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League winners presented with championship trophy at Essex County Cricket Club Emdad Rahman Scintilla Cricket Club were honoured for their extraordinary 2014 Premier Division triumph as the Barking & Dagenham team were invited to The Essex county ground to watch ...

Are we on the brink of another Labour upset? Three weeks ago it seemed self-evident that the borough’s sitting Labour MPs would walk through to victory at the General Election. That was before the election court verdict in the case ...

There were smirks from the Tory benches at the last meeting of the Council as Labour Group Leader Cllr Rachael Saunders referred to Rushnara Ali as the local “MP”, who was working for her “constituents”. It had to be pointed ...

Four young medical students are facing an uncertain future as police hunt for computers containing their college work which were stolen from their shared home in Bartlett Road over the weekend. Burglars got into the premises via a window, and ...

Reporting on the General Election faded into the background over the Bank Holiday weekend as news that a woman had given birth to a baby dominated newspaper and TV headlines across the UK. The child, a girl, was born into ...

The news that Cllr Rabina Khan will stand in the mayoral election on 11th June, announced at last Thursday’s rally at the Waterlilly, will come as a delight to many voters in Tower Hamlets. As Cabinet Member for Housing (and, ...

Emdad Rahman reports from Ibrox Rangers 2-2 Falkirk Glasgow Rangers stepped out at home against Falkirk today (Saturday, 25th April) looking to solidify their second placed position. A bright and breezy start saw Darren McGregor’s right footed shot cause a ...

London Labour Party officials have given losing mayoral candidate John Biggs a chance to make it “fourth time lucky” by announcing that he will be the Party’s candidate in the re-run election for Tower Hamlets Mayor, to be held on ...

The Election Court Judge is giving his verdict in the case against Lutfur Rahman. In a shock verdict, the Judge has voided the mayoral election held in May 2014.  He also appears to have removed Cllr Alibor Chowdhury from office. It ...

Emdad Rahman reports from Wembley FA Cup semi final: Aston Villa 2-1 Liverpool The 2015 FA Cup final will see Aston Villa take on Arsenal after Tim Sherwood’s men staged a dramatic comeback to win the second semi final at ...