LONDON COUNCILS are ready to grit London’s roads if (when?) icy weather hits the capital. They are keeping tuned to the weather forecast, while all their vehicles are ready to hit – sorry, “grit” – the streets and pavements. All ...
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It’s 5,000 books for Bookbike London!
Muhammad Talha BOOKBIKE LONDON Team Captain Emdad Rahman is celebrating after reaching the milestone of sharing 5,000 free books. The humble project started with a book donated by his dad and a bike donated by an anonymous cyclist from the ...
Read More »Muhammad Talha The trustees of the Barking & Dagenham Faith Forum held a Faith Reception at Barking Elim Church to mark Inter Faith Week, celebrate the value of faith-based social action and discuss the future of interfaith activities in the ...
Read More »Khans help Ottoman Doner open Redbridge branch
AMIR KHAN, the former unified Light Welterweight World Champion, and his wife, the global influencer Faryal Makhdoom, were the guests of honour as The Ottoman Doner opened the doors to a new venture in Redbridge. Huge crowds gathered in Ilford ...
Read More »Ottoman Doner picks up Best Restaurant award
Emdad Rahman THE OTTOMAN DONER, established in December 2018, was crowned “Best Restaurant in South & East London” last night at the ninth British Kebab Awards at a packed Westminster Plaza Hotel. In their short but very successful journey, the ...
Read More »Extraordinary Rofikul receives BCA accolade
Emdad Rahman ROFIKUL ISLAM BCAc is among the 27 extraordinary people selected to receive the distinguished British Citizen Award – a nationally recognised award for individuals in the UK who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and social activism within in their ...
Read More »Humdum Foodbank Team goes digital
Muhammad Talha HUMDUM UK – based in Barking & Dagenham – came about as a result of the passion of Nighat and Kishwar Bhola to serve those facing food poverty and hardship. Both mother and daughter became concerned by the ...
Read More »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 »It’s 3,000 not out for Bookbike London!
BOOKBIKE LONDON has achieved a special new milestone after delivering 3,000 books. Emdad Rahman has been sharing books with keen readers – including the isolated, elderly, ill, and homeless – since starting this simple project in Barking & Dagenham. Over ...
Read More »MPF calls for Rohingya aid after Cox’s Bazar fire
A MASSIVE FIRE devastated the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on 22nd March. The scale of the disaster is so great that the Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) has called on the international community to step in and help. ...
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