Emdad Rahman THE FASTING 5K, also known as the Thawb Trek, returned to Mile End Park for another year, as fasting runners observing the month of Ramadan laced up their trainers to do a Ramadan run for charity. All the ...

Ismael Rahman Ahead of a weekend of sporting activities, Leftley Sports Club (LSC) arranged for members to participate in a Dementia Friends session. Members of the sports and wellbeing group convened at the Barking Learning Centre to learn about dementia ...

A MAN who was convicted last month of the manslaughter of Titu Miah in Newham has appeared at the Old Bailey – where he was sentenced to serve 14 years in prison. The killer, Emdadul Islam, 23, had been found ...

Emdad Rahman AT THE RECENT Bangladesh Regeneration Trust UK (BRTUK) elections, Nazir Ali was elected Chair for another term – alongside Yahya Alkasmeah (Secretary) and Aros Ali (Treasurer). BRTUK is a UK-registered charity established to carry out various forms of ...

Emdad Rahman BISHWANATH UNITED organised a celebratory dinner at Sheba Restaurant, Brick Lane, to launch their new kit and to announce a management committee to drive the organisation forward through sports. Smart new black Puma shirts sponsored by Oakmont Security ...

ONE WEEK ON, police are appealing for witnesses to a collision in Chingford to come forward. A 73 year old man was seriously injured in the collision and remains in a critical condition in hospital. The collision took place in ...

A DAGENHAM WOMAN stole over £10,000 from a vulnerable man who thought she was helping him through the kindness of her heart. The money was taken in a series of calculating cons – but the guilty woman saved her best ...

Muhammad Rahman A DELEGATION FROM Neighbours in Poplar have returned after spending a day in Calais, France, as part of an aid deployment to support refugees and migrants. They delivered arts, crafts and footballs to Calais refugees. Sister Christine Frost ...

FROM TODAY – Friday, 6th April – there will be an extra tax on soft drinks which contain high levels of added sucrose (sugar). The tax has been put in place to reduce childhood obesity – but will it work? The ...

LEYTON ORIENT FC has announced changes to two fixtures during April. •The away match against Macclesfield Town on 14th April will now start at the earlier time of 12.30pm. This is to facilitate the match being broadcast by BT Sport. •The fixture ...