Emdad Rahman THE MUSLIM CHARITY team of runners have arrived in Morocco and are all set to take part in Sunday’s Marrakech Half Marathon 2017.  The 16-strong team from Whitechapel are raising funds in aid of the Muslim Charity’s grassroots work ...

THREE MEN were stars in a local video just after Christmas – but not intentionally so. The men are the three suspects, seen in the below CCTV footage, whom police would like to interview in connection with a robbery and ...

THERESA MAY took her Brexit rhetoric to the world stage today. In the manner of a stand-up comedian doing a warm up tour, she began the week with a speech at Lancaster House, an offshoot of the Foreign Office – where ...

CHRISTMAS DINNER went to plan at St James the Less Church in Bethnal Green – with the customary support of Muslim Aid. Volunteers from the local charity showed off their kitchen skills by helping to plate up servings of turkey ...

GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS to change the way in which schools are funded could see nearly three quarters of London’s schools having to cut down their budgets. The warning comes from London Councils, the organisation which represents the 33 Councils in London ...

A NEW REPORT from the London Assembly Transport Committee has suggested radical new measures be taken to curb traffic in London. The report’s been welcomed by London’s Deputy Mayor for Transport, Val Shawcross. She wants to see City Hall being “smarter ...

RESIDENTS IN THE south of the borough will be keeping Wednesday, 8th February free – so they can discuss the future of the Isle of Dogs with the Tower Hamlets Mayor, John Biggs. The meeting is one of the occasional ...

LABOUR MAYOR of Tower Hamlets John Biggs was left red-faced after his Administration put out a press release referring to his predecessor as “Luther Rahman”. “Lutfur Rahman” is probably one of the best known names in Tower Hamlets. The Borough’s ...

Emdad Rahman STUDENTS OF THE Yusuf Academy in North London are supporting needy children of similar age to them in one of the world’s most troubled countries. The youngsters filled up 90 bags with brand new toys for Ummah Welfare Trust ...

LABOUR’S FORMER Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, may have to defend himself before a Court in connection with his role in “rendition”. This is the practice undertaken by the USA during the “war on terror” which saw them in effect kidnapping ...