Tower Hamlets marked the first ever annual Memorial Day to remember victims of honour based violence last week with a number of installation events outside the borough’s Idea Stores. The council’s Domestic Violence and Hate Crime organised the Day to ...

How better to mark the third – “leather” – anniversary of the London Olympics than to ask supporters to use up yet more shoe-leather by heading back to the stadium where it all happened? Clearly, there’s nothing better, because that’s ...

Emdad Rahman A devastating post-Ramadan and Eid performance saw Scintilla Cricket Club turn on the style in their Essex County Cricket League clash with Newham Cricket Club. A lively atmosphere at the game saw senior members, friends and family turn ...

Things are looking up for Swan Housing Association. The controversial social landlord suffered a setback in late 2012 when it was found that some of their employees had committed fraud by falsifying documents in order to claim a government grant ...

•There are mixed feelings in hearing that the Big Lottery Fund* has announced that it will be making awards to over 60 projects in London through its Awards For All and Reaching Communities programmes. On the one hand, this is ...

Ellie and Sam sit just metres away from each other on the steps at Stratford station every day, never meeting or speaking… until one day Ellie leaves her notebook behind. Sam embarks on a journey around Stratford to reunite Ellie ...

John Biggs, Member of the Greater London Assembly (GLA) for the City & East constituency, will be stepping down in May 2016. He has been a GLA member since 2000, and will have spent the last year of his GLA ...

Tower Hamlets Council has scooped a prestigious award for its work in preventing counterfeiting. The Global Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG) Awards are presented for outstanding achievement by individuals, companies or organisations involved in combating counterfeiting and piracy worldwide. ACG represents the ...

When the docks closed, there was much talk about how the vacated land could be used to help the now employed local population find new work. However, the then Tory Government gave the land to Canary Wharf to build an ...

Emdad Rahman Scintilla Cricket Club pulled off a confidence-boosting victory to keep in touch with the top of the Essex County Cricket League Premier Division last weekend. With British Summer Time in full swing and as the England Cricket team ...