Field Day – Tower Hamlets’ answer to Glastonbury – takes place in Victoria Park on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th June, and the last few tickets are now on sale. Saturday’s headliner is James Blake, who was recently featured on ...

Emdad Rahman Scintilla CC returned to Hackney Marshes to inflict defeat on National Cricket League high flyers Kothi CC as the race for the title heats up. Scintilla played out their quota of 40 overs first and reached 262/9 before ...

Jack Allen celebrated his 90th birthday last week. Happy birthday, Jack – 90 is a great achievement. But although he was celebrating, and looking forward, Jack took time out to take a birthday gift to the people who made it ...

Emdad Rahman With a glorious summer day in full swing, The Lighted Path, a new Tower Hamlets-based mental health project, was launched during a small community fun day at Sir John MacDougal Gardens on the Isle of Dogs. The family ...

All twenty-two Councils in Wales promised to accept refugees from war-torn Syria – but new Home Office figures show that only five (less than a quarter) have done so. The news has disappointed charities working with refugees. Carys Mair Thomas, ...

Mystery surrounds the murder of Mahmuda Aktar, wife of Superintendent Babul Aktar, in Chittagong today. Immediate responses to the murder centred on speculation that Ms Aktar was killed because of her husband’s leading role in police investigations into the Jamayetul ...

Under 8s Newark 4 vs East End B 3 Yaasir Rahman 2 Eisa Islam 2 MOTM Eisa Islam Under 10s Newark B 6 vs East End 3 Yassine Abdat Ahmed 5 Younus Ahmed 1 MOTM Ridwan Choudhury Under 10s Newark ...

Emdad Rahman Shaha Riadh’s starting XI ran visitors Roding Valley CC ragged to stake their credentials for another high placed finish in the Essex County Cricket League this season. Scintilla batted first and with home advantage coupled with a pitch ...

Muhammad Ali was a man of principle – and an example to others of how standing by your principle will eventually be rewarded. He was probably only the second most famous, and most courageous, black man on the planet – ...

Saturday, 4th June offers young and the young-at-heart a great afternoon out at the Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park. The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park are holding their annual Summer Fair from 12 noon until 5pm. There will be the ...