FOR ELEVEN YEARS, girls have been vaccinated routinely against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). The vaccinations are offered in the first year of secondary school. Now boys will also be offered the virus in secondary schools, starting this autumn. HPV can ...
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Ilford mum dies after NHS failure
TWO CHILDREN have lost their mother after a series of medics failed to spot that she had a life-threatening condition – sepsis. The terrible story was revealed at an inquest into the death of Shahida Begum, which happened last July. ...
Read More »England women avenge “the hand of God”
THE ENGLAND Women’s Football Team have swept aside Argentina in Le Havre – and reached the knock out stages of the Women’s Football World Cup. The victory is all the sweeter as it comes 35 years after Argentina knocked the ...
Read More »Kiwis trounce the Tigers by a smidgeon
NEW ZEALAND scored a narrow victory over Bangladesh in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. The Kiwis took the game, played at The Oval in south London, by just two wickets. Bangladesh set a reasonable score of 244 all out ...
Read More »Crowds turn out to boo Trump
THE LABOUR PARTY had a large presence among the crowds out in London today – despite factors such as Eid keeping many members at home. Jeremy Corbyn addressed the crowd, explaining that Trump was not welcome because of his offensive ...
Read More »Sadiq gets it right on Trump
HE DOESN’T always get it right. He has allowed architectural vandalism on Fish Island in Bow and equivocated over giving tenants power to resist developers making a profit out of them. But on Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK, ...
Read More »Eid Mubarak!
THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has issued the following statement. Eid Mubarak! The Co-ordination Committee of Mosques and Islamic Centres in London has announced: Eid al Fitr is on Tuesday 4 June 2019. May Allah forgive us and grant us a ...
Read More »Serious road accident outside West Ham station
BREAKING NEWS: Police have cordoned off roads outside West Ham Tube Station following a serious road traffic accident shortly after midnight. First eyewitness reports indicate that a vehicle was speeding in the area and it then appeared that the driver ...
Read More »St Paul’s Way murder: two local teens charged
TWO TEENAGERS have been charged with the murder of Alimuz Zaman in St Paul’s Way last Sunday, 26th May. Each teen was also charged with one count of Grievous Bodily Harm in connection with an attack on a second victim, ...
Read More »Bangladesh: 16 charged after Nusrat burned alive
NUSRAT JAHAN RAFI was just 19 when she was lured up to the roof of her Islamic school, doused with kerosene and set on fire. Now 16 people have been charged with criminal offences in connection with this murder. On ...
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