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THE UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON (UEL) Bangladesh Alumni Network UK held its annual London event at its Stratford campus on 20th November. This was an engaging and encouraging event which brought UEL graduates of Bangladeshi ethnicity, their families and friends ...

Emdad Rahman AS PART OF interfaith week celebrations, the Salvation Army Poplar hosted a community lunch with various members of the local community. Sister Christine Frost introduced guests who included Leon Silver, President of Nelson Street Synagogue, the Reverend Jane ...

NATASHA HILL is 17 years old, and she has been missing since Monday, 6th November. She was last seen just before 2pm that day, on Dymoke Road in Hornchurch. Natasha is described as white, of medium build, with long, dark ...

Emdad Rahman VOTE FOR Ability Bow in the Aviva Community Fund competition and you could help them win up to £10,000 to work with more disabled people and people with long term health conditions.  The “Join in” project will be ...

ROMAN READ is 18 years of age.  He was last seen at 8.30am on Thursday, 2nd November in a silver car on Cranmer Gardens in Dagenham. His disappearance is out of character and his family are growing increasingly concerned about ...

AS THE CRISIS in the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh escalates, Islamic Relief has announced that it is scaling up the level of humanitarian aid it is delivering in the area. The charity hopes to support 300,000 people who are trying ...

MORE THAN half of the Rohingya people who have fled Myanmar are children. They have fled from the danger of being killed to the danger of dying. As the world prevaricates, Human Aid is trying to keep them alive. In ...

Emdad Rahman IN AN EFFORT to improve health and wellbeing, some residents in Barking & Dagenham have set up a running club for the residents of the Leftley Estate and beyond. For the last six months, “Walk & Talk” running ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has invited companies to tender to provide Umrah and Hajj trips in partnership with the Mosque. It is anticpated that the services will be provided by specialist companies. The Umrah trip is expected to be held ...

Emdad Rahman TOWER HAMLETS Councillor Mahbub Alam joined the local Muslim community in Long Melford, Suffolk, to engage in a short discussion on Remembrance Day. The event was hosted by Razak Amin (Shahid).  The group also went out with the ...