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Emdad Rahman NHS OFFICIAL Muhammad Shahin Uddin has been awarded the Freedom of The City of London by Alderman Vincent Keaveny, the 693rd Lord Mayor of the City of London, in a ceremony that dates back to Medieval England. The ...

Muhammad Talha DARUL UMMAH GORESBROOK celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with a litter pick in Goresbrook. The joint operation was part of the community group’s regular outreach efforts in Barking & Dagenham. The group conducted a neighbourhood clean up as per ...

Muhammad Talha TO CELEBRATE the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the long weekend, Just Smiles Original teamed up with Inades NGO and the Docklands Community Initiative to organise a soup kitchen and food hub.  The coalition ...

Muhammad Talha NINE YEAR OLD Mustafa Abidin has completed his Ramadan fasting charity challenge. The Manor Juniors pupil eased home as he took the course by storm to complete 100 laps of the garden at Darul Ummah Goresbrook.  Mustafa was joined ...

STALKING – that’s just a celebrity thing, isn’t it? When a fan gets carried away? No: often those guilty of stalking are ordinary people who become obsessed with someone they know or a stranger and are trying to manipulate and ...

POLICE HAVE issued an appeal to the public to help establish whether Asif Afzal, from Newham, is safe – or if he is in danger. Asif was last seen at his home in East Ham at 10am on Saturday, 16th ...

Muhammad Hamza BARKING & DAGENHAM school boy Mustafa Abidin has launched a Ramadan charity challenge to raise money for local projects. Mustafa will be completing his challenge the month of Ramadan, when Muslims all over the world observe a month of ...

TWENTY-NINE people are in hospital and nearby residents have been asked to stay indoors and keep their windows and doors closed. This is the result of a leak of chlorine gas at the Olympic Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth ...

THE BI-ANNUAL General Meeting of the Hedgecock Community Centre (HCC) held on 16th March 2022 brought management and members together. The meeting was full of praise from the stakeholders for another successful performance. HCC has been in existence since February ...

IT WAS A slow return to normal in Aldgate this morning as firefighters dealt with the aftermath of the 17th floor fire in a tower block above Aldgate East Tube Station. Twenty fire engines had come out to deal with ...