ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY this year, One Run Global are uniting thousands of people from 195 countries as they run, walk or move their body for one hour to raise funds to end child discrimination. Whether it’s running a 10k ...
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Thought for today 19.09.20
IT’S AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “A lot of people like cats. Take the Pope, for example: I read recently that he was a cat-oholic!” Milton Jones, comedian ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today
Read More »Bans and modest fines for West Ham homophobes
THE STORY started so well. As soon as homophobic abuse was heard coming from home fans at the West Ham ground – apparently directed at supporters of visiting Brighton & Hove Albion – police were on the case. Two men ...
Read More »Thought for today 18.09.20
IT’S AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! Christmases were terrible, not like nowadays when kids get everything. My sister got a miniature set of perfumes called ‘Ample’. It was tiny, but even I could see where my dad had scraped off ...
Read More »Skin founder Haroon wins business award
LONDON-BORN British-Bangladeshi business owner Haroon Danis has been named the first North West Fashion and Beauty Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 – and been congratulated by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak. Danis studied at Manchester Metropolitan University and founded ...
Read More »Gift-wrapped gun sees Bethnal Green man jailed
HE KEPT a gun, wrapped in plastic bags and stuffed inside a gift bag, under his bed. Acting on intelligence, police came to his home in Bethnal Green, found the gun – and nine days later he was arrested and ...
Read More »Thought for today 17.09.20
IT’S AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, ‘Jesus! This cup is expensive!’” Conan O’Brien, US broadcaster ●Read more about it: Thought for today ...
Read More »This week: half term meals from Island Network
THE ISLAND NETWORK is stepping in to ensure that children abandoned by the Government will not go hungry this half term. The Network will be distributing food on the Isle of Dogs to children in need this week – the ...
Read More »Barking man in court after drug haul found
A MAN WILL appear in Court next week after police stopped a vehicle travelling along the M25 as it passed through Enfield. The stop took place on 1st October. The man arrested has been named as Sam Migliorini, 31, of ...
Read More »Thought for today 16.09.20
IT’S AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “If you want your children to listen, try talking softly to someone else.” Eppie Lederer, 1918-2002, US columnist, writing the Ann Landers column ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today
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