Two men singled out Muslim passengers for attack on a local Tube train last Saturday, 16th January. The following is an eye witness account from one of the victims. Did you see this attack? If so, please contact the police ...
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What’s new in London travel?
Capital Transport campaigns on behalf of Londoners for better public transport. Their latest newsletter highlights some issues of particular interest to East Londoners. Barking to Gospel Oak Handrails have now been installed inside the carriages so that, at busy times, ...
Read More »You can snub a Muslim in any language…
David Cameron has announced that Muslim men and women who come to the UK on a five year spousal visa to join their wife or husband will, half way through the visa, have to prove that their English is improving ...
Read More »Is this the sound of breaking China?
China sneezes: will the world catch a cold? This could be – and is – a phrase being used today to headline articles about China’s admission that its annual economic growth has sunk below 7%. It was also a headline ...
Read More »Did polls help bring in the Tories?
As voters trudged to polling stations on 7th May 2015, they knew they were participating in the UK’s largest exercise in practical democracy by freely casting their vote for the political party of their choice. Now it seems that they ...
Read More »Emma Thompson: “Early diagnosis and treatment are vital in the fight against TB”
Mayor’s TB Ambassador visits The Whitechapel Mission Emdad Rahman British actress Emma Thompson visited the Whitechapel Mission and called on Londoners to get tested for TB as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the disease, which is more prevalent ...
Read More »David Bowie dies; music of a legend lives on
The death has been announced of David Bowie, one of the giants of music who first found fame in the 1970s. It has been revealed that he had been living with cancer for 18 months. The shock is all the ...
Read More »Celtic’s Smiler – the Neilly Mochan story
Emdad Rahman Smiler Mochan is a Celtic legend whose name doesn’t crop up as much as it needs to, but I have seen his portrait hanging at Celtic Park. Celtic Football Club is quite simply the stuff dreams are made ...
Read More »Rose Hamid: sister, you nailed it!
“One guy was saying, ‘Get out! Do you have a bomb?’ And I said, ‘No – do you have a bomb?’” In the footsteps of the First Lady of Civil Rights Rosa Parks now walks another Rose – Rose Hamid, ...
Read More »Fun on Friday (1)
Relax, admire… and count the cats. Warning: there is no correct answer.
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