THERE WERE NO pom-poms in sight in Mulberry Place tonight as John Biggs presented his new Advisory Cabinet to the Council – but as so many of the cheer-leaders were in the said Advisory Cabinet, there was no one left ...

NO UK GOVERNMENT has sold off the NHS as a single entity – but recent ones have been letting the private sector take over various parts of the service. There’s a number of big problems with this piecemeal privatisation. •Private ...

Emdad Rahman THE UNITED MADRASAH Championships organised by Newark Youth London has celebrated ten years of holding its annual sports day. The championships took place at the Mile End Stadium and were led by the founder Arif Abdurrahmaan and Newark ...

Emdad Rahman The United Madrasha Championships organised by Newark Youth London has celebrated ten years of holding its annual sports day. The championships took place at Mile End Stadium, London and were led by the founder Arif Abdurrahmaan and Newark ...

THE MAN IN charge of health and safety at the Hillsborough stadium on the day that 96 football fans died has been fined £6,500 – just under £68 per death, just over 30 years later. Graham Mackrell was the stadium ...

FAMILIES, CHILDREN and local residents from the Chicksand Estate in Tower Hamlets have taken part in an Easter celebration which culminated in the installation of a large community mural. The event – organised by The Young Foundation, a charity whose ...

OFFICIAL FIGURES for last year show that knife crime is on the rise. The Office of National Statistics has confirmed that police forces in the UK recorded 40,829 offences involving knives or other sharp instruments in 2018. That’s a rise ...

A SMALL OASIS of green, teeming with plant-life and the smaller kind of animal, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park offers a welcome respite from the concrete, noise and hustle of over-developed city living. Drop in and enjoy a quiet saunter round ...

Emdad Rahman BARKING & DAGENHAM resident Peter Phillips is set for the London Marathon – and he’s determined to make a positive impact for the Children’s Society, the charity he is running to support. Peter works for Barking and Dagenham ...

A PRISON SENTENCE of 28 months was handed down to 75 year old Packiam Ramanathan of Burges Road, E6 at the Old Bailey on 5th April. Ramanathan had pleaded not guilty to murder of her husband, Kangusabi Ramanathan, but had ...