Emdad Rahman blog #MASJIDALNOOR on the Gascoigne Estate has a dedicated team of volunteers who are focussing on serving the estate and surrounding localities in the borough of Barking & Dagenham. The majority of the team are from the local ...

A MAN HAS been charged with committing a robbery in Whitechapel – in a case of a public appeal providing the police with information leading to them identifying and locating a suspect. Belal Ali, 36, of Princelet Street, E1, was ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council is asking residents to complete an online questionnaire detailing how the Coronavirus pandemic has been affecting them, to help it plan services.   Strangely, residents have to sign in on the Council website before they can view ...

POP MUSIC was once so new and daring: it’s shocking to think that it’s over 50 years old. Some standards have been around for over half a century… What, then, were we listening to 50 years ago? It was an ...

POLICE HAVE released an image of a man they wish to speaks to in connection with a robbery which took place in the Dalston Kingsland Shopping Centre, E8, on 24th April. Police were called out just before 9pm and went ...

WHAT WILL our “new normal” look like? To inform our debate, our “thoughts” this month will feature quotes from iconoclasts who want to see freedom, equality and justice for the many. Here’s a controversial iconoclast challenging us to take an ...

THE PANDEMIC is not over – and as countries struggle to cope with the situation at home, there are worrying signs that the US, and perhaps some allies, may respond to the pressure with bellicose statements. The Stop the War ...

THE GOVERNMENT has announced that competitive sport may resume in the UK from Monday, 1st June – but only after the governing bodies of the individual sports concerned have assessed the risk, and only as long as there are no ...

POLICE investigating a stabbing near Stepney Green Tube station, which took place on 5th April, have arrested five young men.  They have also seized a number of weapons, including two large knives. The stabbing took place just before 11pm. The ...

WHAT WILL our “new normal” look like? To inform our debate, our “thoughts” this month will feature quotes from iconoclasts who want to see freedom, equality and justice for the many. One of the questions we need to address is ...