HELP IS AT hand for Tower Hamlets residents who want to stop smoking over Ramadan. The Council began its intensive campaign at the end of last month, hoping to help tobacco users wean themselves off the habit before the holy ...

STEPNEY RESIDENT Shahmim Ahmed, aged 24, appeared at the Old Bailey yesterday, 10th May, charged with preparing for acts of terrorism. The charges relate to a series of events which began over a year ago, on 11th January 2016, when ...

WHILE THE international news media focus on the fighting in Syria, news about the suffering in Yemen is beginning to seep out. Back in March, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) announced that over 62,000 people had been ...

POLICE HAVE released a CCTV still (above) of a male cyclist who may be able to provide vital assistance with their investigation into the death of a female cyclist earlier this year. Karla Roman (right), 32, was cycling along Whitechapel ...

Emdad Rahman SCINTILLA CC cricket star Ashraful Islam’s extraordinary achievements were celebrated at the Groundswell Homeless ceremony as the gifted opening batsman graduated as a Health Peer Advocate.  Islam and his fellow graduates have completed two months of training and ...

THERESA MAY has responded to the news that no Tory candidates will be charged with a criminal offence as a result of the “battle bus” incident by declaring “We did nothing wrong.” She is wrong to do so: the Election ...

Evha Jannath dies after accident at Drayton Manor JAMEAH GIRLS ACADEMY in Leicester was closed today as a mark of respect following the death of Evha Jannath on the Splash Canyon ride. The eleven year old was on a school ...

LABOUR’S RUSHANARA ALI has dismissed Ajmal Masroor’s challenge to her as “confusing” and told him to go and stand for election somewhere else. Rushanara Ali, the outgoing Labour MP for Bethnal Green & Bow, is Labour’s official candidate in the ...

Emdad Rahman BOTH SCINTILLA TEAMS suffered disappointing derby day losses to rivals Barking but recovered to beat Redbridge in the National Cricket League the day after. Both Zisan Abedin and Yesin Arafat’s men failed to recover after promising starts.  In the Essex ...

IT WAS BAD NEWS for Theresa May this morning as figures from two sources hinted that all is not well with house prices – which could be an early sign that the economy is far from healthy. House prices are ...