WE’RE IN THE middle of Mental Health Awareness Week – and Tower Hamlets Council and Tower Hamlets NHS Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have joined forces to promote positive attitudes to body images. The Mental Health Foundation has estimated that nearly ...

THERE WERE NO pom-poms in sight in Mulberry Place tonight as John Biggs presented his new Advisory Cabinet to the Council – but as so many of the cheer-leaders were in the said Advisory Cabinet, there was no one left ...

LONDON MAYOR Sadiq Khan is comparing his record of building new homes in the capital by the record of his predecessor(s) – rather than by housing need across London. Khan has just released new figures showing that council house building ...

FAMILIES, CHILDREN and local residents from the Chicksand Estate in Tower Hamlets have taken part in an Easter celebration which culminated in the installation of a large community mural. The event – organised by The Young Foundation, a charity whose ...

WORTHING has its first Muslim Bangladeshi woman councillor. The elections on 2nd May saw Labour candidate Henna Chowdhury elected to represent Gaisford ward on the 37-member Worthing Borough Council. Worthing, a sleepy town on the south coast, near Brighton, has ...

Harry Potter actress Afshan Azad and EastEnders & Bend it Like Beckham actor Ameet Chana hosted a lavish award ceremony at the Hilton Hotel in Canary Wharf, celebrating the achievements of the British Bangladeshi community in the Fashion & Lifestyle ...

POLICE ARE looking for those who daubed racist graffiti on the entrance gates of a mosque in Preston, Lancashire – and they are treating the incident as a hate crime. It is thought that the graffiti was put up on ...

Emdad Rahman ON MONDAY, 1st APRIL MuslimGiving welcomed hundreds of charities to an anniversary event at the X+Why building in Whitechapel. Representatives of charities came from across the country to see first hand how MuslimGiving is keeping its promises by ...

Emdad Rahman On Monday 1st of April MuslimGiving welcomed hundreds of charities at the X+Why building based in Whitechapel, London. Charities attended the 1 Year On event from across the country to see first hand how MuslimGiving is keeping up ...

Emdad Rahman THE EASTBURY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION in Barking & Dagenham has held its first ever badminton tournament. Twenty teams participated during a very popular event day. Guests included local councillors Faruk Choudhury, Longbridge, and Eastbury Member Foyzur Rahman. Md Afraj ...