WHO ARE THE TOP Asian and Oriental chefs in the UK? Thanks to the Asian Catering Foundation (ACF), which organised an Awards competition at the end of February, hungry diners can now track them down. Chefs who entered the awards ...

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 ...

Emdad Rahman THE BETHNAL GREEN-BASED Lonely Orphans charity took to the roads today – Sunday, 1st March – to raise awareness and much needed funds for Uyghur orphans. They joined more than 16,000 runners on the streets of the British ...

EVEN THE individual who appears to have pulled himself or herself up in society can have their gains taken away if they lose their job or their health. If you reach the top of the ladder, reach down and help ...

A MAN FROM the Clapton area of Hackney has been sent to prison for life after shooting at police officers – who had come to his house to arrest him in connection with an incident of armed car-jacking. No officer ...

THE RICH GET RICH with the help of the poor, who subsidise their businesses. “You built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads that the ...

AN EMPLOYEE OF THE US oil company Chevron turned up for work at its Canary Wharf office today – suffering from flu-like symptoms. The employee had recently returned to the UK after a visit to a part of the world ...

POLICE BELIEVE that a woman who died in Waltham Forest may have been the victim of a domestic dispute. They have arrested a man, 54, on suspicion of murder. The emergency services were called out just before noon today, Tuesday, ...

SHE CHECKED the computers were getting their sums right – that’s how the first black woman to work for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) helped put humans on the moon. “Ms Johnson helped our nation enlarge the frontiers ...

PROFESSOR ASIF NAZRUL was referring to Bangladesh when he said this – but his words apply beyond that country’s shores too. “It’s a government and a political party which believe that they are not accountable to anyone. It’s a dangerous ...