Emdad Rahman Janomongal Shomithy Bohor Gram have held their annual Ramadan Iftar 2016 at Care House in London’s East End. The collective is the oldest of its kind in the Bangladeshi region of Sylhet and serves the people through charitable activities ...
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Jo Cox: Jeremy Corbyn’s Parliamentary Tribute
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Leader of the Labour Party, led the parliamentary tributes to Jo Cox MP, who was murdered last week as she prepared to run a surgery in her constituency. Jeremy has compiled a video of his speech (below), ...
Read More »Why don’t they lock up all the men?
The murder of Jo Cox MP has shocked us all. We are shocked because someone who only became an MP because she won local popular support should not be removed from that post by a lone dissident. We are shocked ...
Read More »Trouble on Tuesday (7)
Who runs football? Should it be the supporters, who pay the money – or big business, which takes a profit out the game. Watch supporters of Borussia Dortmund protest about rising ticket prices in an unusual and colourful fashion… ...
Read More »Two jobs. One job. No, two jobs.
Many eyebrows were raised when Labour’s John Biggs became mayor of Tower Hamlets but then refused to resign as a member of the London Assembly. Each position was a full-time job, and holding two full time jobs at the same ...
Read More »Sangeeta’s Ramadan poster is a winner!
Seven year old Sangeeta Digpal has won Tesco’s Ramadan poster competition. Along with hundreds of other entrants from across the country Sangeeta designed a poster showing what Ramadan means to her – and she emerged as the national winner. Sangeeta’s ...
Read More »Jim backs Canary Wharf Group for “Responsible Business Champion”
The All-Party Parliamentary Corporate Responsibility Group (APCRG) last week announced the companies shortlisted for its 2016 National Responsible Business Champion award. And Jim Fitzpatrick, Labour MP for Poplar & Limehouse, was delighted that his nomination – of the Canary Wharf ...
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