A PRISON SENTENCE of 28 months was handed down to 75 year old Packiam Ramanathan of Burges Road, E6 at the Old Bailey on 5th April. Ramanathan had pleaded not guilty to murder of her husband, Kangusabi Ramanathan, but had ...
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Aisha Zia says welcome to 62
THE NEW GALLERY and social platform at 62 Gladstone Street is dedicated to challenging Islamophobia. The venue used to be a video shop, run by Aisha’s father. With video shops having reached the end of their lives, turning the venue ...
Read More »Get ready for the Annual Youth Cricket Festival
Emdad Rahman THE STAGE IS SET for children and young people to come together and be part of the Annual Youth Cricket Festival – an event which will celebrate all faiths and cultures. The Festival is taking place at West ...
Read More »A story of love under the shadow of war
THIS DEBUT PLAY from actor-playwright Tariq Jordan tells a Palestinian-Israeli love story that finds old lovers meeting once again in an Israeli interrogation room. “My father used to say, nearly everything in the world is made in China; except courage, ...
Read More »Local elections in Bangladesh: democracy missing
A UK-BASED HUMAN rights organisation, “White Pigeon International (WPI)”, has held a discussion meeting on the topic of “Local Government Election Backlash, Risk of Democracy in Bangladesh”. Speakers at the discussion meeting said that the democracy of the recent local ...
Read More »May begs Corbyn to bail her out on Brexit
IN A MOVE designed to save face but also to set up Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party as scapegoats if Brexit goes wrong, Theresa May has asked Corbyn to solve the parliamentary Brexit impasse for her. This is a ...
Read More »CPS sent file on death of Romford lad
SEVEN MONTHS after young Harvey Tyrrell from Harold Wood died, the police have sent a file on the case to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Harvey was found unresponsive at the King Harold pub in Station Road, Romford, on 11th ...
Read More »MuslimGiving Celebrates First Anniversary in style
Emdad Rahman ON MONDAY, 1st APRIL MuslimGiving welcomed hundreds of charities to an anniversary event at the X+Why building in Whitechapel. Representatives of charities came from across the country to see first hand how MuslimGiving is keeping its promises by ...
Read More »Nuclear accident exposes worker to plutonium overload
THE SELLAFIELD nuclear plant has been fined a staggering £380,000 for breaching health and safety procedures – which led to a worker at the plant being exposed to an unsafe level of plutonium. Those who see nuclear power as a ...
Read More »Eastbury Association holds badminton event
Emdad Rahman THE EASTBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION in Barking & Dagenham has held its first ever badminton tournament. Twenty teams participated during a very popular event day. Guests included local councillors Faruk Choudhury, Longbridge, and Eastbury Member Foyzur Rahman. Md Afraj ...
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