FROM one of the first fire crews to arrive at Grenfell Tower are to run in the London Marathon in order to raise money for children who suffered when the Kensington tower block was gutted by fire last year. The ...

CLEMUTH ROBERTS, 58, died just over a year ago, in December 2016. He was involved in a fight in Stanthorpe Road, Dagenham. The emergency services were called, and when they arrived, they found Roberts seriously injured. Roberts died, at the ...

US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP had a day off on 8th January – and went to see a football match between teams from the universities of Georgia and Alabama. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course – heads of state do have a day ...

Emdad Rahman WHITECHAPEL-BASED Sylhet FC have extended the contract of manager Pervez Choudhury for another year after a successful trophy laden year in 2017. PB will lead Sylhet FC for the summer and winter campaigns of 2018.  He commented, “I simply ...

JOHN BIGGS, Labour Mayor of Tower Hamlets, set the public to work cleaning up the Borough before Christmas and branded the exercise “a great success”. Most councils pay staff to do cleaning, while some contract out the service. However, not ...

THE RISE IN house prices in 2017 was the slowest for five years claims the Halifax, the UK’s largest mortgage lender – echoing a similar finding announced by the Nationwide just days ago. The news prompts further concern about the ...

ONE WEEK AFTER New Year’s Eve, Newham police officers were out on the streets – trying to jog memories as they investigated the murder of Taofeek Lamidi, who was stabbed in Memorial Avenue. As well as talking to members of ...

Emdad Rahman THE LB24TV team have enjoyed a get together to celebrate the start of the new year 2018. Team members came together as part of a networking event to celebrate and also to promote the online media channel which ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has announced – with some delight! – that it has launched a mobile phone app! So far the app is available on Android, but an Apple version is on its way. The app can be found ...

Emdad Rahman MUSIKALEIGH, a magical musical family event with songs from favourite movies and featuring the East London Symphony Orchestra, has been organised as a childhood cancer awareness and family fun fundraiser for Kaleigh Lau. Kaleigh is an East London youngster ...