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Emdad Rahman RESIDENTS FROM Upney in Barking arranged a coach trip to Chessington World of Adventures. Two chartered coaches left from the Hedgecock Community Centre packed with almost 100 young people and their families. Organised by the Hedgecock Community Centre ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council will be holding a jobs fair on Thursday, 29th August. The event takes place from 10am-3pm at the Whitechapel Idea Store, 321 Whitechapel Road, E1 1BU. The event will offer residents opportunities to find out about local ...

Muhammad Hamza STEPNEY SHAHJALAL will be taking part in this year’s Muslim Charity Run, which is now in its eighth consecutive year. The 5km endurance test has been the ultimate way of uniting good causes with fitness, proving to be ...

  PUPILS AT the London Enterprise Academy are ecstatic after surpassing expectations to achieve excellent results. The principal Ashid Ali described the results as “fantastic”. The school reached the national average for pupil progress and attainment in eight subjects and ...

THIS YEAR’S GCSE results have again been a credit to the hard work of pupils at Jamiatul Ummah school – and the dedication of their teachers and strong support from parents. There is a new system of grading GCSEs this ...

POLICE are appealing to the public for help in finding Suemaya Begum, 15, who is missing from her home in Camden. Suemaya was last seen at about 1.20pm on Friday, 9th August at her home in Regents Park, NW1 – ...

ONE HUNDRED bags of Qurbani meat have been distributed to the local community thanks to a joint effort by international relief charity Islamic Relief and the East London Mosque & London Muslim Centre. Many recipients of the meat are from ...

A YOUNG, WHITE Norwegian citizen has been charged with murder in the aftermath of a shooting incident at the Al-Noor Islamic Centre in the town of Baerum, on the outskirts of the capital, Oslo. No one was killed when the ...

POLICE ARE worried about Mohamed Sharif, 18, who has been missing since 3rd August. He is believed to have links with Tower Hamlets, and in particular with Shadwell. •Anyone who sees Mohamed or has any information about his whereabouts is ...

MOST COMMUNITY GROUPS in Tower Hamlets – and beyond – rely heavily on volunteers to carry out some or all of their functions. The Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park are no exception, and at the moment they are looking ...