LAST SUNDAY, 9th June, Councillor Humayun Kabir marked his election as Mayor of the London Borough of Croydon at his Inaugural Dinner at The Hilton Hotel, Purley Way. The Mayor was joined by many distinguished guests, including the Rt ...

THE LONDON FIRE Brigade has warned everyone to take care when holding a barbecue outdoors – or when discarding cigarettes. Last year London endured a spate of grass fires as the grass dried out and residents forgot how easily it ...

IT IS “thanks to the bigotry of a few” was what rebel Labour MP Jess Phillips, Labour MP for the Yardley part of Birmingham told the BBC. She was reacting to a decision by the City Council to ban protests ...

THE COUNCIL has a new “Speaker” – Cllr Victoria Obaze, who was elected at the AGM on 15th May. But will she be a dignitary who sits in the Town Hall or one who comes out and confronts difficult issues ...

HOME SECRETARY Sajid Javid is the second leading Tory to be accused of an abuse of power in the last few days. Tasnime Akunjee, the lawer to Shamima Begum, has written to him with the accusation. Shamima Begum was one ...

LABOUR IS licking its wounds in Tower Hamlets as official figures show the Party attracted just 25,602 votes from across the Borough in last Thursday’s election of Members of the European Parliament. Since Lutfur Rahman was first elected Mayor of ...

ARE THERE dangers in yet another widely used type of exterior cladding? Two years on from the Grenfell fire, safety inspectors have been looking at the potential dangers of High Pressure Laminate (HPL) cladding. The Grenfell fire shocked the world ...

Backing local businesses and celebrating Croydon’s rich diversity are the priorities of the borough’s new Mayor who has been sworn in for his year of office. Councillor Humayun Kabir, who represents Bensham Manor Ward, has lived in the borough for ...

HE’S TAKEN the rubbish back in-house, but not the people. That’s the shocking news to emerge from the Town Hall this week, as John Biggs pulls another of his strange stunts to convenience the Council rather than the public. A ...

Emdad Rahman The BARKING COMMUNITY FORUM (BCF) hosted a community Iftar gathering on Sunday 19th May 2019, at the Hedgecock Community Centre as part of local members observing the holy month of Ramadan.   The Iftar gathering was attended by ...