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 ...

Hamza Mikael #bookbikelondon WAS BORN in Barking & Dagenham and is the brainchild of resident and community volunteer Emdad Rahman, who wanted to combine his passion for books and cycling.  Zoinul Abidin, Head of Universal Services at Barking & Dagenham, ...

A MAN HAS appeared in court to face charges in connection with a series of assaults on Jewish people in Stamford Hill, Hackney, on 18th August. This followed a public appeal to try to identify a man whose image was ...

Muhammad Talha HUMDUM UK – based in Barking & Dagenham – came about as a result of the passion of Nighat and Kishwar Bhola to serve those facing food poverty and hardship.  Both mother and daughter became concerned by the ...

FIFTY YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling “singles” of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? Sadly, in most cases the top selling singles ...

Emdad Rahman THE #littlelitterleague has smashed its litter pick record. Working in partnership with Darul Ummah Goresbrook, they collected a whopping 49 bags of litter during a community litter pick in Dagenham.  The community group of volunteers beat their own ...