THE SELLAFIELD nuclear plant has been fined a staggering £380,000 for breaching health and safety procedures – which led to a worker at the plant being exposed to an unsafe level of plutonium. Those who see nuclear power as a ...

Emdad Rahman THE EASTBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION in Barking & Dagenham has held its first ever badminton tournament. Twenty teams participated during a very popular event day. Guests included local councillors Faruk Choudhury, Longbridge, and Eastbury Member Foyzur Rahman. Md Afraj ...

Emdad Rahman The Eastbury Community Association have he’s their first ever Badminton tournament in Barking & Dagenham. Twenty teams participated during a very popular event day and guests included local Councillors Longbridge Councillor Faruk Choudhury, Eastbury member Foyzur Rahman and ...

Emdad Rahman AROUND 100 RUNNERS and well wishers came together with running club Sikhs In The City (SITC) to celebrate and pay tribute to running legend Fauja Singh BEM, the world’s oldest marathoner. Guests joined and ran alongside Singh, the ...

17th – 19th May 2019, Hackney Marshes THE HACKNEY Festival of Fitness combines running and fitness challenges with community celebrations. The Festival – extended this year to cover three epic days of sport and fun on the Hackney Marshes – ...

HEALTH SERVICE users and workers have been campaigning to stop Barts NHS Trust – which runs five major hospitals across East London – from running a “hostile environment” for migrants. The “hostile environment” is a strategy developed by the Conservative ...

Emdad Rahman IN ASSOCIATION WITH Barking & Dagenham Canoeing Club, the Leftley Sports Club has delivered its first canoeing session at Mayesbrook Park lake. The activity will take place every Saturday at a cost of £5 per participant. Leftley Sports Club ...

BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST has defended itself for carrying out ID checks on patients – pointing out that it is only carrying out government policy and trying to claim back money from patients who are not entitled to free treatment. ...

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 ...

NORTH EAST LONDON health bosses have issued advice on how the public can obtain medical advice over the bank holiday – but the message coming out from the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is rather mixed. Much of the information is ...