Only older people who receive a benefit called a Pension Credit will receive a free TV licence. Here’e how to claim.
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NOW NEED TO BOOK Walk-In Covid-19 Tests
Covid-19 walk-in tests are available seven days a week, 8am-8pm over the border in Hackney.
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Covid-19 update for Tower Hamlets
The latest news from Tower Hamlets Council includes a useful graph showing the number of coronavirus cases in Tower Hamlets. I found the original on the government website. Between the end of May and the
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Feedback how local Healthcare Services are performing, Coronavirus Tests, TFL, Cash Machines
How are local health services performing during Covid-19? Tower Hamlets Healthwatch want local residents to tell them how the system is working for local residents. Leave your feedback here. They’re holding a follow-up Zoom webinar
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Don’t Get Caught Out – Parking Permits, Congestion Charge & ULEZ
Parking Permits in Tower Hamlets Tower Hamlets no longer issues squares of paper as parking permits. They’ve gone paperless, and your numberplate tells traffic officers that you’ve paid. They say you’ll get an email reminder
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A History of the TV Licence – How did we get here?
How the TV Licence Fee started Huge changes have happened since the radio receiving licence was introduced. In 1920 the Marconi Radio Company began to broadcast test signals from Chelmsford to a band of amateur
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Over 75 TV Licence Row & the Future of TV
I’ve concluded that market forces will end the TV Licence system. Personally I think the BBC will have faded away by the end of the decade.Alan Tucker Free TV licences for over 75s 20 years
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No Money for Liveable Streets, Extra Powers & Global Warming
Council has no money for Liveable Streets scheme On 29th July Mark Baynes published a humorous and critical look at the latest Tower Hamlets Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting. He heard that the overall capital
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