Emdad Rahman THE GREATER SYLHET Upazila Cup has returned after an absence of two years. Due to Covid, the greatly heralded UK Bangladeshi football festival had been on hold since Bishwanath lifted the trophy in 2019. Mabley Green was once again ...

IT BEGAN AS an ordinary evening, with a 34 year old man going out for dinner and drinks in East London. He left a venue in Brick Lane at approximately 3.30am – and was then assaulted by three men. The ...

The post-COVID roller-coaster cricket season went in favour of London Tigers CC when the Club won the mid-week competition at Victory Park. It came down to the last game of the season, between London Tigers CC (LTCC) and Old Fallopians ...

TWO WEEKS AFTER losing the Weavers by-election, Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor John Biggs has announced that he is changing his policy on “liveable streets” and having a Cabinet reshuffle. In very similar press releases, both Tower Hamlets Labour Party and ...

TODAY WE continue with our occasional series The Thames today. The Thames forms the southern boundary of four East London boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering. In one way it is a barrier, sealing off one direction ...

OVER 11,000 RUNNERS set off on 1st August to run the London Landmarks Half Marathon – and plans are already afoot to allocate places for the 2022 event – LLHM 2022. The 2021 Half Marathon was finally held after a ...

AS FANS RETURN TO Anfield after a long Covid-related layoff, Liverpool FC has announced that paper tickets have been ditched in favour of new technology and ID cards. The Premier League has encouraged clubs to find ways for ticket-holding fans ...

CAN WE TRUST the news coming out of Bangladesh – especially the reporting of how the country is dealing with the Covid pandemic? A recent attack on a journalist has raised fears that the media is now anything but free. ...

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 ...

Emdad Rahman LONDON’S HALF MARATHON through Westminster and the City has returned once again, and we have hooked up with a special runner to inspire us ahead of what promises to be a spectacular event.  The event is proud to ...