THE PRICE of food rose by 2.4% from February to March across the world. The news comes from the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) – and this is the second monthly rise in a row. Food prices are going ...

IN HIS latest tantrum, US President Donald Trump has threatened to pull out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The news came in an interview he did with the Telegraph newspaper. Trump is clearly motivated by frustration rather than ...

GOT SOMETHING to move? A bit of shopping, some furniture – or even some children? And want to stay green at the same time?  You could be a suitable candidate for Tower Hamlets Council’s new Shared Cargo Bike scheme. Let’s ...

THE ISRAELI Parliament has agreed that anyone who is found guilty of conducting a terror attack will be sentenced to death. It’s the latest move in Israel’s campaign of genocide against the Palestinian people. It is only Palestinians who are ...

PROTESTORS took to the streets of London on Saturday to show their opposition to the far right. The march came just weeks before most of the UK will be voting in elections in local government and the devolved nations. The ...

IT’S BAD NEWS for the UK economy – again. Poor old “Rachel from Accounts” keeps trying her best, but as soon as things look like they might be on the right track, something pops up to blow the economy off ...

YES, IT’S come round again. The last Sunday in March is the weekend when we put the clocks an hour forward and glide into British Summer Time (BST). The clock goes forward at 1am. In other words, when we get ...

HOW MUCH screen time should young children enjoy? The Government has now issued new guidance on this topic – and an East London professor’s research has contributed to the findings. Professor Sam Wass, Director of the Institute for the Science ...

ONE DISGUSTED customer – disgusted because the crisps he had bought had been gnawed by mice – reported his discovery to Tower Hamlets Council. And the Council sprang into action to follow up the complaint. The purchase was made two ...

HOW STRANGE that US President Donald Trump is sending US ground troops to a war he has, he tells us, “already won”. On the other hand, Trump has warned that the is about to escalate the won war. Is this ...