DISTURBING PRACTICES are going on within the NHS facilities run by Barts Health Trust, according to local campaigners in the Tower Hamlets branch of Keep Our NHS Public (KONP). Campaigners report that hospitals in the Barts Health Trust are asking ...
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Nobiganj FC lift Greater Sylhet Cup 2018
Emdad Rahman UNDERDOGS NOBIGANJ FC have been crowned the Greater Sylhet Upazila Cup Champions for 2018 – after defying all odds to lift Britain’s number one football trophy. Nobiganj beat four time finalists Osmaninagar in a dramatic penalty shootout to ...
Read More »Hillsborough: charges against police chief DROPPED
EX-POLICE CHIEF Sir Norman Bettison – who was in charge of the police operation at Hillsborough football ground on the day 96 fans died – is to walk free after criminal charges arising out of his conduct on the day ...
Read More »Greater Sylhet Cup match schedules 2018
Emdad Rahman THE GREATER SYLHET Upazila Cup 2018, comprising of teams mainly made up of footballers who have their origins in Sylhet, Bangladesh, takes place in London on 26th August. Below is the match day schedule. Good luck to all the ...
Read More »Eid Mubarak!
We wish all our visitors Eid Mubarak. We wish you health, wealth and success. May the spirit of Eid spread through East London today and remain with us during the coming year. Eid Mubarak.
Read More »Mums step up nursery campaign
TOWER HAMLETS Mums and Save Our Nurseries campaigners were out in force across the borough again this weekend – and again found that the public were alarmed to hear that the Council is prioritising closure of its day care nurseries. ...
Read More »Rashan Charles – “no police misconduct”
NO POLICE OFFICER will face misconduct charges as a result of events surrounding the death of Rashan Charles in Hackney last July. Charles died as police attempted to arrest him. The incident was automatically reported to the Independent Office for ...
Read More »Brexit-Boris badmouths the burqa
IN AN ISLAMOPHOBIC outburst, former Foreign Secretary Tory MP Boris Johnson has made fun of the burqa. Writing in his weekly newspaper column, Johnson said that women who wear traditional Islamic garments – burqas and niqabs – look like bank ...
Read More »Chrisp Street plan leaves 400 Muslims out in the cold
CONTROVERSIAL plans to redevelop Chrisp Street market could see up to 400 Muslims lose their prayer facility and be left with nowhere else to go. The problem centres on the building in Market Street which houses a Post Office (on ...
Read More »“Mum’s the word!” as Council silences nursery protest
IT WAS A CASE OF “Mum’s the word!” at Tower Hamlets Cabinet on Thursday, 25th July as pro-nursery campaigners were banned from addressing the Mayor and Cabinet. Campaigners had wanted to speak to the Mayor about his controversial proposal to ...
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