Emdad Rahman THE UMMAH WELFARE TRUST charity held a community fun day at Barking Riverside to help raise awareness and much needed support for the Burma appeal to support the persecuted Rohingya people.  The total raised from the fun day ...

ARAB NEWS greeted the Hajj week by launching a smartphone app to help promote safety at Hajj. The app also provided a unique location-tracking service as well as real time updates and handy emergency numbers and was endorsed by the Muslim ...

THE BANK HOLIDAY press reports about fostering in Tower Hamlets merit a proper investigation say councillors who are part of the People’s Alliance of Tower Hamlets (PATH) Group. The press allegations follow an Ofsted inspection earlier this year which found fault ...

A MAN WHO is breaching a restraining order is always a potential danger. That’s what Dhonfor Ali has done – and that’s why the community needs to come together and find him before anyone comes to harm. Dhonfor Ali, 25, ...

CANARY WHARF Councillor Maium Miah has been trying to unravel Council bureaucracy and get to the bottom of how the Council decides where it is going to install outdoor gyms. Now he’s asked the public to help him have a ...

Emdad Rahman NEWHAM POWERLEAGUE hosted the first ever Greater Shaharpara Ambassadors Cup as members of the village from Jagannathpur in Sylhet, Bangladesh, came together to enjoy a feast of community football.  As a sign of the strength in depth, the ...

TOWER HAMLETS Mayor John Biggs and former Cabinet Member for Education & Children’s Service Cllr Rachael Saunders were caught up in a new scandal today as reports surfaced in some mainstream newspapers about a foster care placement. It must be ...

Md Talha Al Isharah presented the sixth annual Deaf Run which took place at Mile End Park and was well attended with many members of the community both young and old taking part.  The race was kickstarted by Paralympic Torchbearer ...

Emdad Rahman JAHIDUL HAQUE scored a blistering 122 and Shaha Riadh 60 as Scintilla saw off Tennyson CC after reaching 309 all out. After tea Adil Ejaz Bhatti’s side made light work of Tennyson to bowl their opponents all out ...

THE FOOD STANDARDS Agency (FSA) has been working hard to find out whether eggs or eggs prodcts containing the banned insecticide fipronil are circulating in the UK. As a result, the Agency has now published a new product recall list. ...