IT BEGAN AS an ordinary evening, with a 34 year old man going out for dinner and drinks in East London. He left a venue in Brick Lane at approximately 3.30am – and was then assaulted by three men. The ...
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Sounds on Sunday: 50 years ago/12
FIFTY YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling “singles” of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? Sadly, in most cases the top selling singles ...
Read More »London Tigers CC win Victoria Park Community Cricket League
The post-COVID roller-coaster cricket season went in favour of London Tigers CC when the Club won the mid-week competition at Victory Park. It came down to the last game of the season, between London Tigers CC (LTCC) and Old Fallopians ...
Read More »The Thames today
TODAY WE continue with our occasional series The Thames today. The Thames forms the southern boundary of four East London boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering. In one way it is a barrier, sealing off one direction ...
Read More »Muslims and Jews unite to find hate-attacker
POLICE are trying to identify and find a man in connection with a series of random attacks on Jewish people which took place on the streets of Hackney on Wednesday, 18th August. On Friday, 27th August police officers from the ...
Read More »Is this a reshuffle or is the house of cards collapsing?
TWO WEEKS AFTER losing the Weavers by-election, Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor John Biggs has announced that he is changing his policy on “liveable streets” and having a Cabinet reshuffle. In very similar press releases, both Tower Hamlets Labour Party and ...
Read More »Bishwanath gear up for Upazila Cup!
Emdad Rahman TEAM MANAGER Khalis Miah has announced the Bishwanath (BSA UK) team for the 2021 Upazila tournament on Sunday 29th August 2021. He said, “The whole management team have worked incredibly hard to keep the unity together since we ...
Read More »Neo Cricket Club crowned National Cricket League Champions
Emdad Rahman NEO CRICKET CLUB has topped off a highly successful season with their First XI winning the National Cricket League on Sunday in the Diamond Premier Division. Since cricket was released from lockdown at the end of March 2021, ...
Read More »John Reed fun and fitness is coming to Shoreditch
BERLIN’S FAMOUS FITNESS export John Reed will open its first UK club in Liverpool Street on 20th September. The new location will fuse Berlin and London music, fashion, street art and design and fitness to offer a new workout experience. ...
Read More »Nurse: Blair’s got out of his room again!
AMONG THE most sickening sights at the end of the western occupation of Afghanistan has been that of former Prime Minister Tony Blair – lecturing us on what the UK should do about foreign policy. Blair played his part in ...
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