ISLAMIC RELIEF UK was “showing the love” on St Valentine’s Day – to highlight things which we love but could be lost as the global climate changes. The charity’s volunteers took inspiration from the Prophet Muhammad’s hadith, “The Earth is ...
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Run London: Victoria Park 5K, 10k & Half
Run London: Epping Forest Trail 5K & 10k
City of London Freeman honour for Rofikul
Emdad Rahman Rofikul Islam has been made a Freeman of the City of London – the highest honour that the City of London can bestow on an individual. He is the youngest British Bangladeshi recipient of this honour. Rofikul is ...
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HOUSEHOLD PETS can nod off in all sorts of strange places. The bed and mattress specialists Bed SOS ran a competition to find the cutest sleeping pets, judged on the basis of their owners’ photographs. The winner was Amy Briscoe ...
Read More »Jog On Lynne receives business accolade
Emdad Rahman LYNNE NORTHCOTT is celebrating a fantastic week after winning the Small Business of the Year 2020 Award at the British Muslim Awards. Run Leader and sports enthusiast Lynne picked up her prize at the Mercure Hotel in Manchester. Lynne is a marathon runner who ...
Read More »John Biggs – he’s not speaking our language
IS NOW THE TIME to stop specialist modern language teaching in Tower Hamlets? The teachers and service users who came to a public meeting at the London Enterprise Academy on Saturday (25th January) said no: but one man is saying ...
Read More »Sadiq “Fish Island Vandal” Khan funds air quality projects
BOW EAST residents are unimpressed by the announcement that the London Mayor is giving Tower Hamlets Council £350,000 to spend on helping small businesses to improve air quality in the borough. Air quality was one of the reasons why people ...
Read More »Al Qalam Little Heroes raise funds for Lonely Orphans
Emdad Rahman AL QALAM ACADEMY students – “little heroes” – have been busy raising the profile of a charity which has been supporting orphans. The Little Heroes project aims to raise money for Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh and Uyghur ...
Read More »Little Heroes of Al Qalam reach out to the needy
Emdad Rahman Al Qalam Academy, based at the Hedgecock Community Centre, along with many schools across London got involved in the little heroes fundraising campaign organised by Lonely Orphans, a UK based charity in Whitechapel London. The pupils of the ...
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