IT WAS NO quiet lunch for two on Thursday as Mayor Lutfur Rahman and Deputy Mayor Cllr Maium Talukdar went to Swanlea School to celebrate the launch of free school meals for secondary school pupils. “Thrilled to launch free school ...
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Soila gear up for the Chhatak Union Cup
Emdad Rahman UK members of the the Union of Soila have completed final preparations by playing Dular Bazaar in preparation for the Chhatak Union Cup on Sunday. The Union in Chhatak from the Sylhet region of Bangladesh has diaspora all ...
Read More »Ekota Academy to host warm bank for Redbridge and Barkkng & Dagenham residents
Muhammad Talha The volunteers at Ekota Academy play a huge part in the sporting club providing excellent grassroots community programmes. For young people there’s cricket, football and martial arts, and for the elderly there’s Zumba and fitness classes for women, ...
Read More »FA Vase home clash for Sporting Bengal
Emdad Rahman Sporting Bengal United Football Club will host Deal Town FC this Saturday in the Isuzu FA Vase Third Round Proper. Deal Town, 4-2 winners at Phoenix Sports in the Second Round, will be visiting the former Kent League ...
Read More »Headteacher Ashid All honoured by City of London
Muhammad Talha Ashid Ali, Headteacher of the London Enterprise Academy, Tower Hamlets, has been honoured during one of the oldest surviving traditional ceremonies still in existence today, one believed to have been first presented in 1237. Ali has been recognised ...
Read More »Awards night for Pioneering ILFL vets League
Emdad Rahman The Mayfair Venue hosted the Inner London Football League as footballers from across East London came together to celebrate and have their achievements recognised during the annual awards evening. Nanu Miah from the management committee addressed the guests ...
Read More »London Eagles celebrate club season
Emdad Rahman London Eagles of Tower Hamlets celebrated the end of a successful 2022 season with a special dinner to express appreciation for all the team captains and volunteers. The club dinner at the Empre Indian Restaurant was held in ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets Speaker becomes a Dementia Friend
Muhammad Talha CLLR SHAFI AHMED, the Speaker of Tower Hamlets Council, has completed training to become a Dementia Friend: a person who learns about dementia so they can help their community. Too many people affected by dementia feel that society fails ...
Read More »The Council’s fighting Covid – one test at a time
HOW MANY Tower Hamlets Council staff does it take to change a light bulb? Our guess is that no one knows (the search facility on the Council website returned 2,369 results to this question, but they didn’t seem to have ...
Read More »Covid isolation cut: driven by science or money?
HAS SAJID JAVID forgotten what his job is? England’s Health Secretary has told the House of Commons that those who test positive for Covid can now come out of isolation after five days – not seven, and not ten. The ...
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