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FOOTBALL SCHOOL authors Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton are the face of this year’s Where’s Wally? fun run, which will be raising money to support the work of the National Literacy Trust. This year’s event – named the “Weekender” – will take ...

THE ELECTION of Zara Mohammed as Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) has been welcomed by the Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF), which sent Ms Mohammed a letter of congratulation. The MPF also issued a statement congratulating Ms ...

IT TAKES FLAIR and imagination to cover the curry industry during a pandemic, as caterers respond to lockdown after lockdown – all with ever changing restriction. However, Channel S reporter Mohammed Jubair has risen to the challenge – and he ...

COVID CONTINUES – and so does the Island Network. Volunteers spent the first month of the new year delivering food supplies to elderly and vulnerable residents on the Isle of Dogs. The team of 15 volunteers, under the capable command ...

IT’S A FIRST for the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) – which has just elected its first woman leader. She is Zara Mohammed. Also contesting the election was Ajmal Masroor, who was the runner up. The MCB is an umbrella ...

THE Hedgecock Community Centre (HCC) held its third AGM on Wednesday, 27th January 2021. This was their first HCC AGM to have been held online, via Zoom. The AGM was attended by 18 HCC members and local ward councillors, representatives ...

A LOCAL ICELAND supermarket has come under a shower of complaints as Poplar residents have realised they have similar complaints about the store – which does not appear to be operating Covid safety measures. The complaints were first aired by ...

THE FIGURE of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the UK has been described by the Muslim Professionals Forum (MPF) as a “grim milestone”. The MPF pointed out that every person who has died has left behind family and friends who ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has joined the long list of authorities and public figures who have urged members of the public to have the COVID-19 vaccination as soon as the NHS invites them to do so. The Mosque quotes Prophet ...

PUBLIC CONCERN is growing over the plans to develop the former gas works site on Bow Common Lane. These are due to be considered by the Tower Hamlets Council’s Strategic Development Committee (SDC) this week. The planning application was considered ...