BMX bikers and skateboarding enthusiasts put on a fantastic display of stunts, flips and air tricks at the Urban Wheelers Jam in Victoria Park on 6th April during a fun day which attracted over 200 residents. The event, held during ...
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Watch Stepney FC in ILCC Cup Final
Emdad Rahman Stepney will play Gower All Stars this Friday at the Silver Jubilee Park Ground, London NW9 7NE. Entry is free and fans are invited to attend. Akik Miah from Stepney FC said: “We have yet again reached another ...
Read More »Junkyard Golf: tickets on sale tonight!
Tonight’s the night for budding crazy golfers to get online and start booking up tickets for a night at the Junkyard Golf course in the Old Truman’s Brewery in Brick Lane. The attraction offers a full night out, with the ...
Read More »Santigold leads EYOE events
There’s a few female performers – not giant stars, just female songstresses building up their careers – who can occupy a stage with an engaging sassiness as they deliver a catchy melody and a steady beat. It’s that flick of ...
Read More »Sounds on Sunday (4)
We continue our 4oth anniversary tour around How Dare You, the fourth and final studio album of the 10cc original line up, with its fourth track: “I’m Mandy, Fly Me”. Although it only reached number 6 in the charts, it remains one ...
Read More »Borussia Dortmund win battle of the fan clubs
Emdad Rahman In celebration of the Europa League clash between Borussia Dortmund of Germany and Liverpool, the respected London fan clubs of both these famous teams got together at Hackney Marshes to play a friendly match. Although the teams split ...
Read More »Disability discrimination: outlawed but not over
The UK was a pioneer in anti-disability discrimination legislation. The 1970 Chronically Sick & Disabled Persons Act recognised the needs and rights of disabled people. It was the idea of Alf Morris MP (later Lord Morris), who drove it through ...
Read More »Want to vote? Last week to register!
If you want to vote in the elections for London Mayor on 5th May, you must be on the electoral register – and 18th April is your deadline for joining the register if you are not already on it. If ...
Read More »Stories on Saturday (3)
One for Emdad! We start the weekend with Michael Owen, Liverpool striker (and sometime star of England and some other places) telling his story: how a boy with a ball in a back yard made his way through to Anfield. ...
Read More »“O&S” struggles to improve recycling
When the Cabinet system was first introduced, a council’s “overview and scrutiny” committee was intended to scrutinise, closely, the work of the executive – providing some sort of reassurance to the wider Council. Councillors were given “call in” powers, by ...
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