Regular East London News contributor Emdad Rahman has been made a Freeman of the City of London. The award was made after the Court of Common Council passed an order for his admission. Emdad attended a short Freedom ceremony at ...
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Labour faces the usual problems from the male members
As the dust settles, the empty champagne bottles are cleared away or the full champagne bottles are returned, unopened, to the cupboard, all the political parties are beginning the analysis of their campaigns and to look to their futures. The ...
Read More »The morning of the long knives
The General Election result will see a major re-think on the part of at least three political parties represented in the new Parliament as their leaders resigned the morning after polling day. Labour: Ed Miliband has stood down as Leader, ...
Read More »Vote out the Coalition!
Every General Election is important, and tomorrow the nation has the chance to remove from office a Coalition Government which has protected its own at the expense of the many. What are we to put in its place? There’s not ...
Read More »Scintilla get their hands on the cup!
League winners presented with championship trophy at Essex County Cricket Club Emdad Rahman Scintilla Cricket Club were honoured for their extraordinary 2014 Premier Division triumph as the Barking & Dagenham team were invited to The Essex county ground to watch ...
Read More »Is this the man who can halt the Labour shoo-in?
Are we on the brink of another Labour upset? Three weeks ago it seemed self-evident that the borough’s sitting Labour MPs would walk through to victory at the General Election. That was before the election court verdict in the case ...
Read More »Rushanara stands on her record: is it up to scratch?
There were smirks from the Tory benches at the last meeting of the Council as Labour Group Leader Cllr Rachael Saunders referred to Rushnara Ali as the local “MP”, who was working for her “constituents”. It had to be pointed ...
Read More »Burglars ruin students’ future: can you help?
Four young medical students are facing an uncertain future as police hunt for computers containing their college work which were stolen from their shared home in Bartlett Road over the weekend. Burglars got into the premises via a window, and ...
Read More »It’s a baby!
Reporting on the General Election faded into the background over the Bank Holiday weekend as news that a woman had given birth to a baby dominated newspaper and TV headlines across the UK. The child, a girl, was born into ...
Read More »Cllr Rabina Khan steps up to the front line
The news that Cllr Rabina Khan will stand in the mayoral election on 11th June, announced at last Thursday’s rally at the Waterlilly, will come as a delight to many voters in Tower Hamlets. As Cabinet Member for Housing (and, ...
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