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 ...
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Seeing the wood for the trees
THE AUGUST issue of The Voice – online magazine of the East London Garden Society (ELGS) is out, bringing the area’s gardeners the usual mix of know-how and debate. The major news is a move to establish a five mile ...
Read More »Orient welcomes Norwich City for pre-season friendly
KICK OFF is at 3pm today, Saturday, 27th July at the Breyer Group Stadium as Leyton Orient take on Norwich City. All profits from the match will be donated to the JE3 Foundation – set up in memory of the ...
Read More »Icknield plays host to Community Cricket
Emdad Rahman A HOST OF cricketers from London and Luton combined to play a special game of cricket to commemorate the recent Cricket World Cup. The friendly – at Icknield Recreation Ground, Luton – was made up of various activists, ...
Read More »Human Relief Foundation celebrates the magic of volunteers
Muhammad Ismael VOLUNTEERS WERE very much on the menu as the Human Relief Foundation (HRF) London team organised a special get together at the Taste of India in the centre of London. The event included a three course dinner and ...
Read More »Biggs consults on clobbering kids’ services (again)
JOHN BIGGS – Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets – has decided to cut the amount of money spent on Children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). And now he’s consulting the public on how to do it. As usual, ...
Read More »Two guilty of senseless gang revenge murder
YOU’RE 19. You go to a barbecue. You drive your friends home – but it’s not that late and it’s summer so you stay out and you sit on a wall and chat with a girl. But Abdul Mayanja sat ...
Read More »England netball women claw back bronze medal
THE ENGLAND Women’s Netball team have added to a summer of creditable performances in women’s sport at national level. They have also turned the table on the run of losing out on medals in post-semi final playoffs – winning the ...
Read More »A year in jail for every year of the life they took
HE WAS JUST 23 years old when he died. And now two of the three young men who murdered Abdulrahman Nassor Juma have been sentenced to life in prison – with a minimum term of 23 years. A third murderer ...
Read More »Boy charged with Barking Road stabbing
THE VICTIM, a 28 year old man, is now fighting for his life in an East London hospital – suffering from stab wounds which have caused life-threatening injuries. He was found a week ago: it was just after 7.30am on ...
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