Tower Hamlets is one of the most deprived parts of London, with a high concentration of social housing. Traditionally it has been home to wave after wave of new immigrants in the captial. Among second generation Bangaldeshi students there is a new fashion for spending large sums of money to rent luxury cars for their National Record of Achievement ceremony. The teenagers, who are too young to drive, are chauffeured around the neighbourhood and attend the ceremony at school, often before spending a night on the town
