Sarajevo blog: Day 1 Emdad Rahman WE ARE WITH the Bosnia Trust this weekend and will be spending the next few days delivering and surveying projects which we are supporting. We have spent Thursday travelling to our destination after a ...
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Jarnail is running London
Emdad Rahman THIS SUMMER runners of all abilities will unite in one of the world’s most inclusive and diverse cities to celebrate the things that bring us together. Jarnail Singh will be one of thousands of runners and here he ...
Read More »Sadiq gets it right on Trump
HE DOESN’T always get it right. He has allowed architectural vandalism on Fish Island in Bow and equivocated over giving tenants power to resist developers making a profit out of them. But on Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, ...
Read More »Beautiful game; beautiful people; beautiful place
Emdad’s Lebanon Diary Day 2 We visited Arsal today. It is a Red conflict zone, but we had received special permission to enter the region and camps to meet the residents. After an information briefing from Badih, we travelled along ...
Read More »Taking toys to Al-Jarahiyya
Emdad’s Lebanon Diary Day 1 A sane human would never wander in desperation into the home of a complete stranger with outstretched arms unless that abode is a sanctuary safer than their own. I arrived at my hotel gone 4am. ...
Read More »Leftley Sports Club receives Excel Award
Emdad Rahman THE LEFTLY SPORTS CLUB (LSC) of Barking & Dagenham has been recognised for its grassroots community efforts and awarded an Excel Award for 2018 in recognition of inspiring local people to adopt a healthier lifestyle.Members of the community ...
Read More »My love of non-League football
Tony Incenzo of talkSPORT Radio In the beginning I’ve been watching non-League football on a regular basis since I was ten years old. What I like most is that the players, club officials and supporters are there for the love ...
Read More »Is it time to open “Cold Crisis” homeless shelters?
IS IT TIME FOR the UK to follow the example of the authorities in Brussels and open emergency shelters for the homeless during periods of extreme cold? The press has recently been warning of the coming spell of extreme cold ...
Read More »Amanda’s birthday and remembering the life of Pepe
Emdad Rahman A homeless man died outside Parliament this week. Did you hear that? A homeless man died outside Parliament this week. At the entrance of Westminster Tube station. If that isn’t tragic enough, it’s now come to light that ...
Read More »New year but same issues for London’s homeless
Emdad Rahman WE FORGOT OUR BANNER today at the One Third Soup Kitchen and could have sold all the food we had in stock today. The aroma emanating from the delicious birianis made by Shahela, Moinur, Adam and the family ...
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