THE SEVEN men and women arrested in the major anti-drugs operation on 12th June have been charged with related offences. Six of the seven appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court the day after the arrests and were remanded in custody, to ...

CAMPAIGNERS FROM Save Our Nurseries tried to find a crumb of comfort in their campaign this weekend – by taking a giant cake to an event where John Biggs, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, was due to speak. The campaigners ...

WITH EID HAVING been celebrated last week and the summer weather beckoning everyone outdoors, it’s fortunate that at least two major cities will be holding outdoor Eid Festivals this weekend. The Eid Festival at Old Trafford in Manchester is also ...

“HE’S NO George Lansbury, is he?” was the response from one mum on finding out that John Biggs, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, is going to close the remaining three Council day care nurseries in Tower Hamlets. “Is this how he’s going ...

THE TORY Government has a failing record on building social homes, says John Healey MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Secretary. Healey was speaking as new statistics were released showing that the number of government funded socially rented homes being built has ...

AS MILLIONS OF Muslims around the world celebrated Eid, violence was escalating in the strife-torn country of Yemen – and the Islamic Relief charity was stepping up its relief operations to meet the humanitarian consequences. Fighting intensified around the port ...

Muhammad Ismael The British Bangladesh Society celebrated Ramadan by breaking fast with members of the community while also taking part in an inclusive Dementia Friends information session. The session was delivered by Emdad Rahman MBE and hosted by Chair Nasir ...

Emdad Rahman Improving equality, inclusion and supporting Croydon’s communities were announced as the priorities of the borough’s new Mayor and the Deputy Mayor as both were sworn in for their respective offices at Croydon Council’s latest AGM. Liverpudlian Councillor Bernadette ...

IN A TRIBUTE TO the direct action of the suffragettes, Tower Hamlets Save Our Nurseries campaigners pressed their cause with John Biggs, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, on one of his first engagements outside the Town Hall since he was ...

THE GOVERNMENT announced on Friday morning that it will respond to the growing need for school places in England and Wales by allowing a limited expansion of grammar schools and faith schools. The Conservative Party has long regarded itself as ...