THE PRIME MINISTER has authorised raising the assessment of the level of threat the UK faces from terrorism to “critical” – the highest threat status. This level of threat is usually implemented when security forces have specific intelligence that a ...

Emdad Rahman THIS YEAR THE community is encouraged to take part in the Fasting 5k, a mass London group run which will take place during fasting hours during the Muslim month of Ramadan.  The run is being organised by Abu Bakkar ...

THE WORLD FOOD Programme has calculated that half the population of Gaza does not have enough to eat. One important source of food for the people in Gaza is fish – but the fishermen of Gaza are not free to ...

THERE ARE unconfirmed reports that Prince Philip is to be sacrificed to the EU as part of the Brexit negotiations. The Prince has announced that he will retire from royal duties in the autumn, by which time he will have ...

MOST OF US IN London use the wheeled transport which Transport for London (TfL) provides: buses, Tubes and trains. However, Tfl is now reminding us that on 20th and 21st May they will be running a number of recreational walks which ...

TWO TOWER HAMLETS groups which campaign in support of the Palestians are holding a special event to mark Nakba Week. The Tower Hamlets branch of the national Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Tower Hamlets & Jenin Friendship Association will be ...

Emdad Rahman IF YOU LOVE being airborne, then trampoline parks are a sure-fire way to get the adrenaline levels rising rapidly.  Upon arrival we were greeted by the terrific Tracy at reception – and this really set the tone for ...

THE ELECTION OF Donald Trump as US President was never going to make the world a safer place. Nonetheless, even his harshest critics did not think that it would all go wrong so soon. Two things have happened. •First, on 4th ...

AS 58 SYRIAN citizens lie dead, Human Rights monitors have accused the Syrian regime of using chemical weapons against its own people – not for the first time. Rebel forces fighting the Government have also been accused of using chemical ...

TENANTS AND leaseholders will be discussing how to rid our estates of Anti-Social Behaviour later this month. The Tower Hamlets Federation of Tenants and Residents Associations (TRAs) will be devoting its March meeting to this topic – and leading the ...