WHAT WERE WE listening to 50 years ago? Here’s a short series on the hits of 1969 – two years after the Summer of Love, the year that humans landed on our moon, the last year of the 1960s. Half ...
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Labour councillor leads attack on Poplar AWS
A LABOUR COUNCILLOR has published a video on his Facebook page of a speech he has given criticising the Labour Party. He claims that the Party’s decision to run an All-Woman Shortlist (AWS) to select Jim Fitzpatrick MP’s successor in ...
Read More »Stepney Runners join Team Shahjalal
Muhammad Hamza STEPNEY SHAHJALAL will be taking part in this year’s Muslim Charity Run, which is now in its eighth consecutive year. The 5km endurance test has been the ultimate way of uniting good causes with fitness, proving to be ...
Read More »London Enterprise Academy GCSE students celebrate excellence
PUPILS AT the London Enterprise Academy are ecstatic after surpassing expectations to achieve excellent results. The principal Ashid Ali described the results as “fantastic”. The school reached the national average for pupil progress and attainment in eight subjects and ...
Read More »Jamiatul Ummah turns in outstanding GCSEs
THIS YEAR’S GCSE results have again been a credit to the hard work of pupils at Jamiatul Ummah school – and the dedication of their teachers and strong support from parents. There is a new system of grading GCSEs this ...
Read More »Police call for witnesses to Hackney Marshes stabbing
TWO MEN were stabbed on Hackney Marshes, E9 early on Sunday morning, 18th August. The London Ambulance Service was called out just before 7am on Sunday and, in turn, called out the police. It is thought that there had been ...
Read More »Helal Abbas: MP dreams crushed as PAL goes AWS
ONCE AGAIN, Tower Hamlets veteran politician Helal Abbas Uddin has seen the Labour Party National Executive Committee (NEC) take a decision which affects his political future. But this time, rather than being in his favour, the NEC has dashed his ...
Read More »EuroHockey: England’s teams face must-win matches
THE EUROHOCKEY Championships, currently underway in Antwerp, Belgium, have left Team England on a cliffhanger after the two teams each played two matches. •The men’s team were off to a shaky start, with a 2-2 draw against Wales and then ...
Read More »Boris: too little, too late on measles
THE UK HAS lost its “virus free” status on measles, after 231 cases were recorded in the first three months of 2019. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has noticed and promised to take steps to protect the population from this serious ...
Read More »Biggs confirms decision to outsource housing management
“I’M NOT LISTENING” is the message Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor John Biggs sent to residents and councillors last Friday, 16th August. Just two days after councillors on the Overview & Scrutiny Committee (O&S) asked him to reconsider his decision to ...
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