Emdad Rahman An international aid charity has opened the doors to its new office in London’s East End. There was a small celebration as the Human Relief Foundation launched a new site in Whitechapel from where the charity’s southern-based aid efforts ...

Labour Cllr Khales Uddin Ahmed has been suspended from the Labour Party. ELN understands that this follows allegations made by a number of his Labour Councillor colleagues. Cllr Khales has been serving as the Speaker of the Council, where Labour ...

Emdad Rahman Regents Lake Banqueting Hall was the venue as Brit College celebrated ten years of delivering Higher Education as an independent provider. Brit College was established in 2006 and since 2013 it has delivered a single Higher Education programme ...

Labour’s John Biggs has been mayor of Tower Hamlets for just over a year now – and he rushed out this morning to congratulate Tower Hamlets “A”-level students who were finding out the results of their hard work over the ...

Evidence is growing that the rebel Labour MPs who tried to oust Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Labour Party are out of touch with their party members and the country. Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) are showing strong support for ...

For once, Bangladeshi Labour councillors were rising from the benches, one after another, to speak in a Council debate. As they did so, they may have wondered why their non-Bangladeshi colleagues were sitting on their hands. This happened at the ...

Emdad Rahman A host of community activists joined The Gift of Knowledge (GOK) at Aldgate Underground Station to remember the victims of 7/7 as East London fell silent on the eleventh anniversary of the “7/7” attacks in London. Roses were handed ...

Many eyebrows were raised when Labour’s John Biggs became mayor of Tower Hamlets but then refused to resign as a member of the London Assembly. Each position was a full-time job, and holding two full time jobs at the same ...

Three honours winged their way to Tower Hamlets as the Queen issued her Birthday Honours List. The first two awards recognise work in the local public sector – by two women who work with the borough’s young people. Deborah Weston, Director ...

Former Sports Minister Richard Caborn has admitted that the performance of the sports element of the Olympic legacy is “disappointing”. London’s Olympic bid had promised to “inspire a generation” to get active. However, figures show that the number playing sport ...