Emdad Rahman Janomongal Shomithy Bohor Gram have held their annual Ramadan Iftar 2016 at Care House in London’s East End. The collective is the oldest of its kind in the Bangladeshi region of Sylhet and serves the people through charitable activities ...

Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, led the parliamentary tributes to Jo Cox MP, who was murdered last week as she prepared to run a surgery in her constituency. Jeremy has compiled a video of his speech (below), ...

The murder of Jo Cox MP has shocked us all. We are shocked because someone who only became an MP because she won local popular support should not be removed from that post by a lone dissident. We are shocked ...

Many eyebrows were raised when Labour’s John Biggs became mayor of Tower Hamlets but then refused to resign as a member of the London Assembly. Each position was a full-time job, and holding two full time jobs at the same ...

Seven year old Sangeeta Digpal has won Tesco’s Ramadan poster competition. Along with hundreds of other entrants from across the country Sangeeta designed a poster showing what Ramadan means to her – and she emerged as the national winner. Sangeeta’s ...

The All-Party Parliamentary Corporate Responsibility Group (APCRG) last week announced the companies shortlisted for its 2016 National Responsible Business Champion award. And Jim Fitzpatrick, Labour MP for Poplar & Limehouse, was delighted that his nomination – of the Canary Wharf ...

Emdad Rahman “A third of homeless people have been refused work because of their living condition” – Shelter Tonight at Booth House I was joined by youth from the Splash Life Skills Project – better known as Amzy’s Angels. They ...

West Yorkshire police have announced that Thomas Mair, aged 52 and of Birstall, has been charged with the murder of Jo Cox MP.  He has also been charged with other offences, including grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with ...

Three honours winged their way to Tower Hamlets as the Queen issued her Birthday Honours List. The first two awards recognise work in the local public sector – by two women who work with the borough’s young people. Deborah Weston, Director ...

Moses Fadairo, 25, of Hackney was killed last September. At the Old Bailey this week, Christopher Erunse, 28, of Greenwich – who had been his “friend” – was sentenced to serve 18 years in prison for killing him. The story ...