US PRESIDENT Donald Trump is facing growing criticism over his failure to condemn immediately the racist, fascist and white supremacist groups which went to Charlottesville to cause trouble over the weekend. Too little, too late, he has now made a ...
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Biggs sits out Labour support for International Youth Day
TWO LABOUR Shadow Ministers issued a joint statement on 12th August to mark International Youth Day. Cat Smith, Shadow Minister for Voter Engagement and Youth Affairs, and Kate Osamor, Shadow International Development Secretary, spoke up for the rights of young people – ...
Read More »Corbyn urges Tories not to take UK to war with Korea
DONALD TRUMP has been spending large parts of August getting mixed up about whether he is playing a macho video game or trying to run a country which is involved in most of the inter-state conflict in the world. It ...
Read More »Charity run raises awareness of Gambia water project
Emdad Rahman A COMMUNITY RUN and event at Barking Park has boosted a local runner’s bid to help provide fresh and clean water to those in need. Lynne Ali-Northcott, originally from Portsmouth, has been a Londoner since 1997 and has ...
Read More »Can we help find Kathy from Ilford?
WHERE IS Kathy Holford? She was last seen at premises in Wanstead Park Road, Ilford in the early hours of Sunday morning, 13th August, after an argument. She drove away in her grey Skoda. Kathy,34, is described as white, 5ft ...
Read More »Governor Terry McAuliffe speaks out
GOVERNOR TERRY McAULIFFE gave the speech of his life in the aftermath of the disturbances in Charlottesville which saw one woman murdered and two police officers lose their lives. The spellbinding speech takes up the first three minutes of the ...
Read More »USA responds to Charlottesville
THE FAR RIGHT is back on the political map in the USA – and people and politicians are responding to their attempt to rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend. One woman was killed as a right wing maniac drove ...
Read More »BBQ raises funds for Burma
Emdad Rahman A CHARITY BBQ afternoon in support of Ummah Welfare Trust (UWT) has raised much needed awareness of the plight of the Rohingya in Burma. The community event was arranged in support of Ummah Welfare Trust which operates a 100% ...
Read More »NCL & Al Suffa team up for homeless benefit fun day
Emdad Rahman THE NATIONAL Cricket League is proud to announce a fun day in association with the Al Suffa homeless project to support local homeless people. The family event will take place on Sunday, 20th August from 11am to 6pm at ...
Read More »The myth that social smoking is OK
Hanna-Mariam Chowdhury “One won’t hurt” – that’s the way social smokers put it. Just 15.5% of the UK population smokes, yet 24% smoke “socially”. A study has revealed that over a quarter of Brits smoke recreationally, while the majority state ...
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