POP MUSIC was once so new and daring: it’s shocking to think that it’s over 50 years old. Some standards have been around for over half a century… What, then, were we listening to 50 years ago? It was an ...
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Child critical after Newham collision
A TEN YEAR OLD BOY is in an East London hospital with serious head injuries after a collision in Barking Road, E6, near Emerald Avenue. The collision occurred just before 8pm on Thursday, 13th February – between a vehicle and ...
Read More »Thought for today 16.02.20
LIVERPOOL FC enjoy their time at the top of the Premiership. “I could tell in all the players’ faces that they weren’t nervous, they were enjoying it, and if one team was going to score it was going to be ...
Read More »Islamic Relief goes green
ISLAMIC RELIEF UK was “showing the love” on St Valentine’s Day – to highlight things which we love but could be lost as the global climate changes. The charity’s volunteers took inspiration from the Prophet Muhammad’s hadith, “The Earth is ...
Read More »Thought for today 15.02.20
IF A 40 YEAR OLD WOMAN has a string of intense but short-lived relationships and then appears to attack her boyfriend, don’t just charge her, bail her and send her home. Look after her. “We can confirm that our Caroline ...
Read More »Thought for today 14.02.20
THE CHRISTIAN Church has assigned most, if not all, dates in the calendar to the celebration of one saint or another. Most of them don’t impinge on our national consciousness – but St Valentine’s Day, on 14th February, has become ...
Read More »Thought for today 13.02.20
HOW MUCH OF New South Wales (NSW) has been lost in the Australian bushfires – measured in Waleses? •The area of Wales, one of the four countries in the United Kingdom, is estimated to be 2.0735 million hectares. •The NSW ...
Read More »Thought for today 12.02.20
REMEMBER: “survival of the fittest” means “survival of those most suited to the surrounding conditions” – not “survival of the best”. “In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too), those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively ...
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