Emdad Rahman EAST LONDONER Muhi Mikdad has been awarded the Freedom of The City of London. The honour was presented to him during a ceremony at the Guildhall, London.  Mikdad is an extraordinary community activist and while fulfilling many other ...

Emdad Rahman NHS OFFICIAL Muhammad Shahin Uddin has been awarded the Freedom of The City of London by Alderman Vincent Keaveny, the 693rd Lord Mayor of the City of London, in a ceremony that dates back to Medieval England. The ...

IT TOOK just over four years, but at last two East London men have been sent to prison for sexual offences against a child. The men were convicted after a four day trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court last November and ...

Muhammad Talha Volunteers at the Docklands Community Initiative and Docklands Football Club organised a special reception to say thank you to members of the community who have supported Foodbank activities throughout Covid.  Eight guests were given the red carpet treatment ...

Muhi Mikdad WHAT IS A good education? Many people might answer this question by saying going to school is about academic excellence – getting good marks in your exams and leaving school with good academic qualifications. However, others would be ...

WHAT A RARE EVENT! It’s not often that a real life World Cup comes to East London – but on Sunday, 16th January the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup came to Tower Hamlets. The Cup, which is currently held ...

KNIFE CRIME – and the closely related issue of drug trafficking – has been a concern throughout Tower Hamlets, but especially on the Isle of Dogs, where a number of violent incidents took place last year. The Island Network has ...

OVER 200,000 anti-Covid vaccinations were undertaken across the UK over the Christmas break – with Redbridge Town Hall dishing out the highest number of vaccinations of any site in the country. In London, 54,307 vaccinations – including 3,478 first doses ...

IT’S THREE CHEERS for London’s NHS as it announces that a record number of anti-Covid vaccinations have been carried out in the last week. The service has delivered 650 booster/third dose vaccines in a week. The number of booster/third doses ...

  Muhammad Talha BOOKBIKE LONDON Team Captain Emdad Rahman is celebrating after reaching the milestone of sharing 5,000 free books.  The humble project started with a book donated by his dad and a bike donated by an anonymous cyclist from ...