THERE ARE unconfirmed reports that Prince Philip is to be sacrificed to the EU as part of the Brexit negotiations. The Prince has announced that he will retire from royal duties in the autumn, by which time he will have ...

GRACE IS one of the many people who has been supported by Ability Bow – a unique community gym in Tower Hamlets which specialises in supporting people with disabilities. The gym has now lost a chunk of its funding and ...

LONDON UNDERGROUND (LU) workers who are based at London Bridge and are members of the RMT union are set to go on strike at 10pm on Sunday. It is not clear what effect this will have on the Tube network. ...

Emdad Rahman THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH of Eid Smiles 2017, hosted by Lord Sheikh, has taken place at the House of Lords, London. In May 2016 Faruk Miah MBE and friends, including Emrul Islam BEM of Newark Youth London, started a ...

TODAY THE TORIES are concentrating on attacking Labour for promising to spend money without, they say, being able to identify where they will get the money from. It’s a somewhat old fashioned attack, which has been used by both parties at ...

Emdad Rahman THE RURAL Development Foundation organised a fundraising and networking weekend for volunteers to celebrate the contribution they make as well as to plan the next phase of the project. Activities included a group trek and walk in the ...

YESTERDAY WAS NOT the best campaign day for Theresa May, who is doing her best to enter into the spirit of the “cut and run” election – but not always quite getting there. Most of the day was taken up ...

Emdad Rahman SCINTILLA Cricket Club’s Health and Wellbeing Advisor Rob Dewan has accepted a special commendation from Tower Hamlets Council’s Speaker, Cllr Khales Ahmed, in recognition of his community work. Dewan was recognised for the support he has given to grassroots ...

CORONER MARY HASSELL is conducting an inquest into the death of Bow school pupil Nasar Ahmed – and horrific admissions of failure are being made. Last November, Nasar Ahmed was a happy Year 9 schoolboy – despite having special needs ...

TOWER HAMLETS Food Growing Network (FGN) has a range of events planned to support the local community over the next few weeks: keep scrolling down to see the full list. First, the FGN is joining forces with controversial “social landlords” ...