Set to make the borough shine Tower Hamlets’ new Young Mayor, 16-year-old Deng Yan San, secured 2,663 votes at the elections in January to become the seventh person to hold the post. Votes count Make sure your vote counts on May 7 and register by April 20. 7364 0872 News News in brief Bar owner fined AN illegal shisha bar in Bow has been fined more than £3,000 for allowing the smoking of shisha indoors. La Fa Yaa Shisha Lounge in Roach Road was prosecuted by the council’s smoke free team at a hearing at Thames Magistrates’ Court on March 19. Leaseholder Shiplu Miah was found guilty of having failed to stop the illegal smoking of shisha in an enclosed place, an offence under the Health Act 2006. He was fined £800 and ordered to pay costs of £2,548 and an £80 victim surcharge. The council works with the Met Police and other agencies to ensure shisha bars are compliant with smoke-free legislation. For advice or information, or to report an illegal shisha premises, call the council on 7364 5008 or email healthand safety@towerhamlets.gov.uk A walking tour A WALKING tour later this month will explore the hidden history of the homeless in Victorian Whitechapel. Curators of the Geffrye Museum’s special exhibition, Homes of the Homeless: Seeking Shelter in Victorian London, will lead the tour on Saturday, April 25. The walk kicks off at 2pm at Whitechapel station and lasts an hour and a half. Tickets, at £16/£13, include free entry to the exhibition. To book, visit the website www.geffrye-musum.org.uk or email bookings@geffryemuseum. org.uk Cash recovered TOWER Hamlets Enforcement Officers (THEOs) recovered £1,500 in cash and a large quantity of cannabis hidden within the wheel arch of a car on Sunday, April 5. They were alerted about a suspicious vehicle in Sage Street, E1 by Tower Hamlets Homes and, with the help of their K9 dog unit, they were directed to the car wheel. Author to visit literary festival AUTHOR Ben Aaronovitch will be appearing at Idea Store Canary Wharf as part of literary festival Cityread London this Thursday, April 16. Cityread London is an annual celebration of literature and each April, Cityread asks residents, workers and visitors to pick up the same book and read it together. Taking the novel as a starting point, a month-long programme of book groups, film screenings and other events takes place across London. Aaronovitch’s urban fantasy novel Rivers of London follows the adventures of a rookie copper turned-apprentice-wizard, Peter Grant, and his boss, the last wizard in England. The event at Idea Store Canary Wharf starts at 1pm. To find out more call 7364 1262 or visit www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/ ideastore Take a nappy challenge TO launch Real Nappy Week 2015 next week, parents can take part in a world record attempt. The Great Cloth Nappy Change challenge will take place on Saturday, April 18 at the Museum of London Garden Room, in London Wall, EC2. Last year the official world record was set when 8,459 cloth nappies were changed simultaneously. Visit greatcloth nappychange-london.eventbrite .co.uk to book a ticket. Real Nappy Week takes place from April 20-26. The council works with the Washable Nappy Company to give advice at regular Nappuccino events. The next one is on Tuesday, May 12 from 10am-12noon at Idea Store Whitechapel. Young Mayor Deng Yan San and one of her deputies Monsur Ali on a recent visit to the House of Commons Borough’s Young Mayor set to make a difference BY RAJU MIAH THE new Young Mayor’s team have been travelling around the borough to find out how they can improve the lives of young people living, studying or working in the borough. Young Mayor Deng Yan San and her two deputies, Shofiqul Alom and Monsur Ali, were elected to represent the voice of young people for the next two years when a record number of youngsters took part in the elections in January. The feedback from these meetings has already helped craft two events, A Borough of Opportunities, delivered by the Young Mayor’s team with the support of the council. Deng Yan, a student at George Green’s School on the Isle of Dogs, said: “One of the greatest challenges young people face in the borough is making decisions that impact their lives. “This is why we delivered A Borough of Opportunities, as a way of bringing together various organisations, individuals and young people to network and ultimately support them to reach their potential.” For more information or to get in touch email Young.Mayor@ towerhamlets.gov.uk or visit www.towerhamlets.gov.uk Candidates that want your vote THE candidates standing for election in the two Tower Hamlets Parliamentary seats have been announced. Eleven people are vying to represent the Bethnal Green & Bow constituency with seven people hoping to be elected in Poplar & Limehouse in the General Election on May 7. The 18 names were announced last Thursday, April 9 by the council’s acting returning officer, John Williams, who also reminded residents that they have only one more week to register to vote in next month’s election. The deadline for electors to register is Monday, April 20. Bethnal Green & Bow candidates Rowshan Ali – Communities United Party Rushanara Ali – Labour Party Elliot Ball – The 30-50 Coalition Jonathan Dewey – Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol Alasdair Iain Henderson – Whig Party candidate Teena Lashmore – Liberal Democrats Paula McQueen – UK Independence Party [UKIP] Jason Andrew Pavlou – Red Flag–Anti-Corruption Alistair Polson – Green Party Glyn Robbins – Left Unity-Trade Unionists and Socialists Matt Smith – The Conservative Party Candidate Poplar & Limehouse candidates Elaine Bagshaw – Liberal Democrats Maureen Childs – Green Party Jim Fitzpatrick – Labour Party Rene Claudel Magenzi – Red Flag–Anti-Corruption Nicholas McQueen – UK Independence Party [UKIP] Hugo Pierre – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Chris Wilford – The Conservative Party Candidate 13 – 19 APRIL 2015 N E W S F R OM TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 3
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