Happy International Women’s Day! Celebrate by watching a young woman of Asian heritage who knows her stuff (Shami Chakrabarti) destroy a Tory Government Minister who has been trying to pull the wool over our eyes. Go sister!   [Adverts]

The death of Nancy Reagan, widow of the late US President Ronald Reagan, was announced at the weekend. She was widely heralded in the press as a woman who had sacrificed her own career in order to support her husband ...

Tony Benn has a quick moan about the threat to renew Trident: the main points against Trident in under a minute!  

EU leaders are meeting today, on the eve of International Women’s Day, to plan how to deal with migrants in the EU, those hammering on doors and those yet to arrive. The result of their deliberations is likely to increase ...

Emdad Rahman Staff from Langdon Park School rolled up their sleeves to support a local centre by serving their homeless guests. The Learning Support Team at the Poplar school invested time and money in cooking a number of delicious curries ...

A case study of the Holland Estate and why top down approaches to urban planning can only ever offer partial, skewed and arguably irrational solutions to London’s housing crisis. By Dr Alex Rhys-Taylor For the past two years the residents of ...

Emdad Rahman A 700-strong audience was thoroughly entertained at a cultural gala organised by the Community Languages Service of Tower Hamlets and which paid tribute to community languages and the variety of cultures across Tower Hamlets. Under the able leadership of Mr Showkat Khan, Service Manager of the Community ...

Tower Hamlets FC 1-3 Sporting Bengal Emdad Rahman In an eagerly awaited derby Sporting Bengal United won the bragging rights as Anwar Uddin’s men cruised to a convincing three goal win over their local rivals at Mile End stadium. With ...

London Mayor Boris Johnson is doing his best to plug the gap left by government cuts in local authority funding – by inviting service users to pay for their services direct. He has found £730,000 which he will use to ...

Two exciting Asian films are having their UK premieres in Tower Hamlets next week as part of the 18th Asian Film Festival. Chauranga (Four Colours), pictured above, is the debut feature from critic turned director Bikas Ranjan Mishra, takes its inspiration ...