Community

WRITING IN The Independent, Cllr Rabina Khan has outlined the need for a bottom-up, community led strategy against knife crime. Her remarks came just after a 16 year old boy who killed local student Syed Jamanoor Islam, 20, in Mile End ...

CAMPAIGNERS ARE making a last ditch attempt to stop London Mayor Sadiq Khan giving the go-ahead to the redevelopment of bridges leading to Fish Island in Tower Hamlets. The Save Hackney Wick campaign group is calling on the public to ...

BABY HARRY was found in a park in Plaistow back in September. He was immediately taken to hospital, where staff named him Harry – and appealed for his mother to come forward. Harry is now in local authority care – ...

A COLLISION BETWEEN an HGV and a cyclist just before Christmas killed a cyclist – an 80 year old man. The collision occurred just after 3pm on London Road, Romford. The cyclist’s next of kin have been informed, but formal ...

POLICE ARE appealing to the public for help in finding Jessica Famuyiwa, 17, from Grays. She was last seen at around 12.30pm in the area of Linton Road in Barking. Jessica is described as a light-skinned black teenager. When she was ...

Emdad Rahman MAYBE HOME IS nothing more than two arms holding you tight when you’re at your lowest. It’s a time of the year when people really feel the blues – what with the festive shopping, cooking and entertaining leaving many ...

Muhammad Talha COUNCILLOR ABDUL AZIZ, the Mayor of Barking & Dagenham, helped spread a little festive cheer by inviting a group of local homeless residents to join him in his parlour and enjoy lunch with him.  The Mayor has a ...

Muhammad Ismael Rahman AHEAD OF THE launch of the Winter League, Stepney Football Club has launched a smart new team kit in association with the charity Human Relief Foundation (HRF).  The launch took place at the humanitarian charity’s Whitechapel offices ...

LONDON MPs and Members of the Greater London Assembly (GLA) are being given the change to get back in touch with the streets of the capital as the Metropolitan Police have invited elected representatives to join police officers out on ...

Emdad Rahman A 46TH BANGLADESH Independence Day celebration has taken place to commemorate the birth of Bangladesh. The get together at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman monument in Sidney Street, Whitechapel, involved tributes to the 1971 martyrs.  Community leader Afsar Khan ...