A LEADING doctor has calculated that the increase in life expectancy – which the UK has experienced for 100 years – has begun to slow. The rate of increase has nearly halved since 2010, and government austerity policies may be ...

IN YEMEN, a child under the age of five dies from preventable causes every ten minutes. This is the shocking statistic which drives the charity Human Appeal to push on with providing aid on the ground in this war-ravaged country. ...

PUPILS AT Manorfield primary school in Tower Hamlets launched their edible playground last week. No – they’re not down on their knees gnawing at the tarmac. The pupils are growing fruit and veg – and scoffing it when it’s ready for ...

A 92 YEAR OLD woman was the victim of a vicious mugger in Hackney on 27th June. The woman had gone out to post a letter and then visit the Lawson Medical Centre on Nuttall Street. She went past a ...

A LACK OF leadership and consistent failures on governance, service delivery and keeping residents safe – that’s the criticism which the Tower Hamlets Independent Group of Councillors is throwing at Labour’s Mayor, John Biggs. The Indes cite an increase in ...

IT IS A FIGHT for survival, as Tower Hamlets Youth Sport Foundation (THYSF) tries to stave off cuts which Tower Hamlets Labour Mayor, John Biggs, is planning to the Council’s trailblazing youth sports service. Youth and community leaders across the ...

A CRANE collapsed onto a house in Crewe, Cheshire – leaving two men dead and three people in hospital. The incident occurred at approximately 4.30pm as the crane was working on a new housing estate near the Bombardier manufacturing site. ...

THE FINSBURY PARK attack is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command – that indicates that the initial assessment is that this is a politically motivated and deliberate attack. The Prime Minister confirmed at approximately 5am that the ...

THE NHS IS one of the first organisations to feel the cold wind of Brexit breezing through its corridors. Last July, 1,304 nurses from the EU registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) – the first, necessary, step towards ...

Emdad Rahman JANOMONGAL SHOMITHY Bohor Gram UK hosted a Ramadan community Iftar party at the Ensign Youth Club in Wapping. Approximately 250 people attended the popular annual get together in recognition of the charitable activities of the respected collective.  Janomongal Shomithy ...