Community

CONTROVERSIAL plans to redevelop Chrisp Street market could see up to 400 Muslims lose their prayer facility and be left with nowhere else to go. The problem centres on the building in Market Street which houses a Post Office (on ...

Emdad Rahman The Bangladesh Regeneration Trust UK (BRTUK) is inviting readers to join its first ever golf day and support the various charitable causes the Essex-based charity is carrying out in rural Bangladesh.  Guests will enjoy a game of golf ...

Emdad Rahman A TEAM OF budding mountaineers from East London have climbed Ben Nevis in Scotland, the highest mountain in the British Isles, to raise funds for and awareness of their cause.  The twelve strong team started their journey at ...

Emdad Rahman A TEAM OF mountaineers are leaving behind the sizzling weather in London to go off to bonny Scotland and climb Ben Nevis.  The team started their journey at the Hedgecock Centre in Barking & Dagenham with a Dementia ...

Muhammad Hamza BARKING TOWN HALL hosted a Dementia Friends seminar for staff keen to raise their awareness and increase their knowledge. Dedicated frontline workers from various key community sectors took part in the information session and committed themselves to dementia-friendly ...

EMDAD RAHMAN has run eleven British 10ks in a row to support London’s homeless. The Barking & Dagenham resident – who lives, works and volunteers while dividing his time between Barking and Tower Hamlets – joined 10-15,000 runners in Central ...

A NEW COHORT of police officers took part in the traditional passing out parade on 13th July – and almost a quarter of them were from a BAME background. The 172 new officers were congratulated by Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida ...

Emdad Rahman THE GOLDEN PALACE Banqueting hall in north London hosted a who’s who of men and women who came together for the unique purpose of celebrating a century since women first secured the right to vote in the UK. ...

AS THE HEATWAVE continues, we are all thankful that we live in a country where we can just turn a tap to get water for our daily needs. However, the water that we capture and process and deliver to households ...

AMID VERY difficult economic circumstances, public sector bodies have come together across East London to help young people aged 16 to 24 who have a learning disability to find employment. The partners in the scheme – Project SEARCH – are ...