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HACKNEY COUNCIL has begun the process of building 400 new homes to shave a sliver off its waiting list. The homes will be built in small batches over 14 sites which include underused land. First in the queue is Mandeville ...

Muhammad Ismael BEANIBAZAR WILL PLAY Chhattak in a glamour friendly at Stepney Astroturf in aid of Beanibazar Cancer Hospital on Monday.  Shiraz Miah and Goyas Miah’s reigning Greater Sylhet Upazila Cup champions will face Emdad Rahman’s team in a unity ...

NEWHAM COULD BE building over 1,000 extra affordable homes in the next four years, thanks to an agreement between Newham Mayor Sir Robin Wales and London Mayor Sadiq Khan. The Mayor of London owns a site in Stephenson Street, Canning Town ...

HUMAN APPEAL has been working to alleviate suffering in Syria since the outbreak of the civil war. Tragically, it looks like the hard working charity will be there for a long while yet. The violence of war is continuing. Parts ...

THERE’S A RANGE OF activities at the East London Mosque and London Muslim Centres with which volunteers can help. Not only do the volunteers help the Mosque to deliver its activities, but they also offer volunteers a rewarding experience – ...

JOHN BIGGS, mayor of Tower Hamlets, wants to see more of the borough’s residents recycling their rubbish – and he has made a small concession to make it slightly easier for them to do so. Residents who need to put ...

IF YOUR NEW YEAR’S resolutions included stopping using tobacco – by smoking or by chewing – Tower Hamlets Council is offering the support which could be crucial to helping you to quit for good. With Tower Hamlets having one of ...

Emdad Rahman THE NEW Golapganj Education Trust UK celebrated their recent election win with a community dinner at the Boleyn Banqueting Suite, Newham.  A variety of guest speakers took to the stage to commend the new panel and also to ...

THERE ARE AROUND 130 babies born to Rohingya mothers in the refugee camps in Bangladesh every day. That’s just below 50,000 a year – according to figures from Save the Children. These babies are facing some of the biggest hu ...

FROM one of the first fire crews to arrive at Grenfell Tower are to run in the London Marathon in order to raise money for children who suffered when the Kensington tower block was gutted by fire last year. The ...