A MAN HAS DIED after being shot in Clapton late on Friday night, 5th June. The incident occurred in Brackenfield Close, E5 at approximately 11.30pm. The victim is thought to be in his 20s. The police and the London Ambulance ...
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“Hostile Environment” threatens access to healthcare
WHILE scientists and politicians weigh up the reasons why Black and Ethnic Minority communities are suffering disproportionately high infection and death rates from Coronavirus, the healthworkers’ campaign Medact has revealed that some black and/or migrant patients are being questioned over ...
Read More »Girl group attacks woman in Shoreditch
IT SEEMS to have been an unprovoked attack, carried out by a group of young women in Shoreditch Park, N1, at approximately 7.30pm on 27th February. The victim was also a woman – in her 20s. The victim was walking ...
Read More »Thought for today 01.06.20
#BlackLivesMatter This month we shall be recording responses made to the killing of George Floyd on 25th May. Too many black people have died at the hands of state racism, institutional racism – and individual racism stoked by the first ...
Read More »Thought for today 31.05.20
WHAT WILL our “new normal” look like? This month we have been considering “thoughts” from various iconoclasts who are looking for, or have worked for, change – in favour of freedom, equality and justice for the many. Can we grasp ...
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WHAT WILL our “new normal” look like? To inform our debate, our “thoughts” this month will feature quotes from iconoclasts who want to see freedom, equality and justice for the many. As we near the end of our month looking ...
Read More »Four arrests in Canning Town murder investigation
POLICE are continuing an investigation into the death of NHS worker David Gomah – and hoping that the arrests they have made will help bring his killers to justice. David Gomoh left his home in Newham on 26th April to ...
Read More »Covid-19: London doctors warn of second wave
AS THE Prime Minister and his Cabinet announce apparently random easings of the Lockdown in England, usually leaving the public in ever greater confusion, London’s doctors have expressed their concern about whether they could cope with a second wave of ...
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WHAT WILL our “new normal” look like? To inform our debate, our “thoughts” this month will feature quotes from iconoclasts who want to see freedom, equality and justice for the many. Adam Smith, sometime referred to as the “father of ...
Read More »Rabina calls for Bangladeshi voices to be heard
STANDING IN THE heart of Shadwell, the ward she represents, Cllr Rabina Khan called for the Bangladeshi community to be included in formulating a response to the COVID pandemic which has affected them so badly. Cllr Khan was speaking on ...
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