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Hamlets Hike & Trek Club Joins Bosnia Peace Walk 2025 By Emdad Rahman The Hamlets Hike & Trek Club, led by dedicated community figures Anam Hoque and Abdal Ahmed, recently participated in the Bosnia Peace Walk 2025, a profound and ...

By Emdad Rahman Students at Barking Abbey School have once again proved the power of unity, resilience and compassion through a remarkable fundraising campaign to support those affected by the recent floods in Bangladesh. Organised by the school’s Junior Leadership ...

A Grassroots Victory for Cleaner Streets and Community Pride Muhammad Talha The Little Litter League, a grassroots volunteer led initiative tackling urban waste, has reached a major milestone: collecting over 3,000 bags of litter since its formation in Barking & ...

Emdad Rahman Veteran footballers from across London, Birmingham, Kent, Sussex, and Essex came together to support Dementia Action Week, led by the Alzheimer’s Society. The powerful show of unity took place during the latest round of matches in the Inter ...

By Emdad Rahman The Over Fifty Ladies Consortium is hosting a vital community event titled All You Need to Know About Menopause, aiming to break the silence and stigma surrounding a subject that affects millions of women across the UK. ...

In a major success for residents, the Newham scrutiny committee have played a crucial role in challenging and ultimately reducing proposed changes to visitor parking permit charges in Newham. Behind the scenes, councillors on the Scrutiny committee worked tirelessly to ...

Maruf Ahmed WHO WANTS to be frozen all year? The Tower Hamlets Be Well centres do! The Council has frozen the fees at all its Be Well Centres for the next financial year (2025-26). Most boroughs have sports and/or leisure ...

IT IS several years since the NHS decided to modernise the Royal London Hospital – triggering a wholesale redevelopment of the surrounding part of Whitechapel. But will the development bring improvements to the area? The opportunity to improve Whitechapel wasn’t ...

THE NUMBER OF people in England who were referred to the NHS wheelchair service in 2024 is roughly the same as the number of people who live in Northampton. What is the NHS wheelchair service? If you need a mobility ...

Maruf Ahmed THE SLAVE TRADE was running across the Atlantic – but in Tower Hamlets, between 1567 and 1802, Black people were finding refuge and telling their stories. Now a new exhibition tells their stories. Six local residents have dug ...