THE ENGLAND ROSES have emerged from the Netball Nations tournament in third place, after a week of thrilling sport at The Copper Box stadium in East London. The result is somewhat disappointing, though: there are only four nations in the ...
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Thought for today 27.01.20
HERE IS A timely quote from Cllr Rabina Khan, written three years ago, to mark Holocaust Memorial Day but which also raises a much more profound question. “Genocide starts with the rhetoric of hate, and we can’t forget that on ...
Read More »Thought for today 26.01.20
THE PRINCE and the prosecutor: one issue; two points of view. “[I am] willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency.” Prince Andrew, speaking last November about the inquiry into the allegations of sex trafficking against his former friend, the ...
Read More »Thought for today 25.01.20
WHERE ARE they now? Sometimes you just can’t answer that question… “This account doesn’t exist.” Twitter, in answer to a search for Jim Fitzpatrick MP •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today
Read More »Sadiq “Fish Island Vandal” Khan funds air quality projects
BOW EAST residents are unimpressed by the announcement that the London Mayor is giving Tower Hamlets Council £350,000 to spend on helping small businesses to improve air quality in the borough. Air quality was one of the reasons why people ...
Read More »Thought for today 24.01.20
WHAT IS THE music industry doing to young women? In a new documentary, Miss Americana, Taylor Swift has revealed that she used to starve herself to earn rewards from magazine editors and avoid negative press comment. Now, she’s changed her ...
Read More »Man charged with murder in Chingford
THE MET POLICE have confirmed that a man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of Beverley Denahy, 61, on 22nd January. Police attended at a residential address in Waverley Avenue after reports of a disturbance came ...
Read More »Thought for today 23.01.20
RADICAL WORDS from the UK’s next Head of State – but there is little sign that his whimsical diplomacy will unsettle the status quo across the world. “Words are used as badges of shame to mark others as enemies, to ...
Read More »Thought for today 22.01.20
UNEXPECTED, surreal – and iconoclastic… “Now, you listen here! He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy.” Terry Jones: 1942-2020 RIP •Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today
Read More »Thought for today 21.01.20
IF ONE 17 year old woman can stand up to world “leaders” – where are the rest of you? “We are not telling you to keep talking about reaching ‘net zero’ emissions or carbon neutrality by cheating or fiddling around ...
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