US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s statement on Jerusalem has been slammed as “reckless and illegal” by the Independent Group of Tower Hamlets Councillors. The opposition group acknowledged that the new US policy will not be welcomed in Tower Hamlets, with its ...

Emdad Rahman The Rural Development Foundation (RDF) Global and The Champions League Newham delivered a football extravaganza to raise awareness of maternity services that the charity is delivering to vulnerable and needy women and families in rural Bangladesh.  Twenty-four teams ...

TWO TOWER HAMLETS groups which campaign in support of the Palestians are holding a special event to mark Nakba Week. The Tower Hamlets branch of the national Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Tower Hamlets & Jenin Friendship Association will be ...

THE LAST DAYS OF US President Obama’s term of office have seen a sudden push to get peace talks re-started between the state of Israel and displaced Palestinians. Don’t hold your breath. Just before Christmas, the United Nations (UN) passed a ...

Emdad Rahman The Welsh Bengal Dragons travelled down from Wales to take part in a crucial exhibition friendly as part of a fundraising drive to build the first ever girls only orphanage in Palestine. The “Unity Through Sport” match saw ...

Not for the first time, Margaret Hodge has opened her mouth and put her foot in it. The woman who was entirely perplexed by the rise of the BNP in her own constituency turns out to be equally confused about ...

Naz Shah is no anti-semite. It is sickening that she should be referred to as such by a Tory Party which does little to silence the racists, Islamophobes and xenophobes in its own ranks and even more sickening that she ...

The Council is laying on various events for families and senior citizens at the end of April to mark two events which are seen as the epitome of “Englishness” – but is all as it seems? •On 21st April, the ...

Silence is complicity: so today it is time for you to take a few minutes to help save lives and make the world a safer place. In the coming week, the Government seems certain to ask the House of Commons ...

Palestinian delegation to tour Tower Hamlets From 6th to 16th October, the Tower Hamlets Jenin Friendship Association (THJFA) was hoping to host three delegates from the Palestinian Authority on an information and cultural exchange to the borough. THJFA has been ...