CLLR RABINA KHAN has outlined her objections to John Biggs’s plan to cram thousands of residential units into the already highly developed south of Tower Hamlets. Cllr Khan’s comments were made in a submission to the Council’s consultation on the ...

THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON (UEL) Bangladesh Alumni Network UK held its annual London event at its Stratford campus on 20th November. This was an engaging and encouraging event which brought UEL graduates of Bangladeshi ethnicity, their families and friends ...

BACK ON 15TH JULY, a 34 year old homeless man was attending a barbecue in Hackney. It was being held as a children’s birthday barbecue, but it went on into the evening. Just past midnight, four minutes into the next ...

SEVENTY PEOPLE lost their lives in the Grenfell Tower fire on 14th June. A stillborn baby is also being counted as a victim of the fire. Dr Fiona Wilcox, Senior Coroner for Westminster, will now open and adjourn the final ...

Emdad Rahman CRICKET CLUB Sessions at Leyton Sports Ground for young people from five years to 15 years are restarting on Monday, 20th November 2017. Sessions run from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Children of all abilities aged 5-16 are welcome and ...

Emdad Rahman AS PART OF interfaith week celebrations, the Salvation Army Poplar hosted a community lunch with various members of the local community. Sister Christine Frost introduced guests who included Leon Silver, President of Nelson Street Synagogue, the Reverend Jane ...

NATASHA HILL is 17 years old, and she has been missing since Monday, 6th November. She was last seen just before 2pm that day, on Dymoke Road in Hornchurch. Natasha is described as white, of medium build, with long, dark ...

Emdad Rahman VOTE FOR Ability Bow in the Aviva Community Fund competition and you could help them win up to £10,000 to work with more disabled people and people with long term health conditions.  The “Join in” project will be ...

FOUR RESIDENTS had to receive medical treatment after fire broke out in Coolmoyne House, a 15 storey tower block in Dunmurry, just outside Belfast, late this afternoon. The emergency services were quickly on the scene, with eleven fire appliances being ...

“STAGGERING INCOMPETENCE” is how Cllr Rabina Khan has described John Biggs’s Draft Tower Hamlets Local Plan. “Brexit,” Cllr Khan told London Bangla. “Brexit. He’s forgotten about Brexit. Can you believe it? It’s not exactly a secret, Brexit, is it?” The Tower ...