Emdad Rahman SHEIKHA SELINA BEGUM ALI of Whitechapel, the Principal Teacher of the London-based Beacon Institute, has been named The Religious Advocate of the Year at the British Muslim Awards 2018. The British Muslim Awards is an annual award ceremony ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council is the only Council including in Stonewall’s Top 100 UK Employers Index. Stonewall, which campaigns for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in Britain, publishes the list every year to encourage fairness at work. Stonewall ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council joined millions of people across the UK last week in remembering the Holocaust – when six million people were killed by the Nazis. Most of the victims died as the Nazis attempted to annihilate Jewish people. Other ...

IT TOOK OVER A YEAR, but Ben Harper has finally been sentenced for the manslaughter of Clemuth Roberts in Dagenham back on 19th December 2016. Harper appeared for sentencing at the Old Bailey on Monday, 5th February. As well as ...

A GROUP OF West Ham fans has set up the Real West Ham Fans Action Group (RWHFAG) to express dissatisfaction with the Club’s Board of Directors – and the changes which have come about since 2006, when the Club moved ...

A MAN HAS BEEN charged with the murder of Seyed Khan, whose body was found in a cemetery in Ilford on 1st February. Mr Khan was formally identified today, 5th February. Mr Khan lived in Thamesmead – but worked in ...

TODAY – Monday, 5th February – #ItsNotOK2018 is a week of raising awareness of sexual abuse and sexual violence. The Metropolitan Police will be doing all it can to put across information on where victims can find help – and ...

THE NUMBER OF people who have lost their jobs as a result of the Carillion collapse is creeping up towards 1,000. Carillion went into liquidation on 15th January, revealing that the company had been juggling debt for a very long ...

A LOCAL CLOTHES RETAILER was sat in his parked car in Ford Close, Bow, E3 at 5.30pm on Monday, 15th January – when two men, wearing balaclavas, robbed him. The victim, 24, was dragged out of his car. One of ...

A MURDER HUNT is underway in Barking, after a 19 year old male was stabbed in Abbey Road, Barking. Police and the Ambulance Service were called just after 10pm on Saturday, 3rd February. Despite receiving emergency treatment, the teenager could ...