Barking FC -v- Sporting Bengal Utd Emdad Rahman ON 15TH APRIL, Mayesbrook Park will host Essex champions Barking FC in their clash with Sporting Bengal United in the Essex Senior League. The home game will see Barking, who are promoted ...
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Labour backs decent jobs, not fat cats
CLIVE LEWIS MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, has called for the creation of more useful jobs for ordinary people – while condemning business leaders who continue to pay themselves stratospheric salaries. Lewis was speaking out after The High Pay Centre ...
Read More »Building community spirit through volunteering
Emdad Rahman Maybe a home is nothing but two arms holding you tight when you’re at your worst. It’s been a busy weekend for us. On Christmas Eve I visited Mujib’s Chill & Grill, who very generously agreed to donate 50% ...
Read More »Jump Evolution: where fitness and fun collide
Ismael Rahman The extreme 9ft jump towers are the highest in Essex and so with the Christmas holidays in full swing we visited Jump Evolution in Harold Hill, Essex to check out all the fuss people have been making about ...
Read More »Coaches with disabilities lead the way
Emdad Rahman I often come across interesting discussions and notions of coaching – the so-called glamour and the mega huge wage packets. I personally have not met a coach in any sport who does it for the money. Take, for example, ...
Read More »NCL announces indoor league
Emdad Rahman The National Cricket League has confirmed exciting plans to start an inclusive indoor cricket league, which will commence at The Score Centre, Leyton on Sundays from 8th January. The initiative is supported by Essex Cricket and will accommodate ...
Read More »Kick It Out urges football to tackle hatred in the game
Kick It Out, football’s equality and inclusion organisation, has called for a unified effort from everyone involved in football to eradicate prejudice and hate from the game. The call came as Kick It Out showcased its “Call Full Time On ...
Read More »Who am I?
By Shahanara Begum My elbow used to be a dinosaur, my toenail, an ancient king, my blood was the flowing river and my stomach is the bread that I ate yesterday. A whole star had to die for me to ...
Read More »Towering achievements for coaches with disabilities
Emdad Rahman Participants at an East End project have come up trumps after successfully training as football coaches during a two week summer programme. The Tower Project is a community-based voluntary sector organisation and award-winning leading service-provider for children and adults ...
Read More »Women can learn to cycle in Limehouse
There are few women cycling in Tower Hamlets – but a new project is set to change all that in the coming months. The Royal Foundation of St. Katharine has been awarded a TfL Cycling Grant, which will fund a ...
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