Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley & Spen, was shot and stabbed in Birstall, in her constituency, early this afternoon, just before she was due to begin an advice surgery in the town’s library. Ms Cox was aged just 41 ...
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Breaking news: East London youngster on terror arrest
The Metropolitan Police have announced that they arrested a 15 year old boy, who lives in east London, on suspicion of encouraging terrorism in contravention of Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006. He was arrested at his home, which ...
Read More »Olympic legacy fail: ethnic minorities lead drop in sports activity
Former Sports Minister Richard Caborn has admitted that the performance of the sports element of the Olympic legacy is “disappointing”. London’s Olympic bid had promised to “inspire a generation” to get active. However, figures show that the number playing sport ...
Read More »Labour team makes a positive case for “remain”
Top Labour figures today carried on their drive to put across to the electorate good reasons for voting “remain” in next week’s referendum. Deputy Leader Tom Watson was first in the queue, stressing the potential for creating jobs that comes ...
Read More »Sheffield leads the way on air pollution monitoring
Air pollution is once more becoming a very serious issue in the UK. We expect to see some action about air quality in London, after new London Mayor Sadiq Khan made election campaign promises to improve matters as soon as ...
Read More »Islamic Relief projects confirm that aid works
Hackney North MP Diane Abbott spoke up in favour of the effectiveness of UK aid on Monday. She told the House of Commons: “I saw evidence of the drought that is sweeping across eastern and southern Africa. Anyone who says ...
Read More »Scintilla ease through to NCL Cup second round
Emdad Rahman Despite a rain-washed pitch, Scintilla CC eased through to the second round of the National Cricket League Cup after a blistering batting performance from Ashraful Islam sealed a ten run victory. With heavy downpours at intervals, the 20 over ...
Read More »Racist killer now working in local school?
When Judge Richard Hawkins sentenced 17 year old Ian Devlin to nine years imprisonment for the racist manslaughter of Shiblu Rahman, he took the unusual step of allowing the killer to be named, even though he was under 18, saying ...
Read More »Storm over police funding Hillsborough cop’s legal fees
A row has broken out over the level of legal costs incurred by Chief Constable David Crompton during the re-opened inquests into the deaths of the Hillsborough victims. The lawyers charged over £2 million – and the costs were paid ...
Read More »Politicians condemn Orlando anti-LGBT hate killings
UK politicians came up with a variety of responses to the Orlando hate-killings. They all expressed shock and extended sympathy to those directly affected. Only some went further and spoke out against the hate crime and expressed solidarity with the ...
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