WITH JUST A WEEK to go until Ramadan begins, the community is busy making preparations – and wondering what a Ramadan under lockdown will look like. The East London Mosque has, as usual, produced a timetable for the month. However, ...

LOCAL ENVIRONMENTALISTS were delighted when Tower Hamlets Council declared a “climate emergency” – linking in with campaigners across the world Imagine their disappointment to see, weeks later, the Council felling mature trees. It’s a difficult debate – made very topical ...

A GROUP OF leading Muslim organisations have come together to co-ordinate a collective response to the Coronavirus lockdown. The constituent organisations include charities, mosques, community centres. The group, the Muslim Charities Forum (MCF), has launched an emergency financial appeal so ...

The East London Mosque is one of many faith centres in Tower Hamlets which has closed its doors to members of the public while providing online services to members of its congregation. The East London Mosque announced its decision in ...

Muhammad Talha The Lonely Orphans team held a fete in Brady Street, Whitechapel, to raise awareness of the charity’s aims, objectives and campaigns. The charity empowers orphan children and their families by providing the tools needed to make positive changes ...

EASTENDERS WERE on high alert yesterday when the message went out that Reanne Bell, 12, had gone missing from her Romford home. She had left at 3.30pm – and not returned. Desperate messages circulated on social media as her parents ...

MOST COMMUNITY GROUPS in Tower Hamlets – and beyond – rely heavily on volunteers to carry out some or all of their functions. The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park are no exception, and at the moment they are looking ...

MALACHI SERVIS is just nine years old. For now. It’s his birthday tomorrow, Monday, 5th August. He is also missing from his home in Homerton. STORY UPDATE: Hackney police have reported that Malachi Servis has been found safe and well. ...

Emdad Rahman UNITED PATLI are celebrating after regaining the Jagannathpur Union Cup – after beating 2017 winners and four times finalists Syedpur and Shaharpara Union in the final. Six of the official union teams took part in two groups of ...

EAST LONDON football coach and humanitarian volunteer Emdad Rahman has spent a week with Sufian Refugees in Lebanon. The self-styled “Wandering Londoner” joined the UK-based Human Relief Foundation team on a charity deployment and spent time at various locations around Beirut. ...