Emdad Rahman ROFIKUL ISLAM BCAc is among the 27 extraordinary people selected to receive the distinguished British Citizen Award – a nationally recognised award for individuals in the UK who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and social activism within in their ...

A MAN WITH STAB wounds was found by the emergency services during the early hours of 10th September. He was in a residential property in Ringlet Close, E16 – which is just south of Newham Way in Canning Town. Although ...

Muhammad Hamza SYLHET DISTRICT have been crowned champions of the Bangladesh District Cup 2021. After a year of postponement due to lockdown and the Coronavirus pandemic the cricket championships returned – played outdoors for the very first time at Seven Kings ...

IT’S NINE YEARS in jail for Georgis Kefeyalew, 45, of Silvertown, E16. That was the sentence handed down to the convicted drug dealer when he appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week. Kefeyalew had already been convicted of: •intent to ...

Emdad Rahman THE TEAM AT Company Drinks welcomed the community back to their home and garden in Barking Park with a wide range of attractions – including tours of the garden, hands-on workshops and the launch of new art and ...

Hamza Mikael Sprightly 101 year old Dabirul Islam Choudhury OBE has become the world’s oldest Dementia Friend. The East Londoner from Bow takes over the mantle from the late Battle of Cable Street veteran Max Levitas, who was 100 when he ...

THEY ARE HERE. Hunkered down in the Excel Centre are a shedload of arms dealers – with their models and plans and their displays. Headed towards them is a gaggle of potential mass murderers, wallets at the ready, arming themselves… ...

Maruf Ahmed IT WAS  FUN for all ages on the Isle of Dogs on Saturday, 4th September as the Island Network organised a splendid send-off to the summer holidays. Over 600 residents came along to the event, which was held ...

POLICE STOOD outside Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park on Sunday night, staying until Monday morning. The exercise was part of the investigation into the murder of Ranjith Kankanamalage in the Park three weeks ago. The London Ambulance Service was called out ...

Nazir Ali THE HEDGECOCK Community Centre (HCC) delivered another impressive “End of Summer” Community Fun Day on Sunday, 5th September. On this blazing hot day, more than 300 people packed out HCC and the surrounding areas. Also in attendance was ...