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Osmani Nagar FC gear up for Bangladesh tour

Emdad Rahman Two times Greater Sylhet Upazila champions and four times finalists Osmani Nagar Football Club are embarking on an inaugural and historic British Bangladesh Upazilla football tour to Bangladesh.  The squad and team officials will be touring Balagonj and ...

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An Evening of Hope for Orphans in Somaliland with Teebah Foundation

Teebah Foundation brings you a family event with many guest speakers, nasheed, entertainment and 3 course dinner. A family evening to support & give hope to Orphans in Somliland. Date: Saturday 2nd March 2019  Starts at 6.30pm Venue: Pavillion Banquetting Suite, 324 Hoe St, ...

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Farooq appointed Sawbridgeworth Chairman

Emdad Rahman Cricketer Qam Farooq has been appointed Sawbridgeworth Cricket Club Chairman.  The appointment of the Kashmiri Pakistani born all rounder was confirmed last week and Farooq becomes the first Asian in the clubs 156 years history to be appointed ...

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Barking parkrun welcomes back friends

Emdad Rahman Barking parkrun has been deemed a suitable location for blind runners and both volunteers and runners enjoyed welcoming back two blind friends.  Both runners had finished off 2018 at Barking Park and were back for a 2019 meet, ...

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Food poverty now a public health emergency

Dr Sinéad Furey of Ulster University says that food poverty is now a public health emergency and the number of emergency food parcels distributed by food banks is rising. In January 2019, the Environmental Audit Committee published their latest report ...

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The Big Volunteer is back and local volunteers are needed!

The Big Volunteer is an exciting volunteering programme just for residents of Tower Hamlets, Greenwich, Lewisham and Southwark.  Participants start by volunteering for one morning on Sunday 10 March 2019 at London’s newest half marathon, The Big Half. This event ...

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Carole Nash MCN London Motorcycle Show prepares to descend on the Capital

Maruf Ahmed Eighteen of the world’s top motorcycle manufacturers will be taking over the ExCeL Centre in London later this month (Feb 15-17) for the Carole Nash MCN London Show. Alongside this diverse range of exciting machines, the tens of thousands of two wheel fans passing ...

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Sign up for the Victoria Park 10K

Victoria Park: February 10K – Sunday 17 February 2019 Get your flattest, fastest race performance of the season in East London’s super-cool Victoria Park. Personal bests happen here! With it’s wide tree-lined, super-smooth pathways, you’ll find yourself flying kilometre by ...

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Charities team up to help the needy

Emdad Rahman With the new year bringing in the coldest weather for twelve months, local organisations in East London have partnered up to offer soup kitchen services for homeless citizens and food parcels for those facing hardship.  Oxfam and Church ...

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Study Finds Young People Suffer from Isolation More Than Over 55’s

Maruf Ahmed A recent survey of 2040 people conducted by MyFilmClub app (available for free on Google Play and iTunes) on cinema going and loneliness in Britain has found that over 13% of society always feel isolated in their day to day life, ...

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