Emdad Rahman In a clash of the top two, Scintilla defeated Supernova in the latest National Cricket League meeting at Ongar Cricket Ground. In this Super Sunday clash, the Essex team batted first to reach 184 all out from 38 overs. ...
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Deaf Run 2016 is coming to Mile End Park
Emdad Rahman Have you registered for the Deaf Run? Participants can run, jog or walk around the course – each according to his or her ability. Why not participate as a family and raise money for an amazing cause whilst ...
Read More »Celebrate 1966 – in your own home
It’s 50 years since England won the World Cup, and in memory of that historic event Nick Oldham has come up with a way you can roll back the years and march the winning team onto the pitch again. Click ...
Read More »Leytonstone Tube attacker sentenced to life
It was coming up to Christmas last year when reports came in of an attack at Leytonstone Tube station. A lone attacker, later identified as Muhiddin Mire, was apparently running round the station, armed with a knife, and was randomly ...
Read More »Tragedy in Aleppo: 300,000 face slow death?
Islamic Relief – one of the only NGOs still operating inside the beleaguered Syrian city of Aleppo – has called for an immediate truce in the area. The charity fears that the 300,000 residents left in the city could be ...
Read More »Women can learn to cycle in Limehouse
There are few women cycling in Tower Hamlets – but a new project is set to change all that in the coming months. The Royal Foundation of St. Katharine has been awarded a TfL Cycling Grant, which will fund a ...
Read More »Dementia education goes to school
The Alzheimer’s Society is planning to reach out to black and minority ethnic schoolchildren in Tower Hamlets to raise awareness of dementia and help pupils learn more about the condition. The charity has won funding from Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning ...
Read More »Scintilla: Bappy keeps them happy!
Emdad Rahman Mohammad Badrul Alam Chowdhury (Bappy) smashed 92 and took two crucial wickets as Scintilla stormed a comeback to take the points against Hawks CC. Scintilla were 70 for six when Chowdhury stepped up to the crease after Orett ...
Read More »Local Labour out of touch?
The Labour Party in Tower Hamlets was in two minds last Thursday (28th July) as the two Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) nominated different candidates in the Labour Party leadership contest. Poplar and Limehouse CLP nominated Jeremy Corbyn by a narrow ...
Read More »#SaveAhmad campaign hits target in two hours
Emdad Rahman The British charity Human Relief Foundation (HRF) has a group of volunteers currently assisting needy Syrian refugees in the Zaatari camp in Jordan. During the course of their relief work the team met Ahmad Mansour, a five month old ...
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