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LONDON MAYOR Sadiq Khan is reminding Londoners that Diwail on the Square takes place this Sunday. The celebration will be taking over Trafalgar Square and all Londoners are invited. Diwali – usually translated as the “festival of lights” is a ...

CHECK YOUR cupboards! A food company FGS Ingredients Ltd, which produces spices has found out that some of the mustard it supplies to other food manufacturers has been contaminated by peanuts.  Those manufactuerers have used the contaminated mustard to make ...

MAYOR LUTFUR RAHMAN has invited primary school pupils who live or go to school in Tower Hamlets to design a festive Christmas card. The Mayor will choose some of the best designs to send out as Council cards this year. ...

Ashid Ali, Headteacher, London Enterprise Academy CELEBRATIONS WERE the order of the day at the London Enterprise Academy (LEA) as the school received news of an excellent set of GCSE results – a huge improvement on last year. LEA pupils ...

TOWER HAMLETS has a large LGBTQ population – and a modest number of queer venues which support the community with night-time entertainment in a safe space. For many LGBTQ+ residents, and their friends, these safe spaces are a life-line. They ...

Abul Hyat Nurujjaman, Director General of the British Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BBCCI UK), has been crowned as the “Most Influential Cloud Accountant & Trainer of the Year 2023”. This recognition comes at a prestigious ceremony held at ...

HOW MANY times have you walked past youngsters on the street and seen them sharing round those small, silver cannisters of nitrous oxide? Or gone out in the morning and tutted over a pile of empty cannisters left in the ...

Emdad Rahman DARUL UMMAH ACADEMY held their annual presentation to celebrate youngsters and their achievements over the course of the academic year. The packed awards ceremony at the Mayfair Venue in Romford hosted parents, teachers and volunteers and was co-ordinated ...

THREE CONGREGATIONS united to deliver the largest Eid congregation ever seen in Mayesbrook Park as Muslims in Barking & Dagenham celebrated Eid al Adha with customary prayers on Wednesday, 28th June. As millions of Muslims across the globe came together ...

Emdad Rahman OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALLIST and former Dancing on Ice judge Robin Cousins has launched the £30m Lee Valley Ice Centre in front of an exclusive group of skaters, school children and other stakeholders. The elegant world class centre, which ...