It was coming up to Christmas last year when reports came in of an attack at Leytonstone Tube station. A lone attacker, later identified as Muhiddin Mire, was apparently running round the station, armed with a knife, and was randomly ...
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Tragedy in Aleppo: 300,000 face slow death?
Islamic Relief – one of the only NGOs still operating inside the beleaguered Syrian city of Aleppo – has called for an immediate truce in the area. The charity fears that the 300,000 residents left in the city could be ...
Read More »Women can learn to cycle in Limehouse
There are few women cycling in Tower Hamlets – but a new project is set to change all that in the coming months. The Royal Foundation of St. Katharine has been awarded a TfL Cycling Grant, which will fund a ...
Read More »Dementia education goes to school
The Alzheimer’s Society is planning to reach out to black and minority ethnic schoolchildren in Tower Hamlets to raise awareness of dementia and help pupils learn more about the condition. The charity has won funding from Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning ...
Read More »Scintilla: Bappy keeps them happy!
Emdad Rahman Mohammad Badrul Alam Chowdhury (Bappy) smashed 92 and took two crucial wickets as Scintilla stormed a comeback to take the points against Hawks CC. Scintilla were 70 for six when Chowdhury stepped up to the crease after Orett ...
Read More »Local Labour out of touch?
The Labour Party in Tower Hamlets was in two minds last Thursday (28th July) as the two Constituency Labour Parties (CLPs) nominated different candidates in the Labour Party leadership contest. Poplar and Limehouse CLP nominated Jeremy Corbyn by a narrow ...
Read More »#SaveAhmad campaign hits target in two hours
Emdad Rahman The British charity Human Relief Foundation (HRF) has a group of volunteers currently assisting needy Syrian refugees in the Zaatari camp in Jordan. During the course of their relief work the team met Ahmad Mansour, a five month old ...
Read More »Magnificent Roy scores 120 but Surrey misses quarter-final
Emdad Rahman Centurion Jason Roy and Aaron Finch scored the biggest stand in the competition this season as Surrey beat Kent by 37 runs in a blistering Natwest T20 Blast clash at The Kia Oval. A sell out 25,500 crowd witnessed ...
Read More »“Justice for Shiblu Rahman” divides Council
For once, Bangladeshi Labour councillors were rising from the benches, one after another, to speak in a Council debate. As they did so, they may have wondered why their non-Bangladeshi colleagues were sitting on their hands. This happened at the ...
Read More »Beanibazar 2, Chattak 0 in Greater Sylhet clash
Emdad Rahman London, England: With the Greater Sylhet Upazila Cup just a month away, Chattak hosted Beanibazar in a pre-tournament friendly at Stepney Green Park. A high tempo display from both teams saw a thoroughly competitive game played out with plenty ...
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