Community

A COLLISION took place between a pedestrian and a No. 23 bus in the High Street in Stratford at approximately 1.30pm on Wednesday, 20th June. The emergency services, including the air ambulance, attended – but sadly the pedestrian, a 63 ...

Emdad Rahman To continue to promote healthy living and sports in the community, the Leftley Sports Club Team was invited to attend the Barking Abbey School community fair.  The event took place within the school fields, and attendees included students, ...

Emdad Rahman SCHOOL NURSERY NURSE and senior teaching assistant Julie Arnold, 42, has been running for almost five years. She is passionate about her work in a school for children on the autistic spectrum and also children with complex medical ...

Emdad Rahman MENCAP RUN SERIES Manager Lucy Plumridge is cycling the Surrey100 for Mencap on 29th July – that’s 100 miles around London, down to Surrey and then back up to finish along The Mall. Lucy’s fundraising target is £450 ...

Emdad Rahman LONGSTANDING community activist Arman Ali has been appointed the Secretary General of the Chhatak Education Trust.  On the same day, at a separate meeting of the Sunamganj Jela Welfare Association UK, Ali was also appointed Acting President of ...

WITH EID HAVING been celebrated last week and the summer weather beckoning everyone outdoors, it’s fortunate that at least two major cities will be holding outdoor Eid Festivals this weekend. The Eid Festival at Old Trafford in Manchester is also ...

ON 12TH JUNE 40 volunteers from the DH Foundation held street collections in various parts of Tower Hamlets to help the poor and needy across Bangladesh. Working from 10am through to 9pm, the volunteer collectors raised nearly £4,000. The DH ...

AS MILLIONS OF Muslims around the world celebrated Eid, violence was escalating in the strife-torn country of Yemen – and the Islamic Relief charity was stepping up its relief operations to meet the humanitarian consequences. Fighting intensified around the port ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE will be hosting an event on Tuesday, 19th June to launch a book on the Rohingya crisis and to raise funds for the Rohingya refugees. The event begins at 6pm. The book has been written by ...

AS TOWER HAMLETS grows ever more crowded, the borough’s open spaces become ever more important. One of the most highly treasured spaces, the Cemetery Park, is making the most of the summer with a range of events. Wild Plant Folklore ...