AS WORLD leaders look for a way to repair a global economy deeply injured by the first wave of Coronavirus, we look this month at the struggle between the wealthy and the workers – and what’s been said about it. ...
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Breaking news: huge explosion rocks Beirut
A HUGE explosion has occurred in Beirut, capital of Lebanon. Details are still emerging, but the explosion seems to have happened in the port area. It is thought that there may have initially been a fire, which was then followed ...
Read More »Tower Hamlets: new parking rules arrive by stealth
TOWER HAMLETS Council has announced that the terms and conditions of its parking scheme are to change from 1st September. The changes were “announced” on the Council website – apparently without any consultation. The Government by Stealth approach immediately prompted ...
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TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce. Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...
Read More »Prison for man who murdered colleague in Clapton
IT WAS January this year when Czeslaw Swiatkowski, 67, was murdered in Clapton. At the end of July, Dawid Wycik, 28, of no fixed abode, was found guilty of the murder – and sentence to prison, with a minimum tariff ...
Read More »Thought for today 30.07.20
TOWER HAMLETS COUNCILLORS: what are they like? The hot topic in the Borough is the decision of Executive Mayor John Biggs to impose new contracts (“Tower Rewards”) on the Council workforce. Do Labour Councillors back him or not? Ten councillors ...
Read More »Local charity calls for return of Meals on Wheels
NEIGHBOURS IN POPLAR (NIP) has learned one lesson from the Coronavirus Lockdown – just how valuable and valued a meals delivery service can be. With the Meals on Wheels service axed in Tower Hamlets, the charity is now calling for ...
Read More »Sounds on Sunday: 50 years on/15
POP MUSIC was once so new and daring: it’s shocking to think that it’s over 50 years old. Some standards have been around for over half a century… What, then, were we listening to 50 years ago? It was an ...
Read More »Eid fight in Ilford injures police officer
MYSTERY SURROUNDS a street fight which broke out in Ilford late on Thursday night, 30th July, among a crowd of people who had been attending an Eid celebration. Despite calls on the public to celebrate the festival at home, at ...
Read More »Chabab Belouizdad fans borrow Tower Bridge for celebration
TOWER BRIDGE, 10pm, Saturday, 1st August. It’s an unexceptional Saturday night in lockdown-eased London: people going home, people going out; traffic at a crawl – and a crowd of Algerian football fans celebrating their heads off. It’s hard to piece ...
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