ONE WEEK AFTER New Year’s Eve, Newham police officers were out on the streets – trying to jog memories as they investigated the murder of Taofeek Lamidi, who was stabbed in Memorial Avenue. As well as talking to members of ...

Emdad Rahman THE LB24TV team have enjoyed a get together to celebrate the start of the new year 2018. Team members came together as part of a networking event to celebrate and also to promote the online media channel which ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has announced – with some delight! – that it has launched a mobile phone app! So far the app is available on Android, but an Apple version is on its way. The app can be found ...

Emdad Rahman MUSIKALEIGH, a magical musical family event with songs from favourite movies and featuring the East London Symphony Orchestra, has been organised as a childhood cancer awareness and family fun fundraiser for Kaleigh Lau. Kaleigh is an East London youngster ...

ARE THE TORIES as green as they seem? Labour has cast doubt on the Government’s environmental credentials as it announced the result of a “coal closure” consultation. The two parties agree that coal-fired power generating plants emit too much carbon ...

AUDIENCES HAVE been enjoying Rapunzel this year – one of a long list of well received pantos performed at the Theatre Royal, Stratford. It’s a traditional story which has, of course, received the usual Theatre Royal makeover while retaining all ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council will resume normal rubbish collections from Monday, 8th January – after collecting over 2,000 tonnes of commercial and household waste from the adjusted collection timetable which operated over the seasonal break. There will also be a free ...

DAYS AFTER Independent Group councillor Ohid Ahmed called for Tower Hamlets mayor to set up a voluntary register of retailers to log sales of corrosive liquids, a group of national retailers have come to a voluntary agreement to curb sales ...

Hackney Empire Community Choir is back! The Choir began in 2010 – launched by former BBC Last Choir Standing judge Sharon D Clarke, in partnership with former East London Gospel Choir music and choir director Joseph Roberts. The choir has ...

LOOK WHO’S helping hand out Christmas dinner to Newham’s older residents! Dinner hands for the day were controversial Mayor Sir Robin Wales and his deputy – Cllr Ken Clark. Wales was re-selected last year as Labour’s candidate to fight the ...