LONDON MAYOR Sadiq Khan is reminding Londoners that Diwail on the Square takes place this Sunday. The celebration will be taking over Trafalgar Square and all Londoners are invited. Diwali – usually translated as the “festival of lights” is a ...

THREE PEOPLE were injured yesterday, Friday, 25th October, in First Avenue, Dagenham. One victim was a woman who is thought to be in her 30s. Two children were also hurt: a girl and a boy who are thought to be ...

ELN COMMENT: WHERE HAS the Labour Party gone? Well, yes – into Government. And ministers don’t need the Labour Party website so much, as their press releases can now appear on ministerial press sites. But have they forgotten about the ...

AHMED DEEN-JAH was stabbed to death in Freemasons Road, Custom House, Newham, back on 2nd April 2017. Now two men have been arrested and charged with murdering him. They are: •Lekan Akinsoji, aged 26, of no fixed above; •Sundjata Keita, ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council has been successful in applying to the Make Every Adult Matter (MEAM) Network. Yes, we’re delighted to. What does it mean? No idea, really. The announcement came in a Council press release dated 23rd October. This much ...

THE LABOUR GOVERNMENT has done a good thing by promising to enact one of the previous Tory Government’s plans. Now there’s a sentence you don’t hear often. The cause of all this joy is that the Government has announeced that ...

AS THE “Season of Bangla Drama” comes of age with its 21st annual theatre festival, Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor Lutfur Rahman has congratulated all involved. “We are so proud that Tower Hamlets continues to champion this fantastic platform for homegrown ...

CHECK YOUR cupboards! A food company FGS Ingredients Ltd, which produces spices has found out that some of the mustard it supplies to other food manufacturers has been contaminated by peanuts.  Those manufactuerers have used the contaminated mustard to make ...

MAYOR LUTFUR RAHMAN has invited primary school pupils who live or go to school in Tower Hamlets to design a festive Christmas card. The Mayor will choose some of the best designs to send out as Council cards this year. ...

A MOSQUE at Manor Park was one of eight mosques which lost cash in a burglary last year. The sums stolen are thought to amount to a substantial haul. Now police have released details of a man they wish to ...