US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP had a day off on 8th January – and went to see a football match between teams from the universities of Georgia and Alabama. There’s nothing wrong with that, of course – heads of state do have ...
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Economy jitters slow down house price rise
THE RISE IN house prices in 2017 was the slowest for five years claims the Halifax, the UK’s largest mortgage lender – echoing a similar finding announced by the Nationwide just days ago. The news prompts further concern about the ...
Read More »Acid retailers beat Bungle Biggs to action
DAYS AFTER Independent Group councillor Ohid Ahmed called for Tower Hamlets mayor to set up a voluntary register of retailers to log sales of corrosive liquids, a group of national retailers have come to a voluntary agreement to curb sales ...
Read More »Labour slates Tory NHS fail
TORY GOVERNMENT should be “deeply ashamed” of the latest figures which show that record numbers of patients have been left waiting in ambulances, unable to gain admission to hospital A&E departments this winter – according to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. ...
Read More »Lorry kills pensioner in East Ham
THERE WAS TRAGEDY in Barking Road, Newham, at 2pm this afternoon as a woman, 67, was knocked over by a lorry. The emergency services attended and she was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman’s next of kin have been ...
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Read More »Body found at Canary Wharf
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS returning to work in Canary Wharf after the Christmas and New Year break discovered the body of a man. It is thought the body had been there for several days. The body was found shortly after 8.30am in ...
Read More »West Ham stabbing one of four New Year murders
FOUR FATAL STABBINGS occurred in London as 2017 drew to a close and the New Year began. Metropolitan Police officers are appealing to the public for help as they launch four murder investigations to find out why four more young ...
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Read More »Prince Harry delivers news, not politics
AT LAST, after weeks of trailers, Prince Harry – fifth in line to the throne – took over as Guest Editor of BBC Radio 4’s flagship morning news programme, the “Today” programme. He took a hands-on approach. He lined up ...
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