Labour’s John Biggs has balanced his budget – by getting local residents to dig into their pockets to make up the shortfall. Gone is Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s cast iron pledge protect the most vulnerable in our community – replaced with ...
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Bangladesh earthquake: further reports arrive
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake occurred at approximately 5am on the morning of 3rd January. The epicentre was near Imphal, the capital of that Manipur state of India, just to the east of Bangladesh – about 200 miles from Dhaka. The ...
Read More »Earthquake in Bangladesh: latest
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Read More »Cameron on a roll: take cover now
The Christmas message slot has been taken – the Queen got their first – so UK Prime Minister David Cameron has been bumped into the New Year’s message slot. Take cover. Cameron is still a relatively weak Leader. Although his ...
Read More »Happy New Year!
We wish all our readers a Happy New Year and a 2016 full of health, wealth and happiness. We’ll continue to bring you the News from East London and around the world for the next 12 months: why not like ...
Read More »Danczuk suspended after “inappropriate behaviour”
“I was stupid [and] there’s no fool like an old fool,” said Simon Danczuk, MP for Rochdale after apologising unreservedly for his “inappropriate” behaviour” in sending sexually inappropriate text messages to a 17 year old woman. Within minutes rather than ...
Read More »Breaking news: guilty pair sentenced to life
Would be 7/7 anniversary bombers Mohammed Rehman and Sana Ahmed Khan have both been sentenced to life imprisonment for planning terrorist acts in the UK. The two had planned to plant a bomb to mark the tenth anniversary of the ...
Read More »Guilty as charged; wait for the backlash
Married couple Mohammed Rehman, aged 25, and Sana Ahmed Khan, 24, have been found guilty of planning to mount a terrorist explosion in London, intended to mark the tenth anniversary of the “7/7” bombings. They will be sentenced later this ...
Read More »Cameron dithers over Corbyn challenge
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn has called on David Cameron to agree to an annual “state of the nation” TV debate between the Leaders of the major parties in the UK Parliament. Cameron’s press office at no. 10 tried to duck ...
Read More »Newham has biggest rise in UK house prices
Labour Mayor Robin Wales is presiding over a gentrification strategy for Newham which has is now bearing fruit: the rise in house prices over 2015 is the largest in the UK. According to the Halifax Building Society, which constantly monitors ...
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