A TOWER HAMLETS candidate was attacked and seriously injured yesterday, 6th April, while out campaigning ahead of the Council elections on 3rd May. Abdullah Al Mamun is a candidate for the ASPIRE party, standing in St Katharine’s & Wapping ward. ...

Emdad Rahman A new umbrella organisation for UK-based charities will help secure vital funds by providing a bespoke online donation platform for organisations, fundraisers and donors. Muslim Giving was launched at The Crystal in Royal Victoria Docks. The event was ...

IT WAS CURTAINS for UKIP Leader Henry Bolton today after 63% of UKIP members backed a “no confidence” motion. The vote took place at an extraordinary general meeting in Birmingham. The decision came after Mr Bolton’s girlfriend was found to ...

Emdad Rahman AFTER ARRIVING IN ACCRA, the East London and north England based Human Relief Foundation team joined the northern UK contingent to fly to Tamale, the capital city of the northern Region of Ghana. The first stop on arrival at ...

THE FILM PAD MAN will be released on 26th January – but fans of Sonam Kapoor and Akshay Kumar don’t have to wait that long before they can enjoy part of the experience. Hu Ba Hu, a song from the ...

Emdad Rahman AS PART OF interfaith week celebrations, the Salvation Army Poplar hosted a community lunch with various members of the local community. Sister Christine Frost introduced guests who included Leon Silver, President of Nelson Street Synagogue, the Reverend Jane ...

IT IS National Hate Crime Awareness Week (NHCAW) – and the Metropolitan Police are taking part in activities to highlight the issue and encourage victims, and anyone who knows or suspects incidents of such crime, to report them to police ...

POLICE WERE UNABLE to establish why Faraz Ahmed, 27, of Fanshawe Avenue, Barking, ran over a young man who was innocently walking back from attending a mosque. Nonetheless, Ahmed was sentenced to eight years imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court. The ...

PEOPLE died in the recent terrorist attacks in Barcelona. The attacks are indefensible and have been condemned by many Muslim groups in Spain as well as internationally. One of the consequences of the terrorist attacks, however, is that there has ...

Hanna-Mariam Chowdhury reviews India on Film: 1899-1947, Treasures from the BFI National Archive. THE BRITISH Film Institute, in partnership with British Council, has released India on Film: 1899-1947, Treasures from the BFI National Archive, providing viewers in the UK and across India with access to ...