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    Over 40,000 celebrate in the sunshine Tens of thousands of festival goers enjoyed a feast of culture including music, dance, food and children’s events as the council hosted another successful Boishakhi Mela on Sunday 30 June at Weaver’s Fields in Bethnal Green. The Mela is the biggest outside South Asia. It began with a colourful parade of floats, ...

  A property management company has been fined £3,000 after failing to join a Government-approved redress scheme for tenants, leaseholders and landlords, after an intervention by Tower Hamlets Council’s trading standards team. Following a hearing at the Upper Tribunal, G Crawford Management Ltd of Westferry Road on the Isle of Dogs was found to be in breach of legal requirements ...

To help celebrate Pride month, rainbow crossings have been popping up across the capital as a symbol to celebrate LGBT+ people who live and work in London. One of the crossings is uniquely located on the border between Tower Hamlets and Hackney on Hackney Road, an area with historical connections to East London’s diverse and vibrant LGBT+ communities. The crossing ...

  The Newham Barking and Dagenham Liberal Democrats Executive Member and Diversity Officer, Business Lecturer from University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Independent School Representative for NEU, Barking and Dagenham District Afzal Sayed Munna joined in Central London at the weekend at the ‘Together For Education’ event, alongside Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, Lib Dem MP Layla Moran, London ...

  Mental health awareness in the construction industry is to be one of the priorities for the University of East London’s (UEL) Professor Charles Egbu as he starts his tenure as president of the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) on 27 June. Professor Egbu, who is pro vice-chancellor (education and experience) at UEL, said: “At UEL we offer a range ...

  Over 50 primary and secondary schools from Newham will be showcasing their artistic talents at ‘Art Matters’, a week-long exhibition exploring the power of art and creativity, taking place at the University of East London (UEL) in July. The show, which represents the work of over 2,000 students in Newham and surrounding areas and is now in its 21st year, ...

  In June 2019 Village Infants School in Dagenham advertised one vacancy for a new Parent Governor, and the school is delighted to receive 2 nomination forms. Many schools really struggle to find parents willing to take on this important role, and this was an excellent indicator to the Governors and Senior Staff of the strength of support Village Infants ...

Press realize: A protest meeting had been held by East Bengal Socialist Party (Jonojuddho, UK Branch on 19th June, Wednesday in an aristocrat restaurant of Manor Park, London. Comrade Wahiduzzaman presided over the meeting. Speakers in the meeting mentioned the illegal government of Bangladesh is violating Human Rights in every step to permanent their power. Violating Human Rights is a ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   Well known community & human rights activist James Swapan Peris’s funeral took place on Friday 21 June at Salem Baptist Church, Hillingdon, who had passed away on 27 May in Charring Cross Hospital, London. He had died of kidney failure and brain haemorrhage though he had been ill for a while and had a transplant in ...

Afzal Sayed Munna, FHEA, QTLS is elected to the executive board of Newham Barking and Dagenham Liberal Democrats, the most pre-eminent voice for diversity as announced on June 18, 2019. Afzal Munna, the Lecturer at School of Business for University of Wales Trinity Saint David, the executive member for Lib Dem Campaign for Race Equality and the Independent School Representative ...