The BMA has responded to a survey of GPs carried out by the Alzheimer Society which found evidence that patients with dementia are being let down because there is a lack of social care support. Dr Richard Vautrey, BMA GP Committee Deputy Chair, said: ...
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Dagfest is heading your way
Emdad Rahman On 11th July, a one day multiple arts festival will take place in Dagenham Village. Dagfest, is a new free, fun, outdoor festival for all ages featuring home-grown talent and international performers in the heart of Dagenham.It will ...
Read More »London’s war – where the bombs fell
In the early 1980s, there was a man called Sid who lived in Poplar. He’d stomp through the area, telling anyone who’d listen about the bombing during the Second World War – which appeared to have been targeted at him ...
Read More »Remembering Srebrenica: Westminster Abbey hosts solemn commemoration memorial
Emdad Rahman A Solemn Commemoration for the UK National Srebrenica Memorial Day has taken place at Westminster Abbey. The memorial service honoured the victims and survivors of Srebrenica. The killing was perpetrated by units of the Army of Republika Srpska ...
Read More »Marc Quinn’s Making Waves
If you know someone who’s a fan of artist and sculptor Marc Quinn, don’t ring them up on 20th July – because they’ll be at the Hackney Picturehouse, watching Gerry Fox’s documentary on Quinn and then seeing both of them ...
Read More »We’ve got a boat to float!
There was a time we wondered how the business quarter that was Canary Wharf was all going to fit in to the slender land mass allotted to it in the middle of Millwall Dock. How they did it, of course, ...
Read More »Smaller businesses are exporting more than they import, on average
Fed-ex is probably best known as an international courier – although it does work in other areas of business services too. Its subsidiary FedEx Express has done some research into how much Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Greater London ...
Read More »Tory Euro-MP displays disdain for French ferry-workers (and migrants)
In the olden days, Tory governments used to send gun-boats round the world to have a go at people in other countries who were not behaving as the Brits thought they should. These days, not able to afford the gun-boats ...
Read More »Which borough will get the best Newham score?
There’s just two weeks to go till the Morrisons Great Newham London run – and an extra inter-borough competitive element has been introduced. Athlete Paula Radcliffe has encouraged Londoners, especially women, to join in the race, but now she’s looking ...
Read More »Events at TH Cemetery Park
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park in Mile End is hosting a number of events this month – some specially for children and some for wildlife friends of all ages. Art for all On Saturday, 11th July top botanical artist Talya will be ...
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