EAST LONDON NEWS wishes all our readers a Happy New Year. We apologise for our “radio silence” over the last few days – technical issues beyond our control have kept us off air. We hope to return in full force in the ...

Muhammad Hamza THE INNER LONDON Football League annual awards ceremony celebrated another successful calendar year of football with silverware awarded to teams across several divisions. ILFL chair Koys Miah kick-started the event with a short message for all participants. He ...

FOUR YOUNG MEN have been charged in connection with the murder of Hasan Ozcan, 19, which took place on 3rd February in Barking. The youngsters were charged earlier this month and have made their first court appearance. The men charged ...

Celebrities call on people to unite for campaign to fight UK’s housing crisis 135 families across Britain become homeless every day Celebrities Including Melanie C, Julie Adenuga and Mo Gilligan will be joining the inaugural Sleep Walk for Shelter, the ...

HOW DID Israel Ogunsola die? There are two versions of that story – and both were put forward during a three week trial last month at the Old Bailey.. The police story was that two of their officers were patrolling ...

Emdad Rahman Local Tower Hamlets boy Siddikuzzaman Munna (Saddik), 17, who was born in London and has Bangladeshi parents, has fulfilled a life time dream and signed for a professional football club. He signed a one year contract for a ...

DANIEL FREDERICK, 34, was an innocent man who lived in Hackney. His girlfriend was pregnant, and on 8th January this year he went to the hospital with her before heading home to meet up with a friend – the two ...

Emdad Rahman BOHORGRAM JONOMONGAL SHOMITHY, one of Sylhet’s oldest Welfare Associations, has celebrated its 52-year anniversary. The programme was hosted by Treasurer Koyes Ahmed Ruhal in the presence of Baroness Pola Uddin and President Jobrul Islam. Guest speaker Baroness Uddin ...

JAIL SENTENCES OF 13 years and 11 years were handed down to two young men from Tower Hamlets at Snaresbrook Crown Court last month after they were found guilty of rape and related charges at a hearing in September. The ...

Emdad Rahman EAST LONDON BUS DRIVERS have climbed Mount Snowdon in aid of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. The whole group consisted of bus drivers from the Arriva bus garage depot in Ash Grove – and their collective efforts raised £3,000. ...