Jay Islaam, a 34-year old marketing manager, started performing standup just two years ago – but already he’s a finalist for three different British comedy awards. Jay is up for Best Comedian prizes in London, Birmingham and Bristol over the ...

“One guy was saying, ‘Get out! Do you have a bomb?’ And I said, ‘No – do you have a bomb?’” In the footsteps of the First Lady of Civil Rights Rosa Parks now walks another Rose – Rose Hamid, ...

As many punters dismiss Donald Trump’s chances of getting to the White House because of his lack of political sophistication, here’s evidence of just how little you need to know to be a US President at war  (and evidence of just ...

Representatives of over 190 countries at a climate change summit in Paris came to a historic agreement on 12th December… or so they tell us. Is it enough to save the world? The stakes are high. The risk to the ...

Two Muslim men sit on a train, minding their own business. A white fellow passenger starts abusing them. “I’ll defeat you,” he says, “whatever it takes.” He goes on. “Jihad bastards” – and a few more similar phrases. “Bring it ...

8.00  This is unexpected. The third, and last, petition is being presented by two residents who are deploring what they describe as a party politically motivated attack on Mayor Rahman which is dragging the borough’s name through the mud. They ...

In May 2010, the people of Tower Hamlets voted in a referendum to introduce a directly elected Mayor

James Frankcom:: Amid scenes of dark age barbarity a wave of violence and mayhem swept across...