TWO LOCAL HOSPICES – Haven House Children’s Hospice and St Joseph’s Hospice – have thanked League Two football club Leyton Orient for raising funds to support their valuable work. Staff, family, friends and volunteers came to Orient and planted themselves ...

BRITISH CYCLISTS have come home from the European Track Championships with a creditable nine medals. The contest was held in the Netherlands over the weekend. The women shone in the Madison race, with Laura Kenny (pictured) and Katie Archibald winning ...

EMDAD RAHMAN has been labelled an “Amazing Londoner” and received an outstanding award for volunteering in the community. The Barking and Dagenham resident – who volunteers in his home borough as well as in Redbridge, Newham and Tower Hamlets – ...

Emdad Rahman RESIDENTS HAVE formed a Keir Hardie Tenants Association Committee in the hope of brightening the present and future of their local area in Eastbury. This committee will meet regularly to improve and bring positive changes to improve life ...

IT WAS A NIGHT to remember as the UK’s top chefs and Asian food entrepreneurs gathered at the Park Plaza hotel in Westminster to watch – and receive! – this year’s Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards in the company of ...

CELEBRITIES from the worlds of entertainment and sport turned out in force on Sunday as the Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards were handed out to Asian food outlets from across the UK. Premiership footballer Jai Verma was joined by England ...

Emdad Rahman A GROUP OF East Londoners have returned to the UK after completing an aid deployment to visit Bosnia and meet with local families. The group spent four days in Sarajevo, where their activities included providing cows to needy ...

Sarajevo blog: Day 4 Emdad Rahman WE TOOK PART in a seminar with local youth leaders today, and each member of our delegation was invited to talk of their experience and advise the hosts on collaborative social care projects to ...

Sarajevo blog: Day 2 Emdad Rahman AN EARLY START to a productive day began with Fajr prayers at Ferhadija Masjid. With a strong and steaming hot Bosanska Kafa we were set for the day ahead, which involved meetings with various ...

Emdad Rahman AFTER THEY LIFTED the Sonali Otith Masters Vets Trophy for the second time, Weavers FC received an unexpected invitation from the city of Limerick, in Ireland’s County Limerick. The city, which is populated by approximately 190,000, invited Weavers ...