A BOW MAN has been convicted of duping three women into believing that he was a genuine landlord – and then, when they rented a room from him, raping them and carrying out a range of sexual attacks. Mamun Rashid, ...

THE VALENCE CRICKET CLUB (VCC) was delighted to launch its 2018 cricket season with a comprehensive win in the T20 Cup game at Elliot Davis Cricket League last Sunday. Valence CC gathered a mighty total of 217/4 from 20 overs ...

Emdad Rahman BISHWANATH UNITED from East London have held their first Inter-Bishwanath National Tournament up north in Rochdale. Six teams played each other during an extremely hot and sunny afternoon, with outfits representing London, Bishwanath United management, Bradford, Rochdale, Oldham ...

A MAN HAS BEEN sent to jail for eight years for carrying out a vicious attack with a carpet knife. The assault took place outside Alice Shepherd House, on Manchester Road on the Isle of Dogs, last October. The guilty ...

Ismael Rahman WITH THE ARRIVAL of summer, Beanibazar and Dakshin Surma went head to head at Stratford Drapers in a benefit game for the Beanibazar Cancer Hospital – an entertaining Greater Sylhet friendly. Forid Ahmed and Aktar Hussain stayed true ...

TOWER HAMLETS IS counting. The candidates, their supporters, the press (seven of us so far), Council staff, venue staff and the police are spread out in a cavern in the Excel Centre in Newham. And the ballot boxes are in. ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE is looking for a head teacher for its evening Madrasah, which provides key supplementary after-school Islamic education to children and young people. The head teacher will lead a team of teachers – who will provide Muslim ...

Emdad Rahman A GROUP OF friends have clubbed together to support Syrians who will be fasting during Ramadan. The team are fundraising to provide Ramadan food packs to help those who are fasting. The packs will not be restricted to ...

IT’S BAD NEWS from the Metropolitan Police, who have reported that the number of recorded crimes rose last year (April 2016 to March 2017) compared with the year before (April 2017 to March 2018). The number of notifiable offences increased ...

Muhammad Talha The Barking & Dagenham Volunteering Bureau (BDVB) is delighted to announce a working partnership which sees supermarket chain LIDL joining John Samuel Estates and Avril’s Platters to support four local homeless hostels. The local partnership will officially be ...