Community

Muhammad Talha The Barking & Dagenham Volunteering Bureau (BDVB) is delighted to announce a working partnership which sees supermarket chain LIDL joining John Samuel Estates and Avril’s Platters to support four local homeless hostels. The local partnership will officially be ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE is seeking to appoint a Senior Imam. The Mosque describes itself as surrounded by a community which has high expectations for Islamic guidance and leadership. It sees itself as working closely with UK and overseas Muslim ...

DRIVING could be the cause of a collision in Rainham on Tuesday that injured three pedestrians – including a toddler. Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward – especially some members of the public who stepped in to help ...

Emdad Rahman The 2018 East End Health Network Health Fair at the Idea Store Whitechapel was an even bigger success than the previous year as large crowds of local residents and visitors to the borough participated in a host of ...

A GROUP OF Tower Hamlets young people have won a top award in recognition of their work in training their peers in how to stay safe online. The youngsters, aged between 13 and 18, belong to the Tower Hamlets of ...

Emdad Rahman AT THE RECENT Bangladesh Regeneration Trust UK (BRTUK) elections, Nazir Ali was elected Chair for another term – alongside Yahya Alkasmeah (Secretary) and Aros Ali (Treasurer). BRTUK is a UK-registered charity established to carry out various forms of ...

SCHOOL FUNDING is being cut in Barking & Dagenham. An astonishing 49 out of 53 schools are still grappling with precarious financial futures – which is why activists are campaigning for sensible funding to be restored. To mark the fight ...

ONE WEEK ON, police are appealing for witnesses to a collision in Chingford to come forward. A 73 year old man was seriously injured in the collision and remains in a critical condition in hospital. The collision took place in ...

TOWER HAMLETS came out on top at the annual Metropolitan Police Volunteer Police Cadets (VPC) awards last week. The borough’s VPC Co-ordinator Steve Austin was named Co-ordinator of the year. Steve received his award from The Lord-Lieutenant of London, Sir ...

Emdad Rahman The 2018 East End Health Network Health Fair promises to be bigger and better, with more organisations holding stalls, providing specialised services and running insightful workshops focusing on – amongst other issues – diabetes and how to manage ...