Labour and the National Union of Teachers have derided the Tories’ plans to test primary school pupils on their times tables. They seemed to have a point, as both the Prime Minister and the Education Secretary refused to answer times ...

Saturday, 2nd January 2016 Stevenage 2-2 Leyton Orient East London’s Leyton Orient kicked off the New Year with an away match at Stevenage – and a single point to show for their journey up the A1. Just over 4,000 fans ...

After establishing “Run 4 Your Mosque” as a regular fund-raising event, the East London Mosque it moving up a gear – literally! Plans have been announced for “Ride 4 Your Mosque 2016” on 20th March. It’s going to be two ...

A 29 year old man drove a red Peugeot 307 at a mosque in Valence, France, on New Year’s day: no one yet knows why. Initially it seemed like a terror attack. The French army has been on guard outside ...

The Christmas message slot has been taken – the Queen got their first – so UK Prime Minister David Cameron has been bumped into the New Year’s message slot. Take cover. Cameron is still a relatively weak Leader. Although his ...

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Emdad Rahman A club started off by Aindreas Ó Céirín, better known as Brother Walfrid, to provide food and warmth to starving street children has now become one of the most famous names in world football. In 1888, Brother Walfrid came up ...

The stowaway rat – was it a tourist? going to visit friends in the UK? an aspiring illegal immigrant? a refugee? an economic migrant? lost? – allegedly spotted on the Air India flight on 30th December is not the airline’s ...

“I was stupid [and] there’s no fool like an old fool,” said Simon Danczuk, MP for Rochdale after apologising unreservedly for his “inappropriate” behaviour” in sending sexually inappropriate text messages to a 17 year old woman. Within minutes rather than ...

Emdad Rahman Winter can be a time for great hardship and loneliness for some, and local youth at Splash have given up their time to make things easier for the elderly. Under the supervision of Sister Christine Frost and youth ...