Muhammad Talha NINE YEAR OLD Mustafa Abidin has completed his Ramadan fasting charity challenge. The Manor Juniors pupil eased home as he took the course by storm to complete 100 laps of the garden at Darul Ummah Goresbrook.  Mustafa was joined ...

Muhammad Hamza BARKING & DAGENHAM school boy Mustafa Abidin has launched a Ramadan charity challenge to raise money for local projects. Mustafa will be completing his challenge the month of Ramadan, when Muslims all over the world observe a month of ...

Emdad Rahman A DEBUT BOOK by a former Whitechapel resident, which explores Europe’s living Ottoman legacy, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year award – on the centenary of the Empire’s collapse.  Minarets in ...

Emdad Rahman THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE teamed up with Islamic Relief UK last month to distribute 500 winter food packs to vulnerable people, struggling financially due to the pandemic. Many people have been on short time or have lost their ...

Emdad Rahman HUMDUM UK has just completed a mass distribution of hundreds of meals in partnership with Barings and Thomas Franks Ltd. As part of an East London-wide distribution, Humdum were provided with tasty ready-cooked meals. Katsu Chicken, Persian Lentil with ...

Emdad Rahman I HAD BEEN communicating with Ed for a while in the hope of visiting this historic ground and taking part in the stadium tour of London’s oldest club. I got there in the end, and it was well worth ...

Emdad Rahman Civil rights leader the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who worked with Dr Martin Luther King in the 1960s, has paid a visit to the East End, where he spent an afternoon with teachers, students and parents at the London ...

Muhammad Ismael THE #LITTLELITTERLEAGUE has launched a new neighbourhood litter pickers group in Leys, Dagenham East – and instantly achieved a new milestone during their very first activity.  The residents group debuted at Tyrell Gardens, Leys Children’s Centre, and collected 700 ...

Muhammad Hamza The Doubles pair of Enayet Hossain and Md Jubayrul Miton beat Md Shahin and Fahim Ahmed to emerge as the champions of the London Sportif Gala Badminton Championships. The internal tournament was held at Newham Leisure Centre and ...

Muhammad Talha BOOKBIKE LONDON Team Captain Emdad Rahman is celebrating after reaching the milestone of sharing 5,000 free books.  The humble project started with a book donated by his dad and a bike donated by an anonymous cyclist from the ...