Women

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 ...

Emdad Rahman BARKING & DAGENHAM-based Leftley Sports Club has launched women’s cardio sessions which will take place on a weekly basis. The first group went out on Saturday morning, and activities involved brisk walking, running and jogging all within a ...

There are few women cycling in Tower Hamlets – but a new project is set to change all that in the coming months. The Royal Foundation of St. Katharine has been awarded a TfL Cycling Grant, which will fund a ...