A Muslim comic bested more than a hundred other gag-merchants to claim a national award for comedy on Friday. Jay Islaam, who has been performing stand-up for less than a year, triumphed over dozens of far more experienced acts to ...

The Theatre Royal Stratford East has been granted £5,000 to help it clean and repair its trompe l’oeil safety curtain. The grant was awarded to the Theatre Royal by the Theatres Trust, a national body which works to improve theatre ...

Emdad Rahman interviews the author of Josephine, the black, the white “When mother was a little child, she’d need two or three French grammar books which couldn’t be easily found and cost a lot of money. ‘You will need this ...

The Riverside Muslim Association, Barking organised a community Iftar to celebrate the month of Ramadan.   Residents and guests from various backgrounds came together to break bred and eat at sunset.   Barking Councillor Cameron Geddes said: “I was so ...

This is a real taste sensation, fresh fruity and refreshing British strawberries, thirst quenching watermelon and cherry tomatoes, summery pea shoots and baby leaves tossed with crumbled feta shaved parmesan, toasted pine nuts then finished with sea salt flakes mixed ...

The Council meeting on Wednesday, 30th July was the first proper meeting since the May elections (the meeting on 11th June was concerned only with AGM business). There were a number of new councillors present at their first proper meeting ...

These fab sandwiches in true Alice in Wonderland style are not all that they seem. While they may look like white bread spread with butter and filled with salad they are actually made with thinly sliced white chocolate cake topped ...

A retrospective exhibition of artist Dan Jones’s work spanning more than 40 years has opened at Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives. The exhibition features over 50 of Dan’s paintings and posters reflecting East End life and history, with ...

We’re used to driver-less trains in Tower Hamlets. Ever since the Queen came to open the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), we’ve had trains criss-crossing the Borough with only their train captains to guide them and respond to little emergencies. Some ...

In the 1980s, the then Tory Government set up the London Docklands Development Corporation, which made deals (usually discounts on their taxes) with various companies to move to the Isle of Dogs. They told us that wealth would trickle down ...