SOMALIA USED TO BE a proud country in East Africa. It had strong links with the UK – not least because, as a seafaring nation, many Somalis sailed to the UK and some also served in the British Merchant Navy during ...

THE TOWER HAMLETS Twin Jenin and Palestine Solidarity Group invites you to an evening of enjoying the cartoons and artwork of Tim Sanders – as well as good company and excellent refreshments. The Portrait of Palestine evening features an exhibition ...

SUPERMARKET GIANT Tesco is being taken to an employment tribunal by 100 of its women staff who are claiming that they are not being paid fairly. If this test case is successful, thousands of women across the company could benefit. ...

A VIOLENT and vicious attack was carried out on 21st December 2017 on an 18 year old woman in a shop on Cranbrook Road, Ilford. Police have been hunting the attacker and are now appealing to the public for help. ...

THERE’S NO need to stockpile groceries just yet, but there’s always cause for concern about how the world’s economic system is functioning – especially for the poorest across the globe. The present jitters began on Monday on Wall Street – ...

POLICE HAVE this evening (6th February) named the Barking teenager who died on Saturday, 3rd February in Abbey Road, Barking. The stabbing was reported to police just after 10pm on the Saturday, with the victim being formally pronounced dead just ...

Emdad Rahman SHEIKHA SELINA BEGUM ALI of Whitechapel, the Principal Teacher of the London-based Beacon Institute, has been named The Religious Advocate of the Year at the British Muslim Awards 2018. The British Muslim Awards is an annual award ceremony ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council is the only Council including in Stonewall’s Top 100 UK Employers Index. Stonewall, which campaigns for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in Britain, publishes the list every year to encourage fairness at work. Stonewall ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council joined millions of people across the UK last week in remembering the Holocaust – when six million people were killed by the Nazis. Most of the victims died as the Nazis attempted to annihilate Jewish people. Other ...

IT TOOK OVER A YEAR, but Ben Harper has finally been sentenced for the manslaughter of Clemuth Roberts in Dagenham back on 19th December 2016. Harper appeared for sentencing at the Old Bailey on Monday, 5th February. As well as ...