Emdad Rahman Convoy to Calais is a grassroots project which was initially intended to just be a group of friends fundraising and distributing clothes. However, after witnessing the malicious scapegoating of refugees and realising how this sort of attitude is increasingly ...

London Labour Party members in the Greater London Authority (GLA) City & East constituency have chosen Newham councillor Unmesh Desai as their candidate in next May’s elections. The decision was greeted with speculation about how many candidates will now come ...

Stepney Green School pupil Mannah Rahman, 14, took all 3 titles at the Middlesex U15 county Badminton Championships held in early September at The Dome in Hounslow. Sweeping aside all opponents in the boys singles events, Rahman beat six quality ...

On Thursday, 17th September, newly appointed Director of England Cricket, Andrew Strauss, will lead a Help for Heroes XI at the Kia Oval against a Rest of the World XI in the inaugural international Help for Heroes fundraiser, Cricket for ...

Stand & Stare editions is a new online gallery which launched last month. It concentrates on photography – and its promoters are clearly very enthusiastic about the medium. For those similarly interested in viewing photographs as art, you can browse ...

Amir Hossain. Remember that name. He’s only 15 years of age, but he’s already won a trip to New York for making a short and original film inspired by 9/11. It’s a big topic, and it raises some very big ...

Jeremy Corbyn has been elected Leader of the Labour Party – winning just short of 60% of the vote on the first round. Jeremy Corbyn MP spoke to the Labour Party Conference just after the selection result was announced. He ...

Tom Watson has been elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. He was ahead throughout the count, finally winning in the third round of counting. He is thought to have received particular support from the affiliated members of the Labour ...

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 ...

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 ...