Community

DURING THE lockdown, faith groups closed their buildings to their congregations – many of them broadcasting service over the internet. Now the Government  has sanctioned the first step towards re-opening the buildings. It is, however, only the first step – ...

MANORFIELD PRIMARY SCHOOL will be trialling a new method of optimising space so that children who return to school can learn and socialise while maintaining social distance. The plan comes from architects Curl la Tourelle Head, which has suggested that ...

A LARGE TEAM from the Island Network has delivered support to Isle of Dogs residents who live in sheltered housing in E14. The team, led by Island Network Chair Md Maium Miah, visited John Tucker House, Mary Jones Court and ...

STANDING IN THE heart of Shadwell, the ward she represents, Cllr Rabina Khan called for the Bangladeshi community to be included in formulating a response to the COVID pandemic which has affected them so badly. Cllr Khan was speaking on ...

Emdad Rahman blog #MASJIDALNOOR on the Gascoigne Estate has a dedicated team of volunteers who are focussing on serving the estate and surrounding localities in the borough of Barking & Dagenham. The majority of the team are from the local ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council is asking residents to complete an online questionnaire detailing how the Coronavirus pandemic has been affecting them, to help it plan services.   Strangely, residents have to sign in on the Council website before they can view ...

Emdad Rahman THE ISLAND NETWORK’S Covid-19 Support Group on the Isle if Dogs has delivered its 2,135th food pack since the Lockdown started. Island Network volunteers distribute weekly meals and food packs to over 150 needy residents on the Island ...

FORTUNATELY there are no reports of deaths or injuries after a fire broke out in flats in Hadleigh Close, E1 in the early hours of this morning, Thursday, 28th May. One man was taken to hospital as a precaution. Eighty ...

THE JUNE issue of The Voice – monthly magazine of the East London Garden Society (ELGS) – is out now, bringing greenies its usual mix of information about gardening theory and practice. The state of our planet is a hot ...

A NEW BLOCK of Council flats is being built in Wapping – and local councillor Abdal Ullah has announced that the block will be named after former Wapping resident Altab Ali. Altab Ali is a household name among the Bangladeshi ...