LABOUR PARTY members in Poplar & Limehouse constituency have chosen the candidate they want to stand for them at the next General Election: Apsana Begum. A new candidate had to be found as sitting MP “Dim Jim” Fitzpatrick is retiring. ...

Emdad Rahman The Hedgecock Community Centre (HCC) held its second AGM and four new Trustees have been appointed to the executive board. The AGM was attended by 20 HCC members and local ward Councillors. The HCC Chair, Secretary and Treasurer ...

JOHN BIGGS, veteran politician and Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, has stopped short of endorsing Apsana Begum – chosen by Tower Hamlets Labour Party members to be Labour’s candidate at the next General Election. Members had been patient with some ...

THE LABOUR PARTY members of Poplar & Limehouse Constituency Labour Party (CLP) have spoken. They came, they queued, they listened, they queued some more – and then they voted. There were over 500 of them, and they chose Apsana Begum ...

Emdad Rahman Shadwell Youth Organisation and deaf charity Al-Isharah Football organised an inclusive football show pitting players from the deaf and non deaf community to raise awareness and break down barriers. An extraordinary football tournament at Mile End Leisure Centre ...

IT IS almost a “tale of two Johns” as Labour Party members in Poplar & Limehouse constituency head for their hustings meeting this afternoon. The members will be choosing who will be the Labour Party candidate at the next General ...

A CITY-WIDE initiative in Birmingham is helping to revive the notion that sport, even competitive sport, can be about co-operation, not confrontation. It is linking together young people in 20 of the city’s schools. Birmingham Connect is run by the ...

TWO EAST LONDON mayors – John Biggs from Tower Hamlets and Rokhsana Fiaz from Newham – have met up to mark the opening of a new pedestrian bridge which links their two boroughs. The bridge cost £593,000 – that’s thought ...

WHY HAS Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor John Biggs ordered the closure of the Council Meals on Wheels Service, which provides meals to vulnerable adults? Service users and community activists have been raising concerns about what will happen when the service ...

THE LONDON LIONS have added 6’2” crack defender Jules Dang-Akodo to their team – and import from City Royals, where he spent last season. Jules has a recent history of playing at international level – which has taken him to ...