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POLICE ARE appealing for witnesses to help them investigate a collision in Canning Town in which a motorcyclist was killed. The incident took place just after 9pm on Tuesday, 27th February in Silvertown Way, E16. It seems that a BMW ...

Emdad Rahman THE LEFTLEY SPORTS CLUB has announced a launch date to showcase the activities of the organisation to the community in Barking & Dagenham. Leftley Sports Club is run exclusively by volunteers and was formed as a result of ...

AN EAST LONDON branch of a family support charity has received a £2,000 donation from Amazon in London – which the charity will put towards funding further training for volunteers. Staff and volunteers at Home-Start in East London received the ...

A MOPED collided with a stationary lorry in the Limehouse Link just before 9.30am on Friday, 23rd February in the Limehouse Link. The London Ambulance attended the collision and they called the police. Officers from the Roads and Transport Policing ...

Emdad Rahman Barking FC have dedicated their home fixture against Norwich United to raise money for Barking & Dagenham Mayor Abdul Aziz’s chosen charities: DABD UK and the British Heart Foundation. Barking Football Club was established in 1880. The team ...

IS IT TIME FOR the UK to follow the example of the authorities in Brussels and open emergency shelters for the homeless during periods of extreme cold? The press has recently been warning of the coming spell of extreme cold ...

THE EAST LONDON Mosque Trust is developing a strategic plan to guide its activity over the next five years – and its inviting the Mosque community to put forward suggestions. What do you think about the current services? What do you ...

Emdad Rahman Kind hearted runners enjoyed a well deserved evening out at a social event to support a local theatre. A popular fundraising quiz evening arranged by Timi Veerasamy was a big success, with £874 being raised by inter running ...

NEW RESOURCES to help parents work out what to do if their child is ill have been launched in Tower Hamlets. Is this a way to reassure worried parents or part of a larger move to restrict access to NHS ...

REFUGEES who are surviving precariously in refugee areas in Bangladesh are facing further difficulties with the coming of the monsoon season – and many may have to flee yet again. Many of the latest refugees are surviving in makeshift camps ...