THE UN Security Council had been due to vote on a resolution on the Strait of Hormuz yesterday – Saturday, 3rd April. That vote was postponed to today – but now it has been postponed again. The motion has been ...

LISTERIA monocytogenes is a nasty bacterium. It causes the usual symptoms of food poisoning: vomiting, diarrhoea, high temperature, aches, etc. Its special powers, though, make it one of the most dangerous of the bacteria that cause food poisoning. We stop ...

FREE school meals for all was one of the key promises of Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s Administration when it took office in May 2022. The policy has paid off, with 38,000 school pupils benefitting from the scheme in the last four ...

THE PRICE of food rose by 2.4% from February to March across the world. The news comes from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) – and this is the second monthly rise in a row. Food prices are going ...

IN HIS latest tantrum, US President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The news came in an interview he did with the Telegraph newspaper. Trump is clearly motivated by frustration rather than ...

GOT SOMETHING to move? A bit of shopping, some furniture – or even some children? And want to stay green at the same time?  You could be a suitable candidate for Tower Hamlets Council’s new Shared Cargo Bike scheme. Let’s ...

THE ISRAELI Parliament has agreed that anyone who is found guilty of conducting a terror attack will be sentenced to death. It’s the latest move in Israel’s campaign of genocide against the Palestinian people. It is only Palestinians who are ...

PROTESTORS took to the streets of London on Saturday to show their opposition to the far right. The march came just weeks before most of the UK will be voting in elections in local government and the devolved nations. The ...

IT’S BAD NEWS for the UK economy – again. Poor old “Rachel from Accounts” keeps trying her best, but as soon as things look like they might be on the right track, something pops up to blow the economy off ...

YES, IT’S come round again. The last Sunday in March is the weekend when we put the clocks an hour forward and glide into British Summer Time (BST). The clock goes forward at 1am. In other words, when we get ...