Emdad Rahman THE LONDON SIXES competition is back and will take place on 14th August at Hackney Marshes and Leyton Sports Ground, with competitions for men and women. The girls and boys competition will take place at Arundel Castle on 15th ...
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Sporting youngsters to lobby Council tonight
SUPPORTERS OF the Tower Hamlets Youth Sports Foundation (THYSF) will be lobbying the Council tonight to protest against a lack of funding for this organisation – and its extensive programme of sport enjoyed by young people across the borough. The ...
Read More »Da’watul Islam elects new President and Executive Council
THE MEMBERSHIP of Da’watul Islam UK & Eire has announced the election of Br. Hasan Mueenuddin as their new President for the Organisational Session 2017/2019. The election was held on Sunday, 2nd July 2017 at The Darul Ummah – The House of ...
Read More »Will Crooks Estate holds Fun Day
Emdad Rahman A FUN DAY was held last Sunday on the Will Crooks Estate on Poplar High Street. The guest of honour was Will Crook’s great grandson David Viner, who came to celebrate the day with the local community. David Viner was extremely interested in the ...
Read More »Corbyn challenges May on pay cap
JEREMY CORBYN has pressed Theresa May to lift the public sector pay cap – in the last Prime Minister’s Questions session before the House of Commons summer recess. The Labour Leader spoke about the lives of ordinary public sector workers, ...
Read More »Government clobbers pensioners
THE GOVERNMENT has been under great pressure in recent weeks from a group of women who facing waiting extra years before they receive the state pension. The women claimed that they had been relying on receiving their pension at a ...
Read More »Ilford man jailed for sexual activity with a child
A MAN who was convicted of inciting a nine year old boy to engage in sexual activity has been jailed for just ten months. Mohammed Shabir, 49, pleaded guilty to the offence at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 29th June. He ...
Read More »Mosque fire: hate crime or terrorism?
TENSION HAS broken out between mosque leaders and the police over how a suspected arson attack on the Nasfat Islamic Centre in Manchester should be classified. The Centre, in Droylsden Road, Newton Heath, Manchester, caught fire on Sunday night. The fire ...
Read More »East Londoners charged with terror offences
A NEWHAM man has been charged with encouraging terrorism, contrary to Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006. Shafi Mohammed Saleem, 28, of Forest Gate, was originally arrested on 19th April. He was released on bail while police investigated the ...
Read More »Can you help find missing teenager?
A TEENAGE girl who lives in Ilford has been missing since Friday morning (14th July). Police believe she may have travelled to Whitechapel that morning. Ayesha Alohan-Eke, 16, is described as a young black woman, 5ft 5ins tall, of slim ...
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