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 ...
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Ramadan card makers help end of life charity
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 ...
Read More »Nursery campaigners surprise Biggs at suffragette event
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 ...
Read More »Cycling sessions with Limehouse Women’s Cycle Project
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. ...
Read More »Zainab Ansari: killer gets death sentence
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. ...
Read More »Mukherjee regrets insulting women on saris
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 ...
Read More »Sheikha Selina Begum Ali receives British Muslim Award 2018
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 ...
Read More »Get set go for Leftley Sports Club ladies
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 ...
Read More »Women can learn to cycle in Limehouse
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 ...
Read More »Tube sex crimes unit faces uphill struggle
With the number of sex crimes on London Transport having risen by over a third last year, it’s quite the wrong time to close down the specialist sexual offences team which deals with these matters. Fortunately, British Transport Police have ...
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