Muhammad Talha CLLR SHAFI AHMED, the Speaker of Tower Hamlets Council, has completed training to become a Dementia Friend: a person who learns about dementia so they can help their community. Too many people affected by dementia feel that society fails ...

Emdad Rahman WANT TO HELP make nutritious, affordable and environmentally friendly food available to everyone in Barking & Dagenham?  Company Drinks are thrilled to be working with the Council, Sustain and local residents on a research project to help develop ...

Muhi Mikdad STUDENTS AT the London Enterprise Academy (LEA) led a celebration of Somalia last Thursday, 23rd June ahead of Somalia’s Independence Day on the 26th. Students shared the beauty of Somalia and Somaliland in front of a packed hall ...

Emdad Rahman RUHUL AMIN from Barking & Dagenham caused quite an international stir during a recent visit to France for a short family break. The-eagle eyed Longbridge Ward resident was on a family visit to the Château de Versailles and ...

THE LITTLE LITTER LEAGUE began as a social action movement after local resident Emdad Rahman engaged in a Twitter exchange with Barking & Dagenham Council Leader Darren Rodwell and Deputies Saima Ashraf and Dominic Twomey.  While out exercising, Emdad was ...

IT’S OUT OF the Town Hall and back into the community for newly elected Aspire councillors in Tower Hamlets as, together with party activists, they have been trying to save the D7 bus from the Tory/Labour chop. During lockdown, the ...

Muhammad Talha TO CELEBRATE the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the long weekend, Just Smiles Original teamed up with Inades NGO and the Docklands Community Initiative to organise a soup kitchen and food hub.  The coalition ...

ON 5th MAY, London’s voters will be going to the polls. All local council seats are up for election – as are Directly Elected Mayors, in those boroughs which have them. We have looked at Labour’s and Aspire’s candidates for ...

Muhammad Talha NINE YEAR OLD Mustafa Abidin has completed his Ramadan fasting charity challenge. The Manor Juniors pupil eased home as he took the course by storm to complete 100 laps of the garden at Darul Ummah Goresbrook.  Mustafa was joined ...

IT’S A record-breaking 70 years on the throne for HM Queen Elizabeth II, and details are emerging of the events which will be held over the long Bank Holiday weekend to mark the occasion. The traditional bank holiday on the ...