SAFETY FOR residents and visitors; respect for our heritage; police resources; and road safety were the key concerns of councillors who rejected, for the second time, a planning application to build a new Chinese embassy at Tower Hill. The issue ...
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THE WORLD seems to be full of random refugees. They fled persecution, they suffered a natural disaster, they were attacked in a confict not of their making… There’s many reasons why people have found themselves labelled as “refugee”. There is, ...
Read More »The historic triumph: analysing Trump’s 2024 victory
By Mak Kunwar In a stunning turn of events, Donald Trump, a convicted felon, has made history by reclaiming the US presidency in 2024, defying all odds and reshaping the political landscape. This analysis delves into the key factors that ...
Read More »Selling our health data: so wrong
Boris had his parties at no. 10; Cameron his parties back at university; and Starmer had a bottle of beer in an MP’s office. But now there’s a new scandal brewing: and it’s to do with your personal health information. ...
Read More »Newham Councillor Sabia Kamali Included In Exclusive Top 50 List
Emdad Rahman Sabia Kamali, Councillor, Cabinet Member, London Borough of Newham, and founding CEO of the Sisters’ Forum, a BAME women’s collective in East London has been recognised for her tireless efforts in helping hundreds of women escape domestic violence ...
Read More »Action for Gaza: protest Saturday 19th
This Saturday’s protest reflects the broadening of the Israeli state’s military action in the Middle East. The action is calling for an end to genocide in Gaza, but it is also calling for the Israeli state to stop attacking Lebanon ...
Read More »Take action for Gaza!
ARE YOU funding the genocide in Gaza? You may not want to send guns to the Israeli state so they can murder more Palestinians. But someone is paying for those weapons – and it may be you. Now the Tower ...
Read More »London Bangla Press Club condemns violence in Bangladesh
THE LONDON BANGLA Press Club is deeply worried about the escalating violence in Bangladesh, which has seen a large number of students and journalists lose their lives. Students began protesting at the Government’s approach to recruiting to the civil service ...
Read More »Join local protest against Barclays arming Israeli state
AS THE ISRAELI STATE continues its relentless massacre of Palestinians in Gaza, campaigners in the UK continue their relentless efforts to stop this unlawful collective punishment. While many protests have been targetted at governments, there have also been successful actions ...
Read More »Election under siege in Pakistan: democracy on the brink in the fifth largest democracy
Mak Kunwar Amidst its nuclear arsenal and 245 million-strong populace, people of Pakistan cry out for international support to shield its democracy from its once-revered military. Politically motivated convictions of the front-runner, the former prime minister, is a mockery of ...
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