Emdad Rahman The Tower Hamlets Citizens Community and Relations Group received great plaudits and recognition at the annual Excel Awards 2014. The evening at Care House in London E1 celebrated the achievements of young and old alike. The group has carried ...
Read More »Author Archives: admin1
Elderly and Fuel Poverty in London
Muslim Aid’s warm kits bring comfort to many elderly in winter Amal Imad, Information & Public Affairs Department of Muslim Aid, describes what the charity’s “keep warm kits” mean to vulnerable elderly people. I recently had the pleasure of meeting ...
Read More »Lions take on the Eagles
Basketball will see a match of the titans on Sunday, 14th December as the London Lions take on the Newcastle Eagles at the Copper Box Arena in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. The match starts at 4pm. Lions’ head coach Vince ...
Read More »Emdad Rahman previews Liverpool v Basel
Ten years ago this week, Liverpool faced a similar predicament to the one they face at Anfield tonight. Thanks to Florent Sinama Pongolle, Neil Mellor and Stevie Gerrard a two goal deficit was overturned during a historic night at Anfield. ...
Read More »London Faith Groups united at climate change vigil
On Sunday, 7th December Londoners from a diverse range of faith groups held a vigil outside Downing Street. Those assembled called on David Cameron to change the habit of a lifetime and take action to stop climate change. The vigilers ...
Read More »We teach them to hate; we end up with murder
As the year draws to a close, yet another one of our young citizens has had his life ended before his time by hatred turning into mindless violence – and we are left asking how it is that we have ...
Read More »Blind Cricket World Cup 2014
Emdad Rahman interviews England Blind Cricket star Mahomed Khatri. With the senior team toiling in Sri Lanka, it has been left to the England Blind Cricket Team to raise the banner aloft for England. A magnificent tournament saw Matt Dean’s ...
Read More »Three points for Rangers as Shiels scores winner
Rangers 1-0 Cowdenbeath Emdad Rahman reports from Ibrox Stadium 28,000 fans watched Rangers earn a hard fought 1-0 win over Cowdenbeath to consolidate second spot behind Hearts of Midlothian in the race for the Scottish Championship. The laboured three points ...
Read More »After 10 years: British curry rules!
The British Curry Awards reached their milestone tenth birthday on 1st December with a star-studded awards ceremony at the Battersea Evolution. The event was packed with over 1,700 representatives of the curry sector of the catering industry and its celebrity ...
Read More »England to take on rivals Australia for final spot in Blind World Cup Semi Final
England’s Blind World Cup team were defeated by Sri Lanka by 90 runs yesterday in what was described by head coach Ross Hunter as ‘“A tough day again when you play the sub-continent teams, but a fantastic effort by all ...
Read More »