Community

Emdad Rahman A FUN DAY was held last Sunday on the Will Crooks Estate on Poplar High Street. The guest of honour was Will Crook’s great grandson David Viner, who came to celebrate the day with the local community. David Viner was extremely interested in the ...

A TEENAGE girl who lives in Ilford has been missing since Friday morning (14th July). Police believe she may have travelled to Whitechapel that morning. Ayesha Alohan-Eke, 16, is described as a young black woman, 5ft 5ins tall, of slim ...

The East London Mosque will be holding its 5k community fun run in Victoria Park on Sunday, 17th September. The main objectives of the run are to promote healthier lifestyles in the community and also to help Muslim charities raise ...

A LEADING doctor has calculated that the increase in life expectancy – which the UK has experienced for 100 years – has begun to slow. The rate of increase has nearly halved since 2010, and government austerity policies may be ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL has been running courses to train local residents to become champions who will tackle hate crime in the borough. A lucky 13 residents have just begun the latest course, which has been completed by 71 residents to ...

The East London Mosque will be running a course on Islam next month, in the hope of providing a greater understanding of the religion – something which non-Muslims can find hard to achieve in a rushed and busy life. The ...

EIGHT BRITONS will be cycling on a Pilgrimage Ride to Saudi Arabia – a journey of over 3,500 miles taking the riders across three continents. The riders will end their journey at Hajj. on the way, they will be raising ...

Emdad Rahman THE ST MATTHIAS Community Centre in Poplar hosted a community lunch to bring a whole host of members of the community together to interact and share experiences.  The joint event with Poplar Hale Street Masjid saw members of ...

A MAN WHO subjected two Muslim women to an Islamophobic attack is now in jail – and will face ongoing supervision on his release. The offence occurred when Alex Chivers, 36, of Bryanstone Road, Waltham Cross was walking down Hertford ...

Md Talha EMDAD RAHMAN has completed ten British 10ks in a row after taking part in the iconic London capital city run on Sunday.  The Virgin Sport British 10k London run is described as a street party and the ultimate ...