Maruf Ahmed THE SPORT AND VENUE programme for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games was confirmed last week – leading to celebrations in Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre (NEC). Five Team England medallists joined Birmingham 2022 Chair John Crabtree and pupils from ...

IN MARCH, Rowmando Lewis (28) murdered Tyrone Silcott (41) on Towpath Lane, E9, on the Hackney side of its border with Tower Hamlets. Last month, Lewis was jailed for life at Snaresbrook Crown Court, with an Order that he serve ...

Emdad Rahman AS PART OF National Hate Crime Awareness Week, East Londoners came together with visitors from as far afield as New York and with community organisations to go on a Peace Walk. The Tower Hamlets No Place For Hate ...

EIGHT ARRESTS were made across East London last month as police fighting moped-riding mobile phone thieves conducted morning raids in Tower Hamlets, Newham and Havering. The raids took place as part of Operation Venice, run by the Metropolitan Police together ...

Maruf Ahmed WHILE MOST SCHOOL CHILDREN were tucking into their well-earned midday lunches, a group of Year 10 pupils from the London Enterprise Academy in Whitechapel joined volunteers from the UK charity Human Relief Foundation to raise awareness of issues ...

POLICE HAVE revealed that a woman who was involved in a collision with a bicycle in Hackney has since died. The incident occurred on 28th August on Kingsland High Street, E8. The woman, 56, was a pedestrian. She was trying ...

Emdad Rahman The Bangladeshi community in Britain was proud to hear that British teenagers Saqlain Chowdhury and his friend Sadik have both been offered the opportunity to play in the Bangladesh Premier League. The two teenage prodigies have been signed ...

Emdad Rahman Launch of first ever guide for archiving specifically aimed at Muslim institutes First conference to discuss archiving Muslim heritage Launch of one-off special edition of 105-year-old Islamic Magazine The Everyday Muslim Heritage and Archive Initiative (EMHAI), in partnership ...

TWO YOUNG MEN from East London were jailed last month after being found guilty of a series of robberies – and injuring their victims, some very seriously, with knives and acid. The third member of this violent gang was from ...

Emdad Rahman On Wednesday, 10th October Dagenham88 Runners held a #runandtalk event to mark World Mental Health Day. A large group turned up for a brisk two mile walk and a friendly chat along the way.  Headed by the Club’s ...