JOHN BIGGS has been at it again – closing down facilities which serve some of the most vulnerable members of the community in Tower Hamlets.  It is a move which saw users of Council day care centres stage a public ...

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 ...

Emdad Rahman WORLD CUP WINNER and former Republic of Ireland football manager Jack Charlton has died at the age of 85. The Leeds United legend spent his entire 21 year playing career at Elland Road as part of the 1969 ...

Muhammad Hamza STEPNEY SHAHJALAL will be taking part in this year’s Muslim Charity Run, which is now in its eighth consecutive year. The 5km endurance test has been the ultimate way of uniting good causes with fitness, proving to be ...

ORLANDO SOTO is 87 years old – and he is missing from his home in Hackney, N16. He has dementia and is partially sighted. Mr Soto was last seen during the afternoon of 7th July. He was wearing a red, ...

Maruf Ahmed WHILE MOST SCHOOL CHILDREN were tucking into their well-earned midday lunches, a group of Year 10 pupils from the London Enterprise Academy in Whitechapel joined volunteers from the UK charity Human Relief Foundation to raise awareness of issues ...

Two charities – the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and Childline – are to receive a cash boost after financial services company KPMG revealed its staff will raise £1 million over the next two years. ...

Emdad Rahman IN ASSOCIATION WITH Barking & Dagenham Canoeing Club, the Leftley Sports Club has delivered its first canoeing session at Mayesbrook Park lake. The activity will take place every Saturday at a cost of £5 per participant. Leftley Sports Club ...

EDWINA LEWIS, 87, went missing from her home in Romford in the early hours of this morning. Edwina is a black woman who was wearing black trousers and a beige jacket. She may have been carrying an M&S bag. Police ...

Emdad Rahman A TEAM OF budding mountaineers from East London have climbed Ben Nevis in Scotland, the highest mountain in the British Isles, to raise funds for and awareness of their cause.  The twelve strong team started their journey at ...