THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has confirmed that today, Friday, 2nd August, is the first day of the month of Hajj, Dhu Al-Hijjah. The Day of Arafat will be on Saturday, 10th August. Eid al-Adha will be on Sunday, 11th August. ...

LONDON’S AIR AMBULANCE came in to land at West Ham’s Rush Green training ground earlier this week – to celebrate the Ambulance’s 30th anniversary. The Air Ambulance began its work in 1989. It operates from 8am to sunset every day ...

POLICE HAVE APPEALED for witnesses to come forward after a man riding a motorbike was seriously injured when he collided with the kerb and a road sign on the A13. The incident happened at around 8.12pm on Thursday, 1st August ...

A MASSIVE POLICE investigation – Operation Halmist – has secured the conviction of two more men who had been running drugs out of London on the County Lines system. The two were found guilty, after an eight week trial at ...

DESPITE HOPES that the Bangladesh Cricket Team might be able to claw a consolation victory in the last of the three One Day International (ODI) matches, Sri Lanka emerged the victors after a strong batting performance. Sri Lanka had been ...

INDIAN PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi has tweeted his delight at the decision of the India Parliament to criminalise the “triple talaq” divorce allowed in the Muslim religion. In 2017 the Indian Supreme Court declared the triple talaq was unconstitutional. A ...

THE M25 was closed in both directions last night, 31st July, between Junction 25 (Enfield) and Junction 27 (M11) after a fatal crash on the anti-clockwise carriage. The closure began at around 6.45pm and went on for some hours. It ...

A YOUNG MAN was found guilty of a long list of sex offences against young girls after a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court ended on 29th July. He is Abraham Ibrahim, 21, of Woodmill Road, Clapton, E5. The Court heard ...

THE LEADING batsman of the Bangladesh cricket team, Mushfiqur Rahim, has warned that the team needs to get back to basics if they are to turn the tide on their poor One Day International performances against Sri Lanka. Two matches ...

DAGENHAM was the scene of a vicious robbery back on Sunday, 6th January – when a gang tied up and threatened a member of staff at a warehouse on Messina way. They tied him to a chair and one of ...