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Jebu Rahman LENA PIERCE (96) was only 13 years old when she gave birth to Eva May in a New York hospital on 11th February 1933. Pierce was a ward of the state, and her child was taken away from ...

Emdad Rahman Sadrul Amin is using April to take part in a solo charity feat to raise awareness and also funds for charity. The 35 year old from Newham has only been running for three years and started doing so ...

Muhammad Hamza BARKING & DAGENHAM school boy Mustafa Abidin has launched a Ramadan charity challenge to raise money for local projects. Mustafa will be completing his challenge the month of Ramadan, when Muslims all over the world observe a month of ...

TWENTY-NINE people are in hospital and nearby residents have been asked to stay indoors and keep their windows and doors closed. This is the result of a leak of chlorine gas at the Olympic Aquatics Centre at the Queen Elizabeth ...

THE BI-ANNUAL General Meeting of the Hedgecock Community Centre (HCC) held on 16th March 2022 brought management and members together. The meeting was full of praise from the stakeholders for another successful performance. HCC has been in existence since February ...

IT WAS A slow return to normal in Aldgate this morning as firefighters dealt with the aftermath of the 17th floor fire in a tower block above Aldgate East Tube Station. Twenty fire engines had come out to deal with ...

A FIRE broke out on the 17th floor of a 21 story tower block in Whitechapel High Street late this afternoon, 7th March. The building is believed to be the Relay building, which includes flats, offices and shops and stands ...

Muhammad Talha Volunteers at the Docklands Community Initiative and Docklands Football Club organised a special reception to say thank you to members of the community who have supported Foodbank activities throughout Covid.  Eight guests were given the red carpet treatment ...

Emdad Rahman THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE teamed up with Islamic Relief UK last month to distribute 500 winter food packs to vulnerable people, struggling financially due to the pandemic. Many people have been on short time or have lost their ...

A fire broke out in a residential block in Aberfeldy Village late last night (Monday, 31st January 2022). Residents reported seeing flames leaping from the top floor of an eight-storey block of flats which local sources named as Lighterman Point. ...