FORMER EAST END resident Emily Thornberry – now better known as Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary – has called for action to be taken against Brunei, a tiny nation on the Island of Borneo. Brunei was a British protectorate before gaining ...
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Local elections in Bangladesh: democracy missing
A UK-BASED HUMAN rights organisation, “White Pigeon International (WPI)”, has held a discussion meeting on the topic of “Local Government Election Backlash, Risk of Democracy in Bangladesh”. Speakers at the discussion meeting said that the democracy of the recent local ...
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The Pleasance Theatre, Islington Debut play from actor-playwright Tariq Jordan, about a Palestinian-Israeli love story that finds old lovers meeting once again in an Israeli interrogation room. ‘My father used to say, nearly everything in the world is made in ...
Read More »May begs Corbyn to bail her out on Brexit
IN A MOVE designed to save face but also to set up Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party as scapegoats if Brexit goes wrong, Theresa May has asked Corbyn to solve the parliamentary Brexit impasse for her. This is a ...
Read More »Nuclear accident exposes worker to plutonium overload
THE SELLAFIELD nuclear plant has been fined a staggering £380,000 for breaching health and safety procedures – which led to a worker at the plant being exposed to an unsafe level of plutonium. Those who see nuclear power as a ...
Read More »MuslimGiving: One year on!
Emdad Rahman On Monday 1st of April MuslimGiving welcomed hundreds of charities at the X+Why building based in Whitechapel, London. Charities attended the 1 Year On event from across the country to see first hand how MuslimGiving is keeping up ...
Read More »“Dim Jim” may back Tories again on Brexit
ONE OF TOWER HAMLETS’ two Labour MPs – Jim Fitzpatrick, MP for Poplar & Limehouse – has confirmed that he may once again vote with the Conservative Government rather than support his own party. Fitzpatrick was speaking on Radio 4’s ...
Read More »She Awards celebrate amazing women
Emdad Rahman The She Awards was launched in July 2018 to celebrate 100 years of the women’s vote and is a platform which recognises the achievements and contributions of women from all walks of life. This year the SHE awards celebrated ...
Read More »Hackney Festival of Fitness returns for 2019
17TH – 19TH MAY 2019, HACKNEY MARSHES Hackney Festival of Fitness is excited to announce the first names added to its fitness line up for Friday 17th and Saturday 18th of May 2019 at the Fitness Festival Village on Hackney ...
Read More »East Londers show solidarity with NZ Muslims
EAST LONDONERS have been condemning the terrorist who massacred Muslims in New Zealand and expressing their condolences to the relatives and friends of the dead and to the injured. Local Muslims, and non-Muslims, gathered at Friday prayers in the East ...
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