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THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE and the London Muslim Centre are hosting an “Evening of Reflection” with Ustadha Yasmin Mogahed on Monday, 22nd January. This will be an event for sisters only and will take place at the London Muslim Centre. ...

Muhammad Talha EMDAD RAHMAN HAS completed a 300 mile cycle challenge to raise awareness of Dementia and Alzheimer’s Research UK. Dementia is one of our greatest medical challenges with one million people in the UK set to be affected by ...

NOMINATIONS FOR THE first Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards (ARTA) opened last week at the House of Lords, with various dignitaries, many of Asian heritage, present to show their support. The launch was hosted by former Tower Hamlets councillor – ...

CONCERNS ARE growing for the welfare of Abdi Ali, 18, from Enfield. His family last saw him on 11th December 2017, after a family wedding. He is described as a black teenager, and of slim build. Abdi has been known ...

THE HEAD OF THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Janet Davies, has called on the Government to “lift the NHS out of this dangerous and downward spiral.” She was referring to information received by the BBC which shows that thousands ...

TOWER HAMLETS’ Trading Standards Officers’ faces lit up as they surveyed their latest haul of illicit tobacco – seized from retailers across the borough after a six week long crackdown. Officers went around the borough and made test purchases from ...

A RANGE OF dignitaries gathered at Parsloes Park on Monday to for a ground-breaking ceremony – literally. A spade was ceremonially plunged into the turf to start building works on a major new facility for the borough’s young people. The ...

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 ...