Mike Marqusee, an author who combined a passion for sport with an equally strong devotion to equality, died on 13th January in St Joseph’s Hospice in Hackney. Born in the USA, Mike came to the UK to go to university ...
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Reflections From Bosnia
Abdul Mukith Only with Tawfeeq from Allah, I was blessed to travel to Bosnia and Herzegovinarecently. I was fortunate to travel with Dr Abdul Bari whom has a wealth of experience and insights, and Rofikul Islam whom was on his ...
Read More »Prime Bank are Dhaka Premier League champions
Emdad Rahman: Prime Bank Cricket Club are the newly crowned Dhaka Premier League champions after beating Dhaka Abahani Limited in the competition’s penultimate round of Super League matches. The win ensured Prime Bank became champions for the first time in ...
Read More »Things get tasty for the Telegraph Cruise Show 2015
Meet your culinary heroes and explore cruise holidays and destinations in one show Visitors to the annual Telegraph Cruise Show at London’s ExCeL on 9-11th January 2015 can explore the world of cruise holiday options under one roof plus meet ...
Read More »BBC Panorama’s “exposé” of Britain’s first Muslim Mayor backfires
The BBC’s flagship investigative news programme Panorama has come under fire after an episode focusing solely on Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor Lutfur Rahman was lambasted in the press and social media as both racist and totally lacking in journalistic integrity. ...
Read More »Siraj and Squidgy get excited
In the run up to the Panorama programme being broadcast, local Labour leaders were – there’s really no other way of putting it – fair wetting themselves with delighted anticipation. Messages were sent out to local members, alerting them to ...
Read More »Labour’s hate campaign
Labour Councillors provide the sources for Panorama allegations: Labour’s hate campaign Cllr Rachael Saunders after the first mayoral election in October 2010: “We’ll win back the hearts and minds of the people of Tower Hamlets through demonstrating that we understand ...
Read More »John Ware: The corner-cutting ex-tabloid bruiser with a track record of attacking Muslims
John Ware, the frontman for BBC Panorama’s tendentious film “The Mayor and Your Money” is seen as one of the heavyweights of investigative journalism. He made his name with work in Northern Ireland exposing serious abuses by the British Army ...
Read More »Outcry from muslims and jews to renewed government attack on halal meat
Muslim and Jewish groups have responded angrily to comments from the incoming president of the British Veterinary Association, Mr John Blackwell, who has condemned the methods of animal slaughter required by these two religions. His comments come after hints from ...
Read More »Council chaos as £1.2bn budget stalls amid Labour infighting and threats of violence
Angry Tower Hamlets residents were left awaiting the outcome of the Council’s £1.2bn budget process after a meeting on 26th February ended in deadlock and tempestuous scenes in which a councillor was escorted from the building for his own safety ...
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