Northern Irish rock band Ash is back on the road for a new tour – and supporting the Alzheimer’s Society at several gigs along the way. On 3rd December the band, who have supported charity for several years, performed at ...

Tree works The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park have been awarded £8,000 from the Greater London Authority’s London Tree & Wood Community Grant programme to fund essential tree works in the Park over the winter. Roger Cox Photography Roger ...

It’s no wonder that local urban art vessel the Hang-Up Gallery has is sending round a simple, monochrome flyer to give notice of its winter exhibition – there’s so much vibrancy in the winter exhibition that the black and white ...

There’s a nasty little scam going round at the moment. Con artists are gaining access to flats and advertising them for rent. When a prospective tenant comes round to view the flat, the con artist poses as a landlord, takes ...

What’s in a name? It was an empty promise in the case of the Fab Fried Chicken shop of Whitechapel – which is why company director Mohammed Abdul Basit, aged 51, of Woodyates Road, Lewisham was fined £1,000 for hygiene ...

Emdad Rahman The team at Meena Bazar has delivered a successful community event in east London. The showcase gathering took place at The White House venue in Newham and was attended by over 1,000 visitors from London, Hertfordshire and Birmingham. ...

Tower Hamlets Council works hard to promote sport to all its residents and to ensure there are plenty of place to take part in a wide variety of sport throughout the borough. It takes an inclusive approach: so one strand ...

“The Entertainer” sets York Hall alight with a blistering knockout Emdad Rahman reports Ben “The Entertainer” Day extended his unbeaten streak after the Teignmouth boxer took less than three minutes to send opponent Ryan “Crash Bang” Taylor spiralling out of the ...

This is a letter which Cllr Oli Rahman sent to the two Tower Hamlets MPs on behalf of Tower Hamlets Independent Group of Councillors just before the parliamentary vote on whether to bomb Syria.   Dear Ms Ali and Mr ...

Two Muslim men sit on a train, minding their own business. A white fellow passenger starts abusing them. “I’ll defeat you,” he says, “whatever it takes.” He goes on. “Jihad bastards” – and a few more similar phrases. “Bring it ...