Women

IT WAS A resounding “no” to nursery closures as Save Our Nurseries campaigners went out and about in Tower Hamlets on Saturday, explaining to members of the public that Executive Mayor John Biggs wants to close the Council’s last three ...

Emdad Rahman As part of a wider community engagement programme, a soft ball cricket festival for women is to take place at Wanstead & Snaresbrook Cricket Club on Thursday, 2nd August from 6.30pm. The festival will have a simple format: ...

WORRIED MOTHERS are asking where the Council consultation on closure of the Local Authority Day Nurseries (LADN) is – not least because the Cabinet report proposed to begin formal closure in “late July 2018”. “We’ve had a week already,” said ...

CAMPAIGNERS FROM Save Our Nurseries tried to find a crumb of comfort in their campaign this weekend – by taking a giant cake to an event where John Biggs, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, was due to speak. The campaigners ...

Emdad Rahman The An Naba Network organised a fun Ramadan community event to bring people together while also supporting a worthy charitable cause. A card making workshop was arranged for kids and big kids (adults!) to help bring smiles to ...

ELN Exclusive: IN A TRIBUTE TO the direct action of the suffragettes, Tower Hamlets Save Our Nurseries campaigners pressed their cause with John Biggs, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, on one of his first engagements outside the Town Hall since ...

Emdad Rahman DO YOU WANT to learn to ride or improve your cycle skills? Join a female-only bike project on Sunday mornings. The meeting point is The Royal Foundation of St Katharine, with sessions usually taking place at Limehouse Basin.  ...

THE MAN who raped and murdered six year old Zainab Ansari in Pakistan and left her body on a rubbish dump has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani court. He had kidnapped the little girl from her aunt’s house. ...

A TOP INDIAN fashion designer opened his mouth at a conference at Harvard university last week – and put his foot right in it. Now he’s trying to backtrack and limit the damage his comments have caused. Referring to Indian ...

Emdad Rahman SHEIKHA SELINA BEGUM ALI of Whitechapel, the Principal Teacher of the London-based Beacon Institute, has been named The Religious Advocate of the Year at the British Muslim Awards 2018. The British Muslim Awards is an annual award ceremony ...