Emdad Rahman THE UMMAH WELFARE TRUST organised a Community Fun Day in Whitechapel to raise awareness of the plight of the Rohingya people in Myanmar – a community which is widely recognised as one of the most persecuted on the ...

Emdad Rahman THE INNER LONDON Football League (ILFL) has once again set the veterans scene buzzing with the launch of the 40+ League at Stepney Green Astroturf.  The league is played in Stepney Green every Monday from 9-10 pm. The ...

Emdad Rahman A TUMULTUOUS summer saw Stepney Football Club relegated from the BFA Summer League for the first time – yet finish the season as Cup Champions after a heroic comeback victory over BYM. This led to a major overhaul in ...

THREE HOUSES in the Coldharbour Conservation Area were demolished last June – and Tower Hamlets Council has now ordered the owners to rebuild them as they were knocked down without permission. Tower Hamlets Council has been investigating the demolition since ...

HAVE charged Ian Anthony Rook, of no fixed address, with grievous bodily harm and possession of a lethal weapon. This follows an incident on Sunday evening, when Dr Nasser Kurdy was stabbed outside Altrincham and Hale Muslim Association. Dr Kurdy, ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council has announced that it is preparing a Brownfield Land Register – and members of the public are invited to nominate sites to the new system of record keeping. It all began in April, when the Government instructed Local ...

EXTREME RIGHT WINGERS will now be sitting in the German Federal Parliament for the first time since the Second World War – according to exit polls following today’s elections. The polls confirm that Angela Merkel is on course to emerge ...

ON SUNDAY MORNING, police re-assessed the acid attack which took place in Stratford on Saturday evening – and reported that the incident was more self-contained that had previously been thought. The police confirmed that just before 8pm, an argument had ...

The ultra-right wing English Defence League (EDL) called a demonstration in Chelmsford today, Sunday, 24th September – but the protest was over before it began. The extremists had announced they were going to protest about gangs grooming under-age girls, terrorism ...

JACK O’BRIEN is starting a long prison sentence following his conviction at the start of this month of attempted robbery – an incident which ended with him endangering the public as he tried to make a getaway from police. It ...