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TODAY we look south west from the bridge in the middle of Millwall Dock. It’s a curious mixture of the old and the new. The once proud cranes which towered over the docks, helping to haul the cargo to shore, ...

TOWER HAMLETS police are feeling the pinch of Tory Government cuts – and Limehouse Police Station is now closed to the public, making it much harder to report non-emergency crime. The Limehouse Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is trying to keep ...

Emdad Rahman   The membership of Da’watul Islam UK & Eire is pleased to announce the re-election of Hasan Mueenuddin as President for the Organisational Session 2019/2021. The election was held on Sunday 16th June 2019 at Darul Ummah – ...

THIS BEAUTIFUL partnership of housing and water calms the soul and must be peaceful to live in. The homes, reflected in the water, create an air of symmetry and order. The water is a short outlet from Blackwall Basin that ...

The sixth edition of ZEE JLF at the British Library, commenced on Friday with the opening address, entitled ‘Imagining Our Worlds’, presented by Festival Co-Directors Namita Gokhale and William Dalrymple, Festival Producer and Teamwork Arts Managing Director Sanjoy K Roy, ...

TODAY WE look out over a Thames at high tide to what we now know as the O2 Arena – one of East London’s most popular entertainment venues. The building was originally constructed to hold the Millennium Exhibition, one of ...

  Emdad Rahman THE HEDGECOCK Centre will be hosting a special Eid Fun Day for the community in Barking. The community event is open to everyone and will take place tomorrow: Saturday, 15th June. The event runs from 3pm to ...

  LAST SUNDAY, 9th June, Councillor Humayun Kabir marked his election as Mayor of the London Borough of Croydon at his Inaugural Dinner at The Hilton Hotel, Purley Way. The Mayor was joined by many distinguished guests, including the Rt ...

GEAR UP for the arrival of the cyclists! On 27th July, 200 cyclists will be welcomed to the East End at an open air event with food and entertainment at St John on Bethnal Green Church. The cyclists are part ...

TODAY WE gaze north up the Millwall Inner Dock. Once a busy working dock, over the last 30 years what was once public land has been taken over by high rise blocks of flat. Most of them are for sale; ...