THE Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) has signed up to support the #VaccinesForAll campaign – and called on all other Muslim organisations to do so too.  Current government policy is that: •access to Coronavirus testing and treatment is free for everyone, ...

IN THE 1960s, there were two major attempts to use the see to break, or at least avoid, UK law. •Draconian broadcasting laws were first broken in 1964 by Radio Caroline, a pirate radio station which broadcast from a ship ...

IT’S GOING TO BE a long weekend for the Island Network as they cover the Island, taking food parcels to the elderly, the disabled and other families in need. The Mega-Distribution is being run in partnership with Spot project, which ...

A POLICE investigation into an alleged rape can now be closed – with the conviction of a second man – 23 years after the offence occurred.  Gulzar Hussain, 40, of Seagrave Close, Wellesley Street, Stepney, E1, was convicted at Snaresbrook ...

POLICE ARE investigating a number of blackmail threats which appear to have been made by the same man. He rings people up and threatens violence against them and their families if they do not pay him large sums of money. ...

50 YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling “singles” of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? Sadly, in most cases the top selling singles ...

A SECOND MAN has now been charged with murder and with attempted murder in connection with two shootings which took place in Ilford last November.  He has been named as Tyrelle Joseph, 20, of Banks Way, E12. The first shooting ...

ISSUES WITHIN the hospitality industry as a result of the Covid pandemic were on the agenda when the Bangladeshi Catering Association held a virtual meeting with Kier Starmer MP, Leader of the Opposition, and Lord Bilimoria, founder and Chair of ...

THREE MEN who tried to organise a robbery have each been jailed for six and a half years. The three were found guilty of attempted robbery on 18th December 2020 at the end of a trial at the Old Bailey ...

Khaled Noor, Principal of Blackstones Solicitors, looks at how to make a will which will satisfy English law and Islamic principles. OUR LIFE ON Planet Earth is limited: one is making plans for what to do with one’s life… then ...