WHAT WERE WE listening to 50 years ago?  One early number one in 1969 was this catchy little number from Amen Corner, which topped the charts early in the year. The song is little more than its chorus – but ...

THE PRE-SEASON encounter at the Breyer Group Stadium began with both teams laying a wreath in the centre circle in memory of the late Justin Edinbugh. The move was welcomed by applause from the crowd. Profits from the match are ...

Emdad Rahman UNITED PATLI are celebrating after regaining the Jagannathpur Union Cup – after beating 2017 winners and four times finalists Syedpur and Shaharpara Union in the final. Six of the official union teams took part in two groups of ...

A POLICE investigation has ended with one man being charged with committing a series of sexual assaults in Newham and Waltham Forest over the last month. The man charged is Abdallah Baballah, 23, of no fixed above. On 27th July, ...

THE AUGUST issue of The Voice – online magazine of the East London Garden Society (ELGS) is out, bringing the area’s gardeners the usual mix of know-how and debate. The major news is a move to establish a five mile ...

Emdad Rahman A HOST OF cricketers from London and Luton combined to play a special game of cricket to commemorate the recent Cricket World Cup. The friendly – at Icknield Recreation Ground, Luton – was made up of various activists, ...

Muhammad Ismael VOLUNTEERS WERE very much on the menu as the Human Relief Foundation (HRF) London team organised a special get together at the Taste of India in the centre of London. The event included a three course dinner and ...

KICK OFF is at 3pm today, Saturday, 27th July at the Breyer Group Stadium as Leyton Orient take on Norwich City. All profits from the match will be donated to the JE3 Foundation – set up in memory of the ...

JOHN BIGGS – Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets – has decided to cut the amount of money spent on Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). And now he’s consulting the public on how to do it. As usual, ...

YOU’RE 19. You go to a barbecue. You drive your friends home – but it’s not that late and it’s summer so you stay out and you sit on a wall and chat with a girl. But Abdul Mayanja sat ...