Emdad Rahman MAYBE HOME IS nothing more than two arms holding you tight when you’re at your lowest. It’s a time of the year when people really feel the blues – what with the festive shopping, cooking and entertaining leaving many ...

REGISTERED CHILDMINDER Anouska Coleman, 37, of Lancing Road, Romford, will spend Christmas contemplating the prospect of spending the next 16 years in prison. She had been found guilty, on 6th October, at Basildon Crown Court, of two counts of grievous ...

Damian Green MP has resigned from Theresa May’s Cabinet after an investigation found that he had made “inaccurate and misleading” statements in respect of pornographic material found on his computer at the House of Commons.   [Adverts]

Muhammad Talha COUNCILLOR ABDUL AZIZ, the Mayor of Barking & Dagenham, helped spread a little festive cheer by inviting a group of local homeless residents to join him in his parlour and enjoy lunch with him.  The Mayor has a ...

DON’T RENT A ROOM from this man. He is James Bennett, 32 – and he’s now a convicted fraudster and he’s on the run. Bennett carried out his fraud on unsuspecting private tenants from late 2015 to December 2016. He ...

Muhammad Ismael Rahman AHEAD OF THE launch of the Winter League, Stepney Football Club has launched a smart new team kit in association with the charity Human Relief Foundation (HRF).  The launch took place at the humanitarian charity’s Whitechapel offices ...

LONDON MPs and Members of the Greater London Assembly (GLA) are being given the change to get back in touch with the streets of the capital as the Metropolitan Police have invited elected representatives to join police officers out on ...

Emdad Rahman A 46TH BANGLADESH Independence Day celebration has taken place to commemorate the birth of Bangladesh. The get together at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman monument in Sidney Street, Whitechapel, involved tributes to the 1971 martyrs.  Community leader Afsar Khan ...

THE YOUNG MAN murdered in Hackney ten days ago has been named by police. Alex Vanderpuye, aged 24, from Hackney, was stabbed at around 4.45pm on Thursday, 7th December and died at the scene. A post mortem has confirmed that ...

Emdad Rahman FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURS and members of the community came together to enjoy a collective lunch at the Care House in Shadwell, East London. A pleasant afternoon saw various members of all faiths and none enjoy lunch, intermingling, pleasant discussions and ...