LAST SEPTEMBER the Home Office launched a scheme called StreetSafe in an attempt to make London’s streets safer for the public. Just eight months later, the Metropolitan Police have had 3,272 reports of unsafe areas – nearly 75% of which ...
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And they’re off! Labour clings firmly to the past
ON 5th MAY, London’s voters will be going to the polls. All local council seats are up for election – as are Directly Elected Mayors, in those boroughs which have them. We’ll be looking at all the mayoral candidates in ...
Read More »Jumma Khan promises to make London Riders a success
LONDON RIDERS will be playing in the National Cricket League for the first time this year. Jumma Khan, a cricketer and owner of the newly created Cricket Club, hopes the community will support the team during its first season. Khan, ...
Read More »Random Hackney stabbings saw man jailed
HE’LL BE detained for a decade, after Snaresbrook Crown Court sentenced him to seven years in prison and three further years on licence thereafter – for a series of stabbings carried out at random in Hackney. The jailed man is ...
Read More »LEA celebrates 51 years of Bangladeshi independence
Muhi Mikdad FOR THE PAST seven years, Ashid Ali, principal of the London Enterprise Academy (LEA), has been organising the many cultural events held at the school. Mr Ali is one of the few British-Bangladeshi headteachers in the UK. To ...
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