reverse Liveable Streets schemes 

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 Polly Nash 1 Comment Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, News

Five headteachers have written a letter to the Mayor urging him to retain and improve existing road layouts around their

Globe Town Market Square with fruit and veg stall.
Environment Local Local economy News 

Setting the record straight about whether Globe Town Market Square will become a car park

January 26, 2023March 25, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments High street, News

Locals call for better communication as a public notice on a lamppost left the community feeling confused and disappointed at

Outside shot of Diagoras House in Bow, East London. A five-storey apartment block with balconies and overhanging trees.
Environment Local News 

Two Bow blocks without heat and hot water for months: have the problems been fixed?

January 20, 2023March 25, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments Housing, News

‘Unacceptable’ conditions at Milo and Diagoras Houses highlight the failure of the complaints process for renters to achieve change. Repairs

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