Emdad Rahman LONGSTANDING community activist Arman Ali has been appointed the Secretary General of the Chhatak Education Trust.  On the same day, at a separate meeting of the Sunamganj Jela Welfare Association UK, Ali was also appointed Acting President of ...

A 13 YEAR OLD girl suffered a distressing attack on a bus last November – and police have now issued a CCTV still of a man they wish to question in connection with the incident. The attack took place at ...

POLICE LAUNCHED a number of raids last week aimed at cracking a “county line” drug supply line suspected of having ferried illegal drugs including heroin and cocaine from East London out to Essex and Suffolk. Five of the raids were on ...

WITH EID HAVING been celebrated last week and the summer weather beckoning everyone outdoors, it’s fortunate that at least two major cities will be holding outdoor Eid Festivals this weekend. The Eid Festival at Old Trafford in Manchester is also ...

A MAN WHO terrorised families in a shopping centre as he sought to attack a man with a large hunting-style knife was sentenced to 18 months in jail at Snaresbook Crown Court earlier this month. During a hearing at the ...

“HE’S NO George Lansbury, is he?” was the response from one mum on finding out that John Biggs, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, is going to close the remaining three Council day care nurseries in Tower Hamlets. “Is this how he’s ...

COREY JUNIOR DAVIS was just 14 years old when he was killed in another grim chapter of gang feuding in Newham. He died last September – but police have not given up their investigation. DCI Dave Whellams made a live ...

ON 12TH JUNE 40 volunteers from the DH Foundation held street collections in various parts of Tower Hamlets to help the poor and needy across Bangladesh. Working from 10am through to 9pm, the volunteer collectors raised nearly £4,000. The DH ...

A DISPUTE over a smoke alarm in a block of flats in Norbiton Road, E14, escalated – and now one of the residents involved is starting a two year jail sentence. Trouble began on 23rd July last year. A smoke ...

IT WAS 18 MONTHS imprisonment and a five year criminal behaviour order for Arbias Thaqi, 18, as he was sentenced at Stratford Youth Court earlier this week for offences relating to the possession of material related to Daesh and sharing ...