IF YOU FANCY a pre-Christmas 5k or 10k run on 8th December, RunThrough has just the thing. Head over to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Runners are invited to raise money for Macmillan. The “Chase the Moon” runs start at ...

INTERFAITH WEEK has prompted three organisations which focus on youth work to come together and explore interfaith youth work and how organisations can develop a practice which recognises and responds to the faith of young people. The three organisations – ...

Emdad Rahman THE OTTOMAN DONER, established in December 2018, was crowned “Best Restaurant in South & East London” last night at the ninth British Kebab Awards at a packed Westminster Plaza Hotel.  In their short but very successful journey, the ...

Emdad Rahman ROFIKUL ISLAM BCAc is among the 27 extraordinary people selected to receive the distinguished British Citizen Award – a nationally recognised award for individuals in the UK who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership and social activism within in their ...

Hamza Mikael #bookbikelondon WAS BORN in Barking & Dagenham and is the brainchild of resident and community volunteer Emdad Rahman, who wanted to combine his passion for books and cycling.  Zoinul Abidin, Head of Universal Services at Barking & Dagenham, ...

Emdad Rahman THE GREATER SYLHET Upazila Cup has returned after an absence of two years. Due to Covid, the greatly heralded UK Bangladeshi football festival had been on hold since Bishwanath lifted the trophy in 2019. Mabley Green was once again ...

IT BEGAN AS an ordinary evening, with a 34 year old man going out for dinner and drinks in East London. He left a venue in Brick Lane at approximately 3.30am – and was then assaulted by three men. The ...

Maruf Ahmed The post-COVID roller-coaster cricket season went in favour of London Tigers CC when the Club won the mid-week competition at Victory Park. It came down to the last game of the season, between London Tigers CC (LTCC) and ...

TWO WEEKS AFTER losing the Weavers by-election, Tower Hamlets Executive Mayor John Biggs has announced that he is changing his policy on “liveable streets” and having a Cabinet reshuffle. In very similar press releases, both Tower Hamlets Labour Party and ...

TODAY WE continue with our occasional series The Thames today. The Thames forms the southern boundary of four East London boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering. In one way it is a barrier, sealing off one direction ...