Emdad Rahman COGGESHALL TOWN Cricket Club have delivered a brilliant post-Covid Summer Smash for Under 11 girls. Amid the global pandemic, it is one of the first cricket engagement camps to be arranged since the UK-wide lockdown has been eased. The ...
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Rugby League aims for most inclusive World Cup ever
NEXT YEAR sees the Rugby League World Cup come to the UK – and organisers are aiming to make the event, which happens every four years, a spectacular occasion, with something for everyone. Three tournaments will run alongside each other ...
Read More »Locals take on Dover Trek
Emdad Rahman A GROUP OF volunteers joined the Bethnal Green-based Lonely Orphans charity team to complete the Dover Trek. This ten mile linear walk offers panoramic views of the English Channel. Three of England’s mightiest coastal forts stand on the route, from the medieval ...
Read More »Local charity calls for return of Meals on Wheels
NEIGHBOURS IN POPLAR (NIP) has learned one lesson from the Coronavirus Lockdown – just how valuable and valued a meals delivery service can be. With the Meals on Wheels service axed in Tower Hamlets, the charity is now calling for ...
Read More »Island Network wishes residents Eid Mubarak
THERE WAS NO let up for the volunteers organised by the Island Network as they rounded off July with visits to a local care home and the local Salvation Army. Maium Miah, Chair of the Island Network, said, “Our local ...
Read More »Canary Wharf runs Summer Sports Camp 2020
The Canary Wharf Football Academy has announced that it will be holding a Summer Sports Camp for 4-19 year olds this summer. There will be outdoor multi-sports sessions and online sessions. ●To register, go to: canarywharffa@outlook.com or call Foysol: 0794-740 ...
Read More »Twenty Lonely Orphan runners run The Big Half
Emdad Rahman THE BETHNAL GREEN-BASED Lonely Orphans charity took to the roads today – Sunday, 1st March – to raise awareness and much needed funds for Uyghur orphans. They joined more than 16,000 runners on the streets of the British ...
Read More »City of London Freeman honour for Rofikul
Emdad Rahman Rofikul Islam has been made a Freeman of the City of London – the highest honour that the City of London can bestow on an individual. He is the youngest British Bangladeshi recipient of this honour. Rofikul is ...
Read More »Caught napping…
HOUSEHOLD PETS can nod off in all sorts of strange places. The bed and mattress specialists Bed SOS ran a competition to find the cutest sleeping pets, judged on the basis of their owners’ photographs. The winner was Amy Briscoe ...
Read More »Community flocks to Holland Estate Play Street event
Emdad Rahman EASTEND HOMES AND its Holland Estate Estate Management Board (EMB) arranged and delivered a community event on the Holland estate to celebrate the Tower Hamlets Play Street event and to also mark the official opening of the recently ...
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