PUBLIC CONCERN is growing over the plans to develop the former gas works site on Bow Common Lane. These are due to be considered by the Tower Hamlets Council’s Strategic Development Committee (SDC) this week. The planning application was considered ...

Emdad Rahman TWO SENIOR CITIZENS from Barking & Dagenham have braved the rain to complete a sponsored walk for orphans. The veterans raised close to £2000 with their tremendous effort on London Marathon Day 2020. Lutfur Rahman, 83, and 63 year ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce.  Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...

YES, most of us celebrated Easter last weekend – but Manorfield Primary School in Poplar seems to be running on the Greek Orthodox calendar. It is raffling ten luxury Easter Eggs to raise funds for children in need during the ...

CORONAVIRUS is still causing a several hundred deaths a day in the UK – and that figure includes a number of Muslims, whose lives the virus has brought to an end. The East London Mosque has now brought together a ...

Sarajevo blog: Day 3 Emdad Rahman TODAY WE MET three families who have benefitted from receiving cows which have greatly helped them generate an income to support themselves. We were welcomed with open arms at each locality and afforded the ...

CONTROVERSIAL EAST HAM MP Stephen Timms took time out to visit a holiday club at a local primary school last week. The Club was part of Sainsbury’s Active Kids scheme, which supports activities in 70 locations across the UK. The ...

POLICE are appealing to the public for help in finding Suemaya Begum, 15, who is missing from her home in Camden. Suemaya was last seen at about 1.20pm on Friday, 9th August at her home in Regents Park, NW1 – ...

YOU’VE HEARD OF Mothers Day and Fathers Day? Now, from the USA, comes Brothers Day – a special 24 hours during which you can mark your relationship with your brother, held on 24th May. How you mark this special relationship ...

Emdad Rahman Launch of first ever guide for archiving specifically aimed at Muslim institutes First conference to discuss archiving Muslim heritage Launch of one-off special edition of 105-year-old Islamic Magazine The Everyday Muslim Heritage and Archive Initiative (EMHAI), in partnership ...