THE FIGURE of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the UK has been described by the Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) as a “grim milestone”. The MPF pointed out that every person who has died has left behind family and friends who ...

POLICE HAVE appealed to the public to help them find Mahmoud Mustafa Ali, 44, who has breached the conditions of bail set in November 2020.  His last known address was in Kingsland Road, Dalston. Ali was charged in relation to ...

LUTFUR RAHMAN, former Directly Elected Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has spoken out to support the borough’s libraries and Ideas Stores – the latest service under threat of closure by Tower Hamlets Council. Lutfur Rahman posted a statement on his Facebook ...

IF THE MAN had just driven his drugs haul down the High Street in Plaistow, maybe the police would have been none the wiser. As it was, it seems that he had been “enjoying” the goods he was taking for ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has joined the long list of authorities and public figures who have urged members of the public to have the COVID-19 vaccination as soon as the NHS invites them to do so. The Mosque quotes Prophet ...

50 YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling “singles” of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? Sadly, in most cases the top selling singles ...

POLICE ARE ASKING for assistance in identifying a man who assaulted three shop assistants and a security guard in a shop in Ilford. The attack took place just after 2pm on Sunday, 13th December last year. The man who committed ...

IN AN ECHO of the domino-playing incident in Tower Hamlets, where a group of men thought they would gather in a restaurant basement to play dominoes, a group of men have been found at a social club in Hackney – ...

50 YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling “singles” of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? Sadly, in most cases the top selling singles ...

A FITNESS CENTRE based in Stean Street, Hackney was given a Fixed Penalty Notice after police found that it was open to users on Friday, 8th January. Police received reports that the fitness centre was open and arrived there at ...