Tower Hamlets Council is inviting community groups to apply for grants of up to £250 to fund street parties or local events to honour the Queen on account of her 90th birthday this month. Events may be held on any ...
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Honours even as Jawhara and Stepney meet in Moroccan showdown
Jawhara FC 2-2 Stepney FC Emdad Rahman Members of Stepney Football Club, who are visiting Morocco as part of a cultural and football tour, locked horns with Lareche-based Jawhara FC in a friendly match at the Campo Hasaniya. In a ...
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Baaghi is a new action story from UTV Motion Pictures and Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment which will be released at the end of the month. But movie-goers don’t have to wait for weeks to get a glimpse of the action – ...
Read More »Lansbury Estate Mosque becomes dementia-friendly
Jenny Fisher The Lansbury Estate Mosque has become the first Mosque in Tower Hamlets to become dementia friendly. Friday is the most important day of the week for Muslims worldwide, and it is the day when the Jumuah prayers are ...
Read More »Tube sex crimes unit faces uphill struggle
With the number of sex crimes on London Transport having risen by over a third last year, it’s quite the wrong time to close down the specialist sexual offences team which deals with these matters. Fortunately, British Transport Police have ...
Read More »Are Kippers going up in smoke?
The United Kingdom Independence Party – UKIP – should be in their element. The party founded to campaign for the UK to leave the European Union (EU) has succeeded in winning a referendum. Now all they need to do is ...
Read More »Tower welcomes first black Beefeater in history
Emdad Rahman The Tower of London has just welcomed the latest Yeoman Warder – or “Beefeater”. Yeoman Warder Lawrence Watts recently started at the Tower in this iconic role. He becomes the newest Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London, ...
Read More »The rise of the Bengali nation in the mainstream of the United Kingdom
by Shahadate Hossain The United Kingdom is renowned for its multiculturalism. The story of colonisation in the British Isles was started by Celtic and Pict tribes. Then the Romans came in 55BC – succeeding in conquering most of the land by 250AD. After the Romans left, Germanic tribes – the Angles, ...
Read More »Community Awards celebrate youth achievement
Emdad Rahman The Hotel Prince Regent in Chigwell was the venue as husband and wife team Kamru (Kam) Ali and Rina Begum of Stratford-based Apex Accountancy Services hosted a glitzy evening of dinner, entertainment and awards. The Apex Community Awards ...
Read More »Nolan satisfied as Leyton Orient grind out win
Emdad Rahman Leyton Orient 1-0 Morecambe Leyton Orient have moved up into the play-off positions in The Football League Two as an own goal from Ryan Edwards gave Kevin Nolan’s men an important win over 10-man Morecambe. A bright and ...
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