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A FURTHER EIGHT MEN appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 23rd August, and received jail sentences after pleading guilty at earlier hearings to a range of charges in connection with the supply of illegal drugs. This is the second batch ...

EX-POLICE CHIEF Sir Norman Bettison – who was in charge of the police operation at Hillsborough football ground on the day 96 fans died – is to walk free after criminal charges arising out of his conduct on the day ...

Emdad Rahman THE GREATER SYLHET Upazila Cup 2018, comprising of teams mainly made up of footballers who have their origins in Sylhet, Bangladesh, takes place in London on 26th August. Below is the match day schedule. Good luck to all the ...

We wish all our visitors Eid Mubarak. We wish you health, wealth and success. May the spirit of Eid spread through East London today and remain with us during the coming year. Eid Mubarak.

TOWER HAMLETS Mums and Save Our Nurseries campaigners were out in force across the borough again this weekend – and again found that the public were alarmed to hear that the Council is prioritising closure of its day care nurseries. ...

NO POLICE OFFICER will face misconduct charges as a result of events surrounding the death of Rashan Charles in Hackney last July. Charles died as police attempted to arrest him. The incident was automatically reported to the Independent Office for ...

IN AN ISLAMOPHOBIC outburst, former Foreign Secretary Tory MP Boris Johnson has made fun of the burqa. Writing in his weekly newspaper column, Johnson said that women who wear traditional Islamic garments – burqas and niqabs – look like bank ...

CONTROVERSIAL plans to redevelop Chrisp Street market could see up to 400 Muslims lose their prayer facility and be left with nowhere else to go. The problem centres on the building in Market Street which houses a Post Office (on ...

IT WAS A CASE OF “Mum’s the word!” at Tower Hamlets Cabinet on Thursday, 25th July as pro-nursery campaigners were banned from addressing the Mayor and Cabinet. Campaigners had wanted to speak to the Mayor about his controversial proposal to ...

CRASH! Late last night – Saturday, 14th July – the news broke. Abjol Miah has joined the Liberal-Democrats! This is Bastille Day – the day, in 1789, when the people stormed the Bastille prison, attempting to release political prisoners. This ...