THE EAST LONDON Mosque Trust is developing a strategic plan to guide its activity over the next five years – and its inviting the Mosque community to put forward suggestions. What do you think about the current services? What do you ...
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Jail for East End teen trio caught with gun
THREE EAST END teenagers who were found with a gun back in April 2017 were finally sentenced last week, at Isleworth Crown Court. The trio had been found guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 21st December – after a two ...
Read More »Police call for public help in war on knife crime
OVER 250 WEAPONS were taken off the streets by three police forces working together across the capital over half term. The action, the latest phase of Operation Sceptre, was part of a national week of action across the UK. The ...
Read More »Stepney lose but retain top spot
Muhammad Ismael Stepney FC were beaten by SYA at Mabley Green as the race for the title hots up. Israel Amadi scored two goals either side of the half time whistle to take home the spoils for Muhammed Nashir’s men ...
Read More »Community runners support Kenneth More Theatre
Emdad Rahman Kind hearted runners enjoyed a well deserved evening out at a social event to support a local theatre. A popular fundraising quiz evening arranged by Timi Veerasamy was a big success, with £874 being raised by inter running ...
Read More »Biggs sells off nurseries: fury grows
AS JOHN BIGGS – Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets – keeps tight lipped about his intention to sell off the last three Council day care nurseries to alternative providers, more people are coming forward to condemn the plans. Cllr Rabina ...
Read More »Death announced of Billy Graham
BILLY GRAHAM – the first evangelist Christian preacher to devote himself to reaching a mass market – has died at his home in North Carolina in the USA. He was 99 years old. Graham would book up arenas and stadia ...
Read More »New advice on what to do if your child is ill
NEW RESOURCES to help parents work out what to do if their child is ill have been launched in Tower Hamlets. Is this a way to reassure worried parents or part of a larger move to restrict access to NHS ...
Read More »Canning Town murder: third teen arrested
SEVENTEEN IS THE unlucky number in Canning Town this month, as a third teenager was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Lord Promise Nkenda in Canning Town on Valentine’s Day. Promise, as he was known, was just 17 years ...
Read More »Biggs refuses to bow to public pressure on nurseries
THE RESULTS OF THE public consultation on privatising the Council’s three remaining day nurseries begin to emerge, Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor John Biggs has promised to “see if [the proposals] can be improved”. Campaigners had been calling for the privatisation ...
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