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AN EMPLOYEE OF THE US oil company Chevron turned up for work at its Canary Wharf office today – suffering from flu-like symptoms. The employee had recently returned to the UK after a visit to a part of the world ...

ISLAMIC RELIEF UK was “showing the love” on St Valentine’s Day – to highlight things which we love but could be lost as the global climate changes. The charity’s volunteers took inspiration from the Prophet Muhammad’s hadith, “The Earth is ...

Emdad Rahman Rofikul Islam has been made a Freeman of the City of London – the highest honour that the City of London can bestow on an individual. He is the youngest British Bangladeshi recipient of this honour. Rofikul is ...

HOUSEHOLD PETS can nod off in all sorts of strange places. The bed and mattress specialists Bed SOS ran a competition to find the cutest sleeping pets, judged on the basis of their owners’ photographs. The winner was Amy Briscoe ...

Emdad Rahman LYNNE NORTHCOTT is celebrating a fantastic week after winning the Small Business of the Year 2020 Award at the British Muslim Awards. Run Leader and sports enthusiast Lynne picked up her prize at the Mercure Hotel in Manchester. Lynne is a marathon runner who ...

IS NOW THE TIME to stop specialist modern language teaching in Tower Hamlets? The teachers and service users who came to a public meeting at the London Enterprise Academy on Saturday (25th January) said no: but one man is saying ...

BOW EAST residents are unimpressed by the announcement that the London Mayor is giving Tower Hamlets Council £350,000 to spend on helping small businesses to improve air quality in the borough. Air quality was one of the reasons why people ...

Emdad Rahman AL QALAM ACADEMY students – “little heroes” – have been busy raising the profile of a charity which has been supporting orphans. The Little Heroes project aims to raise money for Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh and Uyghur ...

BARKING & DAGENHAM residents are being encouraged to join the British Red Cross Community Resilience Advocate Programme. The scheme helps people to develop the skills needed to help their community plan, prepare and respond to emergencies. Residents can play a ...

A SLOUGH taxi Driver had a lucky escape on Tuesday night when strong winds blew the roof off a block of flats in Slough High Street – sending debris crashing down into the busy road below. Cabbie Haris Baig told ...