Well, here we are; three and a half years later, and it doesn’t seem like five minutes since 300 people stood on a frosty Old Ford Road at gone 2am one Friday morning in October 2010 and cheered their heads ...
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Lutfur Rahman in shifty pro-Biggs escapade
Friday’s our day off in East London News: and what better way to spend it, given that it is the last Friday of the election campaign, than touring the Borough’s mosques to get the last minute vibes? Imagine our surprise, ...
Read More »The new issue of East London News is now ready
ISSUE 01/25 ————— The new issue of EastLondonNews is now ready. You can browse the latest copy online. Use the link below to direct you to the website and simply click the front page of the paper to view full ...
Read More »Biggs: gone fishing?
One of the reasons why the number of people employed in the UK has gone up is that as it’s so hard to get a decent full-time job, people are having to do two or three part-time jobs to make ...
Read More »Flying the flag for fashion!
Faisana: Fashion Weekend wows UK audiences with the crème of Indian and Pakistani design talent Preview by Hasina Momtaz Last Friday evening I was lucky enough to be invited to the celebrity red carpet launch of Faisana: Fashion Weekend and ...
Read More »Blowing raspberries in Brick Lane
If you were in or about Brick Lane’s Vibe Bar on 5th May, you may have caught sight or scent of a crowd of young revellers blowing raspberries – all over the place. The happy dozens were celebrating the permanent ...
Read More »Tigers host StreetGames Sports Festival
London Tigers ran a StreetGames Sports Festival with football tournaments for under-12s, -14s, -16s and -18s as the main event of the day along with basketball and cricket in smaller groups. Over 100 participants and spectators attended the event, with ...
Read More »Sandy Jardine: total footballer
Emdad Rahman: The first time I came across William Pullar (Sandy) Jardine was when I collected his Panini sticker when I was a youngster. The Scotland icon was a star veteran at Hearts of Midlothian at the time and soon ...
Read More »The Prince of track runners
On 6th May 1954, Roger Bannister (now Sir Roger Bannister) ran the first four minute mile. In March 2012, Emdad Rahman interviewed Sir Roger. We reprint the interview today to pay tribute to Sir Roger’s achievement, sixty years ago. Emdad ...
Read More »Red Bull Music Academy stage line up announced for Field Day 2014
FIELD DAY LONDON VICTORIA PARK, E3 LONDON Saturday 7 June & Sunday 8 June 2014 SATURDAY 7TH JUNE 2014 RBMA stage confirmed: Lunice, Ryan Hemsworth, Evian Christ (DJ), Jamie Isaac, SOPHIE, Vessel (Live), Slackk b2b Samename, Barely Legal, Moxie Metronomy/ ...
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