Being a Thai and Vietnamese foodie, I was eagerly anticipating Friday 16th May. Asia House was hosting a demonstration lunch of Vietnamese food to launch the Vietnamese Market Cook Book for the Asia House Bagri Foundation Literature Festival. I came  ...

Anaesthetists at Barts Health are involved in a national drive to ensure the very best standards of trauma care are available at trauma centres across the NHS. The Major Trauma Centre at The Royal London Hospital has an international reputation for ...

The Royal College of Nursing has announced that nursing staff across London will support protests on Thursday, 5th June over the Government’s decision to refuse a pay rise this year to most NHS staff. Nurses have been angered by the ...

General practice cannot reached its full potential in the face of continuing under-investment in the profession, the cutting of MPIG funding, the problems recruiting and retaining GPs and the lack of investment in premises, GP leaders have warned. Backing a ...

Emdad Rahman: Impressions Banqueting Suite was the venue for a charity dinner and evening of entertainment as the local Muslim community came together to support the building of the Newbury Park Islamic Cultural Centre. Titled “The Blessed Few,” the event ...

The Court of Appeal has taken a decision which will help some children in some kinds of court cases. The decision concerns who pays for expert reports which are ordered by the Court. Although it is an important ruling, it ...

Olympian Mo Farah May have pulled out due to injury, but the BUPA 10,000 proved to be a fruitful experience for a number of charities. Among the thousands of runners was a cohort of east-enders running to support important charitable ...

For some time both Barking and Dagenham and Havering boroughs have received concerned calls regarding animals either suffering or being kept on open land owned by the council. For example, Barking and Dagenham received a report of two foals that ...

Tower Hamlets Council’s innovative energy-saving co-op, T.H.E. Community Power, has been on the road during May, showing residents how they can make savings on their home energy bills. THE Community Power has given residents advice on how they can make ...

Lutfur Rahman held his first press conference as the re-elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets in the early hours of Saturday, 24th May – within minutes of the election result being announced. He was joined on the platform by the newly ...