Emdad Rahman THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE teamed up with Islamic Relief UK last month to distribute 500 winter food packs to vulnerable people, struggling financially due to the pandemic. Many people have been on short time or have lost their ...
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Can we find missing mum and newborn?
POLICE ARE making an urgent appeal to the public to help find Roxana, 19, and her five day old baby. The two are missing, and the police are concerned for their welfare. The two were last seen leaving a hotel ...
Read More »Tapas Luton makes Curry Oscars shortlist
JUST SIX months after it opened its doors to diners from far and wide, the Tapas restaurant in Bushmead, Luton, has been shortlisted for the best restaurant and the best newcomer categories in the British Curry Awards. The restaurant is ...
Read More »Start summer at the Cemetery Park
AS SUMMER is officially here – meteorologically speaking – and with Covid restrictions easing, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is offering lots of open air activities for friends and families to enjoy. Here are the highlights: for more information about these ...
Read More »Foodbank coalition responds to community needs
Emdad Rahman THE MASJID AL FALAH and Fatima Foodbank have been working in a coalition, providing essentials to needy, elderly and vulnerable people within Redbridge. The coalition serves the whole community, irrespective of race or religion. It has received regular referrals from ...
Read More »Beirut: deadly disaster prompts appeals for help
THE DEATH TOLL is at least 100. The injuries are almost more horrific: an estimated 4,000 have needed hospital treatment, some in a critical condition. The health service, already struggling to cope with Coronavirus, is overwhelmed. Throughout the night, humanity ...
Read More »Government will appeal Shamima Begum return ruling
THE COURT OF APPEAL has today ruled that Shamima Begum should be permitted to return to the UK to contest the UK Government’s decision to revoke her British citizenship. The Government has responded to today’s Court of Appeal decision by ...
Read More »Migrants can’t live on fresh air
Cllr Nazir Ahmed FRSA – barrister, writer, analyst and public representative – calls on the Home Office to lift the “No Recourse to Public Funds” restriction. No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) is a standard condition applied to those staying in ...
Read More »Faith groups condemn sneaky abolition of DFID
WHAT IS Boris up to now? He announced last week that the Department for International Development (DFID) is to be swallowed up in a mgerger with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Boris was supposed to be spending the week ...
Read More »Al Noor Mosque launches Gascoigne Estate Foodbank
Emdad Rahman A TEAM OF volunteers on the renowned Gascoigne Estate in Barking has launched a new community foodbank to support local people. The Al Noor Cultural & Educational Trust Foodbank is based on the estate, which sits in one ...
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