TOWER HAMLETS Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Bromley-by-Bow Centre are joining forces to support a free showing of the Oscar-nominated film 5 Broken Cameras on Thursday, 24th October. The film is a deeply personal, first-hand account of non-violent resistance in ...
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East London Vatican touring team take to the field
Emdad Rahman THE EAST LONDON multi-faith cricket tour team enjoyed another eventful day both on and off the field. An early start saw the squad given a private tour of the Vatican Gardens and St Peter’s Basilica by senior members ...
Read More »Essex Cricket Vatican tour team honoured at British Embassy
Emdad Rahman AS PART OF THEIR ambassadorial duties the East London Multi-faith Cricket Team enjoyed a reception held in their honour at the British Embassy, Rome. It was attended by the Deputy Head of Mission, British Embassy, to the Holy ...
Read More »Play For Rohingya raises thousands
Emdad Rahman THE PLAY FOR ROHINGYA tournament held at Newham Leisure Centre to raise money for over half a million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh was a huge success. Sixteen teams fought it out on the pitch to support a hugely important ...
Read More »Sporting Bengal legends unite for Rohingya Aid
Emdad Rahman SPORTING BENGAL rolled back the years as the renowned Tower Hamlets club paraded an array of legends who faced off against each other for a charitable cause. With the Rohingya people fleeing Myanmar to escape horrendous persecution, global ...
Read More »Football Veterans unite to support Rohingya
Emdad Rahman This weekend Newham Leisure Centre will host Play for Rohingya – a football tournament to raise awareness of the plight of the stricken Rohingya people in Myanmar and funds and to support them. Play 4 Rohingya is a ...
Read More »Far right, anti-Islam Party breakthrough in Germany?
EXTREME RIGHT WINGERS will now be sitting in the German Federal Parliament for the first time since the Second World War – according to exit polls following today’s elections. The polls confirm that Angela Merkel is on course to emerge ...
Read More »Met Police help out after hurricane Irma
A TEAM OF 14 police constables, two sergeants and an inspector from the Met Police have gone out to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to help with local law enforcement after Hurricane Irma devastated the area. The team flew out ...
Read More »Rohingya: Human Appeal calls for support
THE CHARITY Human Appeal has been supplying aid to the Rohingya people in refugee camps on the border of Myanmar and Bangladesh for nearly a year now – and the need is growing rather than diminishing. The crisis has been ...
Read More »Constituents stunned by “Princess Rushanara”
CONSTITUENTS IN Bethnal Green & Bow were stunned today as the constituency MP, Labour’s Rushanara Ali, snubbed a local reporter trying to ask her a question at a public meeting. The incident occurred at a public meeting in defence of ...
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