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YOUNG MEN from Tower Hamlets have completed the first stage of a journey towards a career in construction. They have undertaken pre-apprenticeship work placements with construction company Ballymore. Tower Hamlets mayor John Biggs joined the apprentices on a Docklands bridge ...

Emdad Rahman THE UMMAH WELFARE TRUST charity held a community fun day at Barking Riverside to help raise awareness and much needed support for the Burma appeal to support the persecuted Rohingya people.  The total raised from the fun day ...

ARAB NEWS greeted the Hajj week by launching a smartphone app to help promote safety at Hajj. The app also provided a unique location-tracking service as well as real time updates and handy emergency numbers and was endorsed by the Muslim ...

CANARY WHARF Councillor Maium Miah has been trying to unravel Council bureaucracy and get to the bottom of how the Council decides where it is going to install outdoor gyms. Now he’s asked the public to help him have a ...

Md Talha Al Isharah presented the sixth annual Deaf Run which took place at Mile End Park and was well attended with many members of the community both young and old taking part.  The race was kickstarted by Paralympic Torchbearer ...

THE EAST LONDON Mosque has announced that Thursday, 31st August will be the day of Arafah. This will be followed by Eid ul-Adha on Friday, 1st September. The East London Mosque and the London Muslim Centre wished the East London ...

IN AN EXTRAORDINARY move, Mayor John Biggs has found £3 million to fund superficial cosmetic improvements to “refresh” the cosmetic appearance of parts of Tower Hamlets – though he can’t find cash for the highly successful Youth Sports Foundation, Children’s ...

Hanna-Mariam Chowdhury EMDAD RAHMAN celebrated running 100 kilometres for Alzheimer’s Research UK by joining the Mayor of Barking & Dagenham for tea. Emdad, who is also a Dementia Friends Champion, was joined at the reception by his three sons and Labour ...

FORMER YORKSHIRE and England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott has been admired for years for his straight bat and innings-building concentration. He’s never been admired for his views on personal political subjects. In 1998, Ms Margaret Moore alleged that Boycott had punched ...

A MISSING 16 year old Newham girl could be anywhere in the country. She was last seen getting into a vehicle that drove to Telford in the West Midlands and police are now very concerned for her welfare. Katherine Mateus ...