NEXT YEAR sees the Rugby League World Cup come to the UK – and organisers are aiming to make the event, which happens every four years, a spectacular occasion, with something for everyone. Three tournaments will run alongside each other ...
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National Literacy Trust issues #FitforLit challenge
THIS WEEK SEES the National Literacy Trust challenge families to take part in a #FitForLit challenge to raise money for the Trust. The charity works to improve the literacy and overall learning of disadvantaged children – work that has become ...
Read More »Locals take on Dover Trek
Emdad Rahman A GROUP OF volunteers joined the Bethnal Green-based Lonely Orphans charity team to complete the Dover Trek. This ten mile linear walk offers panoramic views of the English Channel. Three of England’s mightiest coastal forts stand on the route, from the medieval ...
Read More »Chabab Belouizdad fans borrow Tower Bridge for celebration
TOWER BRIDGE, 10pm, Saturday, 1st August. It’s an unexceptional Saturday night in lockdown-eased London: people going home, people going out; traffic at a crawl – and a crowd of Algerian football fans celebrating their heads off. It’s hard to piece ...
Read More »Canary Wharf runs Summer Sports Camp 2020
The Canary Wharf Football Academy has announced that it will be holding a Summer Sports Camp for 4-19 year olds this summer. There will be outdoor multi-sports sessions and online sessions. ●To register, go to: canarywharffa@outlook.com or call Foysol: 0794-740 ...
Read More »Victoria Park walk and picnic for orphans is great success
Maruf Ahmed THE WHITECHAPEL-BASED Lonely Orphans charity team arranged a family charity walk and picnic for families to enjoy being outdoors and also to help raise awareness of the work being carried out to support orphans. The two kilometre walk ...
Read More »Re-live the 80s and help lung cancer charity
THE ROY CASTLE Lung Cancer Foundation is organising a Retro Running Series which will take place throughout 2020. The Series offers a chance to re-live your favourite decades, to do a bit of healthy running – and to help support ...
Read More »World Cup winner and football legend Jack Charlton dies aged 85
Emdad Rahman WORLD CUP WINNER and former Republic of Ireland football manager Jack Charlton has died at the age of 85. The Leeds United legend spent his entire 21 year playing career at Elland Road as part of the 1969 ...
Read More »Roy Castle Foundation holds virtual run
THE LOCKDOWN hasn’t stopped charities trying to raise funds – and the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is marking its 30th anniversary by holding an “I Love the 90s Virtual Run” to do just that. The event is the first ...
Read More »Competitive sport is back – but only behind closed doors
THE GOVERNMENT has announced that competitive sport may resume in the UK from Monday, 1st June – but only after the governing bodies of the individual sports concerned have assessed the risk, and only as long as there are no ...
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