Emdad Rahman BRITISH TRAVEL WRITER and East Londoner Tharik Hussain’s debut book, Minarets in the Mountains; a Journey into Muslim Europe, has entered the Amazon top ten for travel writing books within days of being available for pre-order. It also peaked at ...

THE GOVERNMENT OF Sri Lanka has today announced that it will respect the right of Muslims to have a burial in accordance with their religious practices and obligations and will no longer take the bodies of those who have died ...

A POLICE OPERATION during January, focussed on reducing the incidence of robbery in Barking, saw the Longbridge Neighbourhood Policing Team make nine arrests. The team sent out enhanced patrols in Barking town centre, Barking Park, the Gascoigne Estate and Faircross ...

THEY ARE keeping it zipped – but members of the community are continuing to ask for Executive Mayor John Biggs and Blackwall & Cubitt Town Labour Councillor Ehtasham Haque why they were going walkabout on the Isle of Dogs this ...

THE UK SIKH COUNCIL has called on Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to do more to halt human rights violations against farmers in India. They have asked him to raise UK concerns with India’s Government and in the United Nations. Problems ...

Madiha Hussain I DECIDED to donate some brand new books to the homeless soup kitchen because I saw Emdad Bhaiya (brother) organising the soup kitchens, using his time to donate food and clothes with the needy.  I thought that I ...

A MAN found guilty of three counts of writing anti-Semitic graffiti on bus stops in Stamford Hill has escaped with a community order by way of punishment. Antonio Santos, 61, of Cruikshank Street, Islington, admitted three counts of racially aggravated ...

FOOTBALL SCHOOL authors Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton are the face of this year’s Where’s Wally? fun run, which will be raising money to support the work of the National Literacy Trust. This year’s event – named the “Weekender” – will take ...

IT WAS A big thank you to Vestey Foods Ltd earlier this week, as Island Network volunteers packed up food deliveries to take to elderly and needy residents on the Isle of Dogs. Donations had already been gratefully received from ...

A POLICE PATROL in the London Fields area, E8, has uncovered a number of knives, a small amount of cannabis and two motor vehicle registration plates. As the patrol went along Wilman Grove at around 6pm on 20th January, they ...