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A MAN HAS died in a fire in a first floor flat in Ellsworth Street, Bethnal Green. The death was confirmed by the London Fire Brigade. The fire was reported to the Brigade at 3.46am. Firefighters from Whitechapel and Shadwell ...

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900 ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “He’s doing a terrific job.  The people of Poland think the world of him.” Donald Trump, (former?) President of the USA, referring to Andrzej Duda, President of Poland and supporter of the extreme right, ...

AT 4.30PM, GMT, Democrat candidate Joe Biden secured enough votes in Pennsylvania for media outlets around the world to announce that he would be the next President of the USA. Who’s cheering? Donald Trump isn’t cheering, for one. He was ...

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.” Groucho Marx ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! I’m what you’d call ethnically Catholic. Don’t believe in God, still hate Rangers… Dara O’Briain, comedian ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “A lot of people like cats. Take the Pope, for example: I read recently that he was a cat-oholic!” Milton Jones, comedian ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! Christmases were terrible, not like nowadays when kids get everything. My sister got a miniature set of perfumes called ‘Ample’. It was tiny, but even I could see where my dad had scraped off ...

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “Starbucks says they are going to start putting religious quotes on cups. The very first one will say, ‘Jesus! This cup is expensive!’” Conan O’Brien, US broadcaster ●Read more about it: Thought for today ...

THE ISLAND NETWORK is stepping in to ensure that children abandoned by the Government will not go hungry this half term. The Network will be distributing food on the Isle of Dogs to children in need this week – the ...