Readers letters
The railway embankment near Grange Hill station is being cleared
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Stop cutting embankment foliage
Morris Hickey, Long Green, Chigwell, writes:
This is to update you on what is currently (not) happening on the railway embankment near to Grange Hill station.
The contractors were on site again at around 8.30 last week and beginning to manoeuvre the shredder into position at the top of the embankment adjacent to my garden fence.
They began using their chain saws on foliage to the rear of my next door neighbour. I contacted Cllr Huggett and Keith Prince AM and gave them details.
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When Anver Patel got an invite to book his second COVID-19 vaccination from a chat group linked to his local mosque, he wondered whether it was wise to go ahead during Ramadan. );
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He was worried that side-effects from the vaccine would force him to take painkillers - which are not allowed while fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims do not eat, drink or take oral medication between dawn and sunset.
As part of our series on how Muslims in Redbridge are observing Ramadan, the Recorder spoke with Khalid Sharif, founder of IG-Soc and a leadership panel member for the Federation of Redbridge Muslim Organisations (FORMO).
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7:00 AM April 26, 2021
The first in a series of interviews with Muslims across Redbridge to hear how they are observing the holy month of Ramadan is with Bashir Patel, trustee of Ilford Muslim Society and a chairman of FORMO s panel.
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As part of a series on Ramadan, we caught up with some Muslims across Redbridge to see how they are observing the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
Ramadan is the Arabic name for the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and runs from April 13 until May 12 this year.
While last year s Ramadan fell during the first lockdown and mosques were closed, this time around they are open but with some restrictions in place.