THERE ARE seven outdoor gyms in Tower Hamlets – and they are waiting for residents to dash out between the April showers and have a quick work-out on your own, with friends, or during one of the coaching sessions available. ...

IT WAS broad daylight. It was a Saturday afternoon. It was Poplar. And other young man lost his life to knife crime. The emergency services must have thought they were getting deja vu as they returned to Poplar yesterday afternoon, ...

THE SUMMER SIGNINGS opened at the East End’s Leyton Orient with former Orient player Josh Wright adding his moniker to the dotted line as he bounced back to his old club. Wright began his career south of the river before ...

Emdad Rahman SCINTILLA CRICKET CLUB have completed a morale boosting double after defeating rivals Newham CC at Oakfield Playing Fields. The competitive derby saw Newham win the toss and elect to bat first. Three wickets apiece from Rifat Mahmud and ...

THE BANGLADESH Caterers’ Association (BCA) has welcomed an announcement from the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), which has pledged to recommend a relaxation in government immigration policy. MAC advises government on how to change immigration policy. With Brexit on the horizon, ...

The Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park is one of East London’s newest parks – and it’s the host to one of running’s newest events, which began two years after the 2012 Olympics. On the first Saturday of every month, the park ...

THE ENGLAND Women’s Football Team have swept aside Argentina in Le Havre – and reached the knock out stages of the Women’s Football World Cup. The victory is all the sweeter as it comes 35 years after Argentina knocked the ...

Emdad Rahman THE HEDGECOCK Centre will be hosting a special Eid Fun Day for the community in Barking. The community event is open to everyone and will take place tomorrow: Saturday, 15th June. The event runs from 3pm to 7pm ...

TODAY WE look out over a Thames at high tide to what we now know as the O2 Arena – one of East London’s most popular entertainment venues. The building was originally constructed to hold the Millennium Exhibition, one of ...

LAST SUNDAY, 9th June, Councillor Humayun Kabir marked his election as Mayor of the London Borough of Croydon at his Inaugural Dinner at The Hilton Hotel, Purley Way. The Mayor was joined by many distinguished guests, including the Rt Hon. ...