Emdad Rahman NEO CRICKET CLUB has topped off a highly successful season with their First XI winning the National Cricket League on Sunday in the Diamond Premier Division. Since cricket was released from lockdown at the end of March 2021, ...
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Redbridge Councillor clocks up a year of charity running
RUNNING 5km once a week for a year is no walk in the park – except in the case of Councillor Khaled Noor, who takes running 5k in his stride, whatever the weather. Cllr Noor is a well known figure ...
Read More »Island Network calls for safety upgrade in dock areas
ISLAND NETWORK Chair Maium Miah Talukdar has called for a review of safety measures around the Isle of Dogs’ dock areas before summer weather and lockdown easing tempt children out of doors. “I was very worried to read that children ...
Read More »Summer sun brings out good and bad on Island
THE SUN broke through the clouds on Tuesday, 30th March, as the school Easter holidays got underway – and hundreds of Tower Hamlets residents came out to celebrate the easing of lockdown restrictions. Responsible and reckless behaviour were both on ...
Read More »Police wage war on cannabis in East London
IT’S BEEN A busy time for police officers from the Metropolitan Police East Area Command (which covers Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge). They have closed and dismantled 72 cannabis factories over the last six months. The police believe that ...
Read More »Island Network says, “thanks, Vestey!”
IT WAS A big thank you to Vestey Foods Ltd earlier this week, as Island Network volunteers packed up food deliveries to take to elderly and needy residents on the Isle of Dogs. Donations had already been gratefully received from ...
Read More »Happy New Year: looking forward to 2021
THERE WERE several reasons why 2020 was such a terrible year – and it delivered its final kick an hour before it ended, when the UK became a sovereign, independent state once more. After being a member of the European ...
Read More »Protest as homeless people face return to the streets
Tom Zagoria, Labour Homelessness Campaign FROM TOMORROW, the homelessness crisis is set to escalate further as the ban on landlords evicting tenants ends today, 20th September. Across England, thousands of homeless people have already been sent back to the streets ...
Read More »Toddler falls to his death from 9th floor flat
A TODDLER has died after falling from a window in his flat on the ninth floor of a high rise block in Haberdasher Street, Shoreditch. The accident occurred at around 4pm yesterday, Friday, 14th August. The toddler fell from a ...
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 ...
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