Muhammad Hamza BARKING TOWN HALL hosted a Dementia Friends seminar for staff keen to raise their awareness and increase their knowledge. Dedicated frontline workers from various key community sectors took part in the information session and committed themselves to dementia-friendly ...

IT WAS A CASE OF “Mum’s the word!” at Tower Hamlets Cabinet on Thursday, 25th July as pro-nursery campaigners were banned from addressing the Mayor and Cabinet. Campaigners had wanted to speak to the Mayor about his controversial proposal to ...

EMDAD RAHMAN has run eleven British 10ks in a row to support London’s homeless. The Barking & Dagenham resident – who lives, works and volunteers while dividing his time between Barking and Tower Hamlets – joined 10-15,000 runners in Central ...

A NEW COHORT of police officers took part in the traditional passing out parade on 13th July – and almost a quarter of them were from a BAME background. The 172 new officers were congratulated by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida ...

Emdad Rahman THE GOLDEN PALACE Banqueting hall in north London hosted a who’s who of men and women who came together for the unique purpose of celebrating a century since women first secured the right to vote in the UK. ...

POLICE HAVE released an image of a man they wish to question in connection with an inquiry into a possible insurance fraud. The inquiry is being conducted by detectives from the City of London Police’s Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department (IFED). ...

AS THE HEATWAVE continues, we are all thankful that we live in a country where we can just turn a tap to get water for our daily needs. However, the water that we capture and process and deliver to households ...

TWO MEN from the Isle of Dogs were sentenced last week at Snaresbrook Crown Court after a police investigation into an assault charge uncovered a drug dealing network. A 31 year old man was assaulted in Hackney Road, E2, back ...

FORMER COUNCILLOR Abjol Miah has issued the following statement to explain why he is joining the Liberal Democrat Party. After consulting community members, supporters and family members I have, for the first time, decided to move on from fractious independents to ...

CRASH! Late last night – Saturday, 14th July – the news broke. Abjol Miah has joined the Liberal-Democrats! This is Bastille Day – the day, in 1789, when the people stormed the Bastille prison, attempting to release political prisoners. This ...