HOUSEHOLD PETS can nod off in all sorts of strange places. The bed and mattress specialists Bed SOS ran a competition to find the cutest sleeping pets, judged on the basis of their owners’ photographs. The winner was Amy Briscoe ...

TODAY is Candlemas, also known as Candlemass, the formal end to the Christian season of Christmas. Christian ceremonies often echo ceremonies held in pagan communities which pre-date Christianity – and Candlemas is no exception. Many early communities marked the end ...

APATHY for politics was a problem 2000 years ago! “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” Plato •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

POLICE ARE investigating allegations that home fans chanted homophobic abuse at West Ham home match against Brighton on Saturday, 1st February – and they are asking for any witnesses to come forward with information. It is thought that a number ...

THE POWERFUL have always enjoyed freedom of movement. “My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.” US President Barack Obama •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

Emdad Rahman LYNNE NORTHCOTT is celebrating a fantastic week after winning the Small Business of the Year 2020 Award at the British Muslim Awards. Run Leader and sports enthusiast Lynne picked up her prize at the Mercure Hotel in Manchester. Lynne is a marathon runner who ...

FED UP WITH injustice, but tired of constantly fighting? You’re not alone. “People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically… No, the only tired I ...

RICHARD BURGON MP, current candidate for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, indulged in some plain speaking during the 2015 leadership contest. “I do think it’s unfair to characterise Jeremy Corbyn and his campaign as some sort of time travel ...

JUST A MINUTE… it’s the end of an era. “…that’s what life’s about, isn’t it? Having fun.” Nicholas Parsons, 1923-2020, RIP •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

IS NOW THE TIME to stop specialist modern language teaching in Tower Hamlets? The teachers and service users who came to a public meeting at the London Enterprise Academy on Saturday (25th January) said no: but one man is saying ...