IS IT TIME FOR the UK to follow the example of the authorities in Brussels and open emergency shelters for the homeless during periods of extreme cold? The press has recently been warning of the coming spell of extreme cold ...
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Amanda’s birthday and remembering the life of Pepe
Emdad Rahman A homeless man died outside Parliament this week. Did you hear that? A homeless man died outside Parliament this week. At the entrance of Westminster Tube station. If that isn’t tragic enough, it’s now come to light that ...
Read More »New year but same issues for London’s homeless
Emdad Rahman WE FORGOT OUR BANNER today at the One Third Soup Kitchen and could have sold all the food we had in stock today. The aroma emanating from the delicious birianis made by Shahela, Moinur, Adam and the family ...
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Cllr Rabina Khan’s speech to BNP Paribas Diversity Conference, October 2017. First, I would like to thank Anne and Connor for organising an event on behalf of BNP Paribas to recognise how important diversity is, both in Britain and globally. ...
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By Faiz Akbor, aged 15 The majority of our people here are made of clear glass. Not a single spec of dust on their smooth skin. You can see right through them for they have no hidden stories or secrets ...
Read More »Homebuilding & Renovating Show comes to ExCel
ExCeL, London, 22nd-24th September 2017 AT ITS current growth rate of six per cent, the number of new homes being built in England is expected to reach 16,500 by 2020, according to the Self & Custom Build Market Report 2017 ...
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Maruf Ahmed THE INDULGENCE SHOW, London’s newest lifestyle entertainment event, is returning to the Novotel Conference Centre in Hammersmith, from 29th September-1st October, bringing visitors high-end luxury products including electric cars, motorised recreational vehicles, home entertainment products, headphones and much ...
Read More »Beanibazar does the soup kitchen
THE EVE OF the much anticipated Greater Sylhet Cup at Mabley Green in Hackney we took to our soup kitchen with homeless friends at Stratford City. People who see them Think the homeless have no shame What they don’t realise ...
Read More »Seeing out Ramadan with homeless friends
Emdad Rahman “Helping one person might not change the world but it could change the world for one person.” HALF OF homeless people are afflicted with diabetes, high blood pressure, cancer or arthritis but do not receive any treatment. It’s a ...
Read More »Bethnal Green & Bow: “Labour is the only option for here”
Sebastian Pender Leaning casually against a squat rack, professional fighter Pablo Benn shakes his head before telling me that the “Conservatives had their chance and they messed up. They’ve been messing up for years now. It’s lies, it’s all based ...
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