FORMER COUNCILLOR Abjol Miah has issued the following statement to explain why he is joining the Liberal Democrat Party. After consulting community members, supporters and family members I have, for the first time, decided to move on from fractious independents to ...

CRASH! Late last night – Saturday, 14th July – the news broke. Abjol Miah has joined the Liberal-Democrats! This is Bastille Day – the day, in 1789, when the people stormed the Bastille prison, attempting to release political prisoners. This ...

AMID VERY difficult economic circumstances, public sector bodies have come together across East London to help young people aged 16 to 24 who have a learning disability to find employment. The partners in the scheme – Project SEARCH – are ...

A NEW INITIATIVE has been set up to encourage London residents to use their parks. Working with the slogan #GoParksLondon, the Campaign to Protect Rural England and the London Friends of Greenspaces Network have come together to popularise parks. The ...

HACKNEY’S MAYOR Philip Glanville took a step forward in tackling the borough’s 13,000-strong housing waiting list last week – as the Planning Committee approved plans to build new homes in Clapton. It’s a small development of just eleven homes, but ...

LABOUR LEADER Jeremy Corbyn led the way for Labour yesterday with a succinct tweet praising both England manager Gareth Southgate and the team’s players for their performance in the Football World Cup. The same excitement came from London Mayor Sadiq ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE and London Muslim Centre were pleased to welcome Professor John Esposito when he visited the Mosque on 23rd June. Prof. Esposito is a founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding, as ...

JOHN BIGGS HAS backed down in the face of a campaign by Unite the Union and agreed that young people working in Council leisure facilities run by GLL should receive he full London Living Wage (LLL) – but he hasn’t ...

THAMES WATER worked throughout the night to fix the burst water pipe in the Fairfield Road area of Bow. They were able to restore the water supply by early Saturday morning. Bow Road re-opened at around midday on Saturday, with ...

WORRIED MOTHERS are asking where the Council consultation on closure of the Local Authority Day Nurseries (LADN) is – not least because the Cabinet report proposed to begin formal closure in “late July 2018”. “We’ve had a week already,” said ...