Emdad Rahman Ex-Tottenham Manager Harry Redknapp has visited the National Football Centre at St George’s Park to coach and train the Homeless FA’s Team England. Team England is the squad which is chosen by the Homeless FA to represent the ...
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Emmaus Greenwich opens new shop to support former homeless people
Emdad Rahman The Mayor of Bexley and Lady Teresa Sumption have officially opened Emmaus Greenwich’s new shop in Welling, with speeches and a ribbon cutting ceremony. The shop is staffed by formerly homeless people, known as companions, and will create ...
Read More »Tudors return to the Tower of London
Emdad Rahman A rainy weekend was enough to put the dampeners on tourists and visitors to the Tower of London – but they were missing out on the chance to catch up with King Henry VIII and his new bride Anne ...
Read More »LAQ celebrates record mega-profits with furniture donation to four supported housing units
First, the good news: East London charity The Spitalfields Crypt Trust has received a donation of furniture from housing association L&Q. The Trust, which celebrates its 50th birthday this year, provides a variety of services for over 150 recovering and ...
Read More »Biggs tries to continue Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s equalities stance on LGBT rights
Mayor Lutfur Rahman made a point of standing up for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) residents. He was the first Mayor of Tower Hamlets to mention LGBT residents in his inauguration speech, and his Administration backed a number of ...
Read More »Wanna try a tri-athlon?
The AJ Bell London Triathlon will take place over the weekend of 8-9th August: and, like the London marathon, it will affect East London roads from Rotherhithe to Becton at various points over the weekend. Some roads will be totally ...
Read More »Scintilla lose ground in race for Championship
Scintilla Cricket Club lost further ground in the race for the Essex County Cricket League Premier Division as the current champions lost their senior team league game to Newham at Flanders Fields last weekend. Ashraful Islam top scored with 74 ...
Read More »River volunteers are up for Waterways Award
Emdad Rahman The Lower Regents Coalition (LRC), a group of volunteers based in Tower Hamlets, has reached the finals of the Canal & River Trust’s Living Waterways Awards, which recognises the most inspiring waterway-based projects across the UK. The LRC has been nominated for its Greening the Regents project, ...
Read More »Bangistan is here!
The last day of July marks the release of Bangistan – an uproarious satire on fundamentalism starring Riteish Deshmukh and Pulkit Samrat as two blundering terrorists. It’s a comic tale with a strong underlying message highlighting the futility of violence, religious divisions ...
Read More »Six Tower Hamlets youngsters are gagging to “Gigs”!
In the shadow of protests from across the music industry at the Government’s “shortsighted” cuts to young people’s music services, London Mayor Boris Johnson is holding his traditional competition to find London Busker of the Year. The competition itself is ...
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