Emdad Rahman interviews England Blind Cricket star Mahomed Khatri. With the senior team toiling in Sri Lanka, it has been left to the England Blind Cricket Team to raise the banner aloft for England. A magnificent tournament saw Matt Dean’s ...
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Three points for Rangers as Shiels scores winner
Rangers 1-0 Cowdenbeath Emdad Rahman reports from Ibrox Stadium 28,000 fans watched Rangers earn a hard fought 1-0 win over Cowdenbeath to consolidate second spot behind Hearts of Midlothian in the race for the Scottish Championship. The laboured three points ...
Read More »After 10 years: British curry rules!
The British Curry Awards reached their milestone tenth birthday on 1st December with a star-studded awards ceremony at the Battersea Evolution. The event was packed with over 1,700 representatives of the curry sector of the catering industry and its celebrity ...
Read More »England to take on rivals Australia for final spot in Blind World Cup Semi Final
England’s Blind World Cup team were defeated by Sri Lanka by 90 runs yesterday in what was described by head coach Ross Hunter as ‘“A tough day again when you play the sub-continent teams, but a fantastic effort by all ...
Read More »Crumbs! It’s art!
Emdad Rahman speaks to Daisy Brydon. It is not unusual for Daisy Brydon to spend 50-60 hours plotting artistic baking creations. The talented baker was presenting masterclasses and pulling in the crowds during the Foodies Festival at the Truman Brewery ...
Read More »Foodies Festival hits Brick Lane
Emdad Rahman interviews founder Sue Hitchen The Foodies Festival began at the Roxburgh Hotel in Edinburgh. It attracted so many positive reviews that it was moved to the Sheraton and subsequently to Holyrood Park. The show has continued to grow. Now ...
Read More »Ben Day: “Boxing didn’t change my life – it saved it”
Emdad Rahman Tucked in behind Chrisp Street Market is the Lansbury Boxing Club. Like the best ones, it’s old fashioned. I’m here to meet Ben “the Entertainer” Day, unbeaten Light Welterweight and owner of the Ringtone Gym in Euston. We ...
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Mayor Lutfur Rahman gave his report to the Council (the Council voted, after he was elected, that he should have five minutes to report to each Council meeting). Mayor Rahman went briefly through the “Pickles process”, pointing out that the ...
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21.16 Kathy McTasney said there had been many rumours and fingers being pointed: which organisations receive mainstream funding, and is it just Bengladeshi and Somali groups? Cllr Chowdhury said that funding was given out in response to need. Most funding ...
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20.10 Let’s start a new page. The Council has just voted to take a petition from “Save our Nurseries” – an extra one. Why they feel they should take a second petition on nurseries, given that they previously cut the ...
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