Sadiq Khan has been selected as Labour’s candidate for London Mayor. He received just short of 60% of the vote in the final round of counting, with Tessa Jowell receiving just over 40%. He now faces the uphill struggle of ...
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Listening to patients
Senior managers at Barts Health NHS Trust met with local residents across east London this Wednesday to listen to their views about services. Over 50 people, many from local community groups, came to Plaistow library in Newham to talk to ...
Read More »Shakil is off to Wembley
Emdad Rahman This Sunday young footballer Shakil Miah is taking part in the Run To The Beat Wembley 10k to help raise much needed funds for the vulnerable and needy. Shakil is running for Human Appeal. He thanked his supporters, ...
Read More »Ocean & Limehouse Field Community Fun Day brings out the masses
Emdad Rahman Hundreds of residents turned out for the Ocean & Limehouse Field Community Fun Day which took place on Saturday 5th September at Shandy Park, Stepney. The Fun Day was arranged as a way of engaging all members of ...
Read More »Hackney is the host as Balagonj win the Greater Sylhet Upazila Cup 2015
Emdad Rahman Balagonj FC 1-0 Moulvibazar FC Hackney was the host borough as twelve teams representing the areas that comprise the Bangladeshi region of Sylhet celebrated their football heritage as the sun shone down on this London borough. The event ...
Read More »Rugby legend is confident of a good home showing
Jason Leonard: “This is going to be the best World Cup ever!” Emdad Rahman meets a World Cup winner. Rugby Football Union (RFU) President Jason Leonard OBE was at West Ham United Football Club to welcome rugby’s most prestigious prize, ...
Read More »NPICC raise Dementia awareness
By Jenny Fisher The Newbury Park Islamic Cultural Centre held a Dementia Friends Information session to highlight the effects on dementia on people’s lives and how people living with dementia can be supported to live well. The Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia ...
Read More »Football United!
Emdad Rahman reflects on the Greater Sylhet Upazila Cup 2015. The experience convinced him that grassroots football brings communities together much more than it divides them. Doubters will always walk among us. “This will create factions, and you should know ...
Read More »Help for Heroes benefit match will give Zadran a boost, says Lamb
Chair of Selectors Allan Lamb believes fast bowler Shapoor Zadran can only benefit from rubbing shoulders with some legends of the game at Cricket for Heroes on Thursday, 17th September. The popular Afghanistan paceman takes his place in a Rest ...
Read More »Going up!
Scintilla Cricket Clubs second team is promoted! Emdad Rahman Scintilla Cricket Club celebrated another momentous season as the Barking & Dagenham outfits second team clinched promotion to the first division of the Essex County Cricket League. At Hainault Recreation Park ...
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