THREE YOUNG MEN who had been conning vulnerable elderly people appeared at Blackfriars Crow Court just before Christmas – where they were convicted of various offences relating to fraud. All three received prison sentences. The three included Shaheedul Abedin, 20, ...

OVER FIFTY London MPs and Assembly Members (AMs) joined local police officers out on the beat in their constituencies before Christmas. The outings were part of the #WalkTheMet initiative which seeks to make politicians more aware of what police officers ...

Muhammad Talha COUNCILLOR ABDUL AZIZ, the Mayor of Barking & Dagenham, helped spread a little festive cheer by inviting a group of local homeless residents to join him in his parlour and enjoy lunch with him.  The Mayor has a ...

JUST A YEAR after he was elected, US President Donald Trump is getting ready to boost the Israeli state at the expense of the Palestinian people and their hopes of being treated fairly in their own country. Trump is expected ...

Emdad Rahman A PARTNERSHIP between the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Essex County Cricket Club has seen a brand new Non-Turf Pitch laid at Barking Park.  To celebrate the launch of ...

Emdad Rahman ENCHANTING seven year old Kaleigh Lau was the star of the show at the first ever Team Kaleigh 10k Challenge in Redbridge. The community event, supported by the iconic Sikhs in the City Running Club, was organised to raise ...

CLLR RABINA KHAN has outlined her objections to John Biggs’s plan to cram thousands of residential units into the already highly developed south of Tower Hamlets. Cllr Khan’s comments were made in a submission to the Council’s consultation on the ...

“STAGGERING INCOMPETENCE” is how Cllr Rabina Khan has described John Biggs’s Draft Tower Hamlets Local Plan. “Brexit,” Cllr Khan told London Bangla. “Brexit. He’s forgotten about Brexit. Can you believe it? It’s not exactly a secret, Brexit, is it?” The Tower ...

Emdad Rahman TOWER HAMLETS Councillor Mahbub Alam joined the local Muslim community in Long Melford, Suffolk, to engage in a short discussion on Remembrance Day. The event was hosted by Razak Amin (Shahid).  The group also went out with the ...

Emdad Rahman The local football community turned out in force as Whitechapel-based Chattak FC held a victory reception at The Atrium, Brick Lane to commemorate their fairytale success in the 2017 Greater Sylhet Cup.  The evening started with a film ...