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Md Ismael MAYFLOWER SCHOOL in Poplar has held an interfaith assembly conducted by religious and non-religious leaders from the community, who also ran exhibition-style sessions about their faith and beliefs. Pupils at the school took turns to meet their guests ...

Md Talha AS PART OF interfaith week activities, Our Lady & St Joseph School in Tower Hamlets hosted a three faiths community discussion based on promoting tolerance and understanding between people if different faiths.  The speakers at the event included ...

Emdad Rahman LONDON ISLAMIC SCHOOL, a Muslim Secondary school for boys in Tower Hamlets, has been awarded the Team London Environment and Healthy Living Award 2017 for outstanding contribution to volunteering. The award was made at a gala conference at ...

DIANE ABBOTT, Shadow Home Secretary and MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington, has taken a key step towards helping end the stigma surrounding dementia. Earlier this week she became a Dementia Friend. Diane joined five peers from her team ...

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 ...