Community

Emdad Rahman IN ORDER TO address the startling gang culture mentality and knife crime issues affecting communities, the Hedgecock Community Centre in Barking, in partnership with the Barking Youth Link, hosted a successful ‘United Against Knife Crime’ football tournament. The ...

TWO NEW ORIENT footballers – Conor Wilkinson and Lee Angol – spent yesterday down at the Orient Trust Football Camp, where they met 60 young people who have been enjoying the activity. The Football Camp is part of the Waltham ...

THOUSANDS OF cyclists rode out of East London to the hills of Surrey before returning to the Mall in central London on Sunday, 4th August. They were part of the annual Prudential RideLondon event. Joining them were the following five ...

POLICE HAVE appealed to the public to help find Jayden Brown, 15, who has been missing since 26th July from Tower Hamlets. Jayden is known to spend time in various parts of East London, including Redbridge, Barking & Dagenham and ...

MALACHI SERVIS is just nine years old. For now. It’s his birthday tomorrow, Monday, 5th August. He is also missing from his home in Homerton. STORY UPDATE: Hackney police have reported that Malachi Servis has been found safe and well. ...

A FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT will be held this afternoon to try to give young people in Barking & Dagenham a positive focus – helping the general community campaign against knife crime. The event has been organised by the Hedgecock Community Centre ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has confirmed that today, Friday, 2nd August, is the first day of the month of Hajj, Dhu Al-Hijjah. The Day of Arafat will be on Saturday, 10th August. Eid al-Adha will be on Sunday, 11th August. ...

POLICE HAVE APPEALED for witnesses to come forward after a man riding a motorbike was seriously injured when he collided with the kerb and a road sign on the A13. The incident happened at around 8.12pm on Thursday, 1st August ...

THE M25 was closed in both directions last night, 31st July, between Junction 25 (Enfield) and Junction 27 (M11) after a fatal crash on the anti-clockwise carriage. The closure began at around 6.45pm and went on for some hours. It ...

SWATHES OF South Asia are suffering from heavy monsoon rains which have caused flash floods, standing floods and landslips. The death toll is already at 300, with tens of thousands more displaced. Over 1.5 million people are thought to have ...