FOUR residents of Tower Hamlets have been diagnosed as having the Corona virus, also known as Covid-19. At the start of the week, only one case had been reported: the 300% increase was revealed today, Tuesday, 10th March. One infected ...
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED! Will you help the medics at Medact pressure the Government to tackle inequality and the resulting ill health, most prevalent among the poor? There’s been a string of news in recent weeks showing that inequality is growing ...
Read More »Thought for today 28.02.20
SOME US politicians stand up for universal health care: but it’s not a major campaign that has taken off in the USA. “The fate of health care access for millions of Americans remains uncertain as the Trump administration attempts to ...
Read More »Thought for today 27.02.20
NEVER BELIEVE that the US Democratic Party is a workers’ party which has a different approach from the Republican Party. With little to choose between the politics of the mainstream members of the two parties, is there any wonder that ...
Read More »Top Asian and Oriental Chefs cook their best
WHO ARE THE TOP Asian and Oriental chefs in the UK? Thanks to the Asian Catering Foundation (ACF), which organised an Awards competition at the end of February, hungry diners can now track them down. Chefs who entered the awards ...
Read More »Twenty Lonely Orphan runners run The Big Half
Emdad Rahman THE BETHNAL GREEN-BASED Lonely Orphans charity took to the roads today – Sunday, 1st March – to raise awareness and much needed funds for Uyghur orphans. They joined more than 16,000 runners on the streets of the British ...
Read More »Thought for today 26.02.20
EVEN THE individual who appears to have pulled himself or herself up in society can have their gains taken away if they lose their job or their health. If you reach the top of the ladder, reach down and help ...
Read More »Has Corona come to Canary Wharf?
AN EMPLOYEE OF THE US oil company Chevron turned up for work at its Canary Wharf office today – suffering from flu-like symptoms. The employee had recently returned to the UK after a visit to a part of the world ...
Read More »Will new Whipps Cross Hospital cut beds?
HOSPITAL PATIENTS in Waltham Forest have long felt the poor relation in the Barts NHS Trust family – with a hospital that is well overdue for refurbishment. Now a Whipps Cross Hospital is to be delivered. Boris Johnson promised, before ...
Read More »Thought for today 17.02.20
BORIS JOHNSON has been trying to control the political advisers working at No. 11 Downing Street – but perhaps he should have been looking a little more closely over who was working back at No. 10. The rest of us ...
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