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A free hour of fitness training is being offered this Saturday, 27th June, (between 11am and 2pm) at Royal Wharf – a site in the Royal Docks which is to be turned into a housing development. The fitness training will ...

Parents and carers took part in a conference at the Professional Development Centre in Bethnal Green earlier this month (13th June) to share knowledge and positive experiences of bringing up children. The morning session provided mums, dads and carers with ...

Jenny Fisher Emdad Rahman has completed an abseil off the roof of the Royal London Hospital to raise money for London’s Air Ambulance Service – including for a planned second helicopter for the capital. Emdad joined an array of abseilers ...

Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s work on protecting residents from Tory welfare cuts has been praised as a model for other councils to follow. As Tower Hamlets voters went to the polls in the mayoral election, The Joseph Rowntree Foundation published a report (11th ...

Emdad Rahman Young Rayhan Kareem went a long way towards achieving his personal dream when he recently received a gliding scholarship from the Honourable Company of Air Pilots. After receiving the confirmation letter, a delighted Rayhan spoke to East London ...

Tower Hamlets is celebrating the end of a successful Carers Week, during which various groups across the borough have been raising awareness of what carers have to do and what services are available to support them. This year there was ...

Diabetes Week runs from 14-20th June and is seen as a time to increase awareness and provide further advice, support and information on the condition. The national campaign, led by Diabetes UK, is encouraging people to share their hints, tips ...

We’re all used to seeing targeted advertising on the Tube. Go into the West End, and the escalator walls will be papered with invitations to go to a nearby theatre, and so on. Now, however, targeting’s gone on over-drive. Advertising ...

“The Beard That’s Feared” wows the crowd at Orphans in Need charity event Emdad Rahman An audience with Moeen Ali at The Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London attracted a large number of big hearted guests who together contributed to ...

Last year, unprecedented monsoon rains caused major flooding across Pakistan, with flood waters covering roughly one-fifth of the country’s land area. 2.2 million hectares of crops were destroyed and 12 million homes were damaged or destroyed. That’s why Human Appeal ...