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ISLE OF DOGS Independent Councillor Maium Miah has spent the last few days chasing landlords to provide answers on tower block safety – starting with One Housing Group, the controversial landlord which owns and manages a number of tower blocks  the ...

THE LATEST estimate of the number of fatalities in the Grenfell Tower fire is between 58 and 70. Londoners will feel that even 58 deaths is 58 too many – but there must be some relief that the eventual figure ...

THE GRENFELL TOWER fire took place in the early hours of 14th June. By tea-time the following day, Prime Minister Theresa May had announced there would be a full public inquiry. On the morning of 16th June, John Biggs, Executive ...

IN THE SPACE OF just a few days, public perceptions of Muslims in the UK have gone through a sea change. Wrongly vilified for spawning the attackers of London Bridge, the community is widely acknowledged as having saved lives in ...

THE NEWS about the fire which has gutted Grenfell Tower in West London stunned Londoners as they woke up this morning to the horror of what had happened overnight. Our hearts go out to those who survived and our sympathies ...

NORWAY IS ABOUT to become the first Scandinavian nation to ban the wearing of the niqab in all places of education – nurseries, schools and universities. The authorities say that they are banning all headgear which “hinders communication”, and as ...

DON’T THE POLICE have enough to do? Don’t the Manchester police have even more than enough to do? Many attended the horrific aftermath of the terrorist attack on the Manchester Arena and/or have been working extra hours on the post-attack ...

THE GENERAL ELECTION results are nearly all in – but the verdict is that there are no winners. The Tories have lost around twelve seats. Theresa May called the “cut and run” election to strengthen her position and increase her ...

THREE MORE people have been arrested in East London by Counter-Terrorism police as part of the investigation into the London Bridge attack – bringing the total number of people arrested since the incident to 17, five of whom are still in ...

THE BODY OF an eighth victim of the London Bridge terror attack was found in the river Thames on Tuesday evening, 6th June. The body was retrieved from the river by specialist officers from the Marine Police Unit from a ...