TENSION HAS broken out between mosque leaders and the police over how a suspected arson attack on the Nasfat Islamic Centre in Manchester should be classified. The Centre, in Droylsden Road, Newton Heath, Manchester, caught fire on Sunday night. The fire ...

AS DAWN BROKE this morning a fire broke out in a third/fourth floor maisonette in St Paul’s Way. Within hours, a 17 year old girl had died. The Fire Brigade and London Ambulance Service received an emergency call around 6am ...

Emdad Rahman Scintilla had two shining knights this weekend, with Badrul Alam Chowdhury (Bappy) plundering 103 runs and veteran warhorse Sajal Rahman taking 5 wickets as the Barking & Dagenham outfit beat Redbridge CC at the Britannia Ground, Walthamstow. Club ...

THE RISING SMOKE could be seen across East London this afternoon, raising fears that history was repeating itself and another high rise building was on fire. Fortunately, it quickly transpired that although a tall block of flats was indeed ablaze, ...

A FIRE BROKE OUT late on Sunday night in a flat in a block on Cassilis Road – in the Canary Wharf Ward on the Isle of Dogs. Ward Councillor Maium Miah (Independent) was immediately on the scene. Cllr Miah immediately ...

TOWER HAMLETS PATH Councillors have launched a petition calling on Labour’s Executive Mayor, John Biggs, to undertake a number of measures to improve fire safety in the Borough. Already the petition is gathering support at a rate of knot, with ...

TOWER HAMLETS Independent Group of Councillors has marked the Queen’s Speech by sending an Open Letter to the two Labour MPs in Tower Hamlets – Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar & Limehouse) and Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green & Bow), The Letter deals ...

JEREMY CORBYN’S critics continue to undermine him in their attempt to win back the Labour Party to the policies which lost the Party the last two General Elections. Although Corbyn has now won two all-member votes, in the summers of 2015 ...

Emdad Rahman In a clash of the top two, Scintilla defeated Supernova in the latest National Cricket League meeting at Ongar Cricket Ground. In this Super Sunday clash, the Essex team batted first to reach 184 all out from 38 overs. ...

Tickets for the London Mayor’s New Year fireworks are now on sale. This year, the tickets are priced at £10. As 100,000 happy revellers are expected to attend the event should bring in £1 million. The London Mayor says no ...