Emdad Rahman A 46TH BANGLADESH Independence Day celebration has taken place to commemorate the birth of Bangladesh. The get together at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman monument in Sidney Street, Whitechapel, involved tributes to the 1971 martyrs.  Community leader Afsar Khan ...

THE YOUNG MAN murdered in Hackney ten days ago has been named by police. Alex Vanderpuye, aged 24, from Hackney, was stabbed at around 4.45pm on Thursday, 7th December and died at the scene. A post mortem has confirmed that ...

Emdad Rahman FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURS and members of the community came together to enjoy a collective lunch at the Care House in Shadwell, East London. A pleasant afternoon saw various members of all faiths and none enjoy lunch, intermingling, pleasant discussions and ...

A YOUNG woman from the Isle of Dogs has been sentenced to life imprisonment after killing a young Italian man in Canning Town – in a frenzied attack in which he was stabbed 36 times. Hasna Begum, 25, of Byng ...

Emdad Rahman The newly formed Leftley Sports Club is open for business as usual and will continue to provide fun filled sports activities throughout the winter months. Leftley Sports Club (LSC) Chair Muhammed Ali said, “Sport is one of the ...

POLICE ARE appealing for help from the public as they try to find a man who was found dead on Hackney Marshes two years ago. This is not a suspicious death, but despite their best efforts police have so far ...

Hamza Rahman BIG HEARTED Pearson UK staff at One90 High Holborn teamed up with the One Third soup Kitchen team to offer some winter wonder to those who need it the most at this time of the year.  Following on ...

TWO YOUNG ROBBERS who used a corrosive liquid to attack their victims were each been sentenced to 14 years in prison last week at a sentencing hearing at the Old Bailey. Sadik Kamara, 24, of Booth Road, Newham, and Joshua ...

A YOUNG MAN lost his life in Hackney last Thursday, after being stabbed in Christie Road, at the junction with Cassland Road. He was just 24. An ambulance was called at approximately 4.45pm. Paramedics called the police and the air ...

A NEWHAM man has been sentenced to twelve years in prison for being in possession of a shotgun with intent to endanger life and two rounds of ammunition – while out of prison, on licence, for a previous firearms offence. ...