Muhammad Hamza THE BANGLADESH Cricket Supporters Association (BCSA) hosted an evening with former Bangladesh cricket captain Ashraful Islam before the star returned to Bangladesh after a short stay in the UK. Ashraful was greeted by a sizeable number of BCSA ...

AS LOCAL health campaigners prepared to demonstrate in Chrisp Street Market on Thursday lunchtime, they have issued a new warning about why “on-line GPs” are bad news for patients. “There’s no place in East London for GP at hand,” they ...

AS JOHN BIGGS – Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets – keeps tight lipped about his intention to sell off the last three Council day care nurseries to alternative providers, more people are coming forward to condemn the plans. Cllr Rabina ...

NOMINATIONS FOR THE first Asian Restaurant and Takeaway Awards (ARTA) opened last week at the House of Lords, with various dignitaries, many of Asian heritage, present to show their support. The launch was hosted by former Tower Hamlets councillor – ...

CORONER MARY HASSELL has found that if staff at Bow School had administered an emergency EpiPen, there was a “possibility but not a probability” that Nasar may have been saved. The Coroner was speaking at the end of an inquest ...

Emdad Rahman IT WAS HEARTS in the mouth as a rain-drenched day of great drama and shredded nerves saw Shane Moss CC and Scintilla CC play out a classic during their Essex County Cricket League cup match at Springfield Park, ...

China sneezes: will the world catch a cold? This could be – and is – a phrase being used today to headline articles about China’s admission that its annual economic growth has sunk below 7%. It was also a headline ...

Support builds for Abdal Ullah as Labour members warm to “a safe pair of hands” Labour Party members across East London will begin voting on Monday to choose a Labour candidate for the Greater London Assembly elections next May. And ...

“The Beard That’s Feared” wows the crowd at Orphans in Need charity event Emdad Rahman An audience with Moeen Ali at The Institute of Directors, Pall Mall, London attracted a large number of big hearted guests who together contributed to ...

Street cricket raises awareness of good causes Emdad Rahman The historic Kia Oval provided the venue for a community street cricket tournament for young players in London. Adults and youngsters came together as six teams battled it out to be ...