THICK BLACK SMOKE could be seen rising from Stansted airport for miles around on the evening of Good Friday – and the fire it came from caused severe disruption to passengers and airline schedules. On the one hand, the cause ...
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SEND Day raises awareness
Emdad Rahman A SEND Awareness Day was recently organised by Memory Kampiyawo (SENCO, Langdon Park School), Clare Barker (Speech and Language Therapist) and Athina Stamou (Phoenix Outreach). The aim of the day was to bring awareness to parents of some of ...
Read More »Barking Community Forum raises funds for Syria
Emdad Rahman THE BARKING COMMUNITY FORUM (BCF) raised £2,170.39 from Friday Jumauh prayers which took place at the Hedgecock Community Centre. The funds will go towards the Syria Emergency Appeal for Ghouta. UK charity Muslim Aid has launched a Syria ...
Read More »Cycle ride for deaf charity
Emdad Rahman The latest Hope & Knowledge Cycle Club charity ride saw a group of 78 cyclists brave the elements to cycle from London’s East End to England’s southeast coast. The charity cycle from London to Margate involved riders raising ...
Read More »Woman injured as bricks fall from Mile End crane
A PALLET OF BRICKS fell from a crane in Burdett Road, Mile End, this morning – critically injuring a young woman who was passing by. Witnesses said that the pallet landed on her as she walked along the pavement. The ...
Read More »Campaigners explain opposition to GP at Hand
AS LOCAL health campaigners prepared to demonstrate in Chrisp Street Market on Thursday lunchtime, they have issued a new warning about why “on-line GPs” are bad news for patients. “There’s no place in East London for GP at hand,” they ...
Read More »Footballers play 4 Rohingya
Emdad Rahman THE NEWHAM LEISURE CENTRE hosted a unique football festival as East London Bus Drivers united to take part in a charity football tournament for the Rohingya people of Myanmar. A twelve team tournament ended with Leyton Ballers of ...
Read More »Locals protest at arrival of online GP
LOCAL HEALTH CAMPAIGNERS are planning a demonstration against the unwelcome arrival of “GP at Hand” – an “online GP” service which has rented rooms in a surgery where the NHS has just shut down a conventional GP service. The health ...
Read More »Patient disappeared from Royal London Hospital
HE WAS A patient in the Royal London Hospital, but at around 4.15pm on Monday, 19th March Callum Christopher Kinsella left the hospital – and disappeared. He had been receiving treatment for a serious injury and was on regular medication. Mr ...
Read More »Start Spring with a Family Funday!
THE AL MIZAN Junior School is inviting everyone to come to a Family Funday on Saturday, 24th March at the London Muslim Centre. The event begins at noon and entry is free. Information about the Al Mizan School will be ...
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