Emdad Rahman THE UNITED MADRASAH Championships organised by Newark Youth London has celebrated ten years of holding its annual sports day. The championships took place at the Mile End Stadium and were led by the founder Arif Abdurrahmaan and Newark ...

THE CHISENHALE Gallery is half way through its current exhibition – a display of paintings and objects presented by London-based artist Mandy El-Sayegh. The works challenge the everyday order we are used to, exploring the these of representation, abstraction and ...

A TEENAGE BOY was shot in Hackney at around 11.15pm on Wednesday, 1st May in Marlborough Avenue, E8 – and now police are looking for two men, one of who is thought to have shot the victim. Police and the ...

THE MAN IN charge of health and safety at the Hillsborough stadium on the day that 96 football fans died has been fined £6,500 – just under £68 per death, just over 30 years later. Graham Mackrell was the stadium ...

POLICE ARE investigating a stabbing which occurred at approximately 5pm in Tollgate Road, E16 yesterday, 12th May. A 17 year old man was injured, but fortunately his injuries have been declared not life threatening. Police are investigating the crime and ...

Women will be breaking the fast together on Friday, at a gathering at the Brady Centre which aims to raise money for Rohingya women and girls. All women, of all faiths, are welcome. There will be refreshments, talks and stalls. ...

POLICE ARE searching for Alex Nurthen, 27, who has links with the East London area as well as with Greenwich, Sussex and Cumbria. Nurthen was given a prison sentence after being convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and false imprisonment. ...

LONDON MAYOR Sadiq Khan is comparing his record of building new homes in the capital by the record of his predecessor(s) – rather than by housing need across London. Khan has just released new figures showing that council house building ...

A SWASTIKA was spray-painted onto the side of a building in Stour Road, Bow, E3. The vandalism occurred at around 11.30pm last Tuesday, 7th May. Police believe that three people were involved. They were all dressed in dark clothing. One ...

IT IS NEARLY two years since Rina Cheema lost her only son, Karan, at the age of just 13. She had always worked so hard to protect him from his grave allergies – but the school she trusted to be ...