Saturday, October 17

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Brick lane bagel shop owner’s murderer have been charged
ENGLISH, London

Brick lane bagel shop owner’s murderer have been charged

    Two members of a Brick Lane bakery owning family have been found stabbed to death in their home. Leah Cohen, 66, and Hannah Cohen, 33, own Beigel Bake, a popular 24-hour bakery known for its salt beef bagels. They were found stabbed at their house in Golders Green on Friday night. Joshua Cohen, 27, was arrested in Golders Hill Park on Saturday and has since been charged with murdering his mother and sister. He was remanded in custody and due to appear at Hendon Magistrates Court today. Detective Chief Superintendent Simon Rose of Barnet Police said: High visibility foot patrols have been stepped up in the area and police will be on hand to listen and respond to community concerns. We will continue to work with the CST and keep them fully updated with significant developmen...
The Big Ben is about to fall in next four years
ENGLISH, London

The Big Ben is about to fall in next four years

    The chimes of the world’s most iconic clock are to be silenced for the next four years while major conservation works are carried out. Big Ben’s famous bongs will sound for the last time at noon on Monday, August 21, before they are paused until 2021 - ending more than 150 years of almost continuous timekeeping. The Elizabeth Tower, home to the Great Clock and Big Ben, is undergoing a complex programme of renovation aimed at preserving the landmark for future generations. A man with arguably one of the best job titles in the world, Keeper of the Great Clock Steve Jaggs said: “Big Ben falling silent is a significant milestone in this crucial conservation project. As Keeper of the Great Clock I have the great honour of ensuring this beautiful piece of Victorian engineering i...
A double decker bus on fire: bursts into flames in Camden
ENGLISH, London

A double decker bus on fire: bursts into flames in Camden

    A double-decker bus burst into flames in the middle of a busy north London street in Finchley Road Camden. Witnesses described hearing screams and a bang as the route 113 bus caught fire outside Finchley Road and Frognal station, in Camden, on Sunday evening. The driver and all passengers escaped injury in the blaze. Smoke was seen billowing from the double-decker bus while footage also showed a man using what appeared to be a fire extinguishers to put out the flames. One woman, tweeting as Anna, posted a video from the scene and said she heard a bang and screams as terrified onlookers fled the street. She said: Idk (I don't know) what happened but we only heard a loud bang and then screams and saw people running and then we looked outside and saw the bus on fire. London F...
US tax change proposals anger builders, realtors, charities
America, ENGLISH

US tax change proposals anger builders, realtors, charities

    With US Congress members focused during their August recess on finding ways to lower the corporate tax rate, industry groups and other sectors of society are gearing up to fight proposed changes to the personal income tax. While tax cuts for business have garnered the most headlines, lobbyists and lawmakers have conceded that rewriting the corporate tax code will be a long slog. Tackling personal tax rates will be easier, many argue. Looking for an easier legislative win ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, most lawmakers in the Republican majority want to cut individual incomes taxes. President Donald Trump has been pushing hard for tax changes this year. Still, proposed changes to the personal tax code have already stirred opposition from realtors, home builders, mortgag...
First time given official warning to Breast cancer charity for unauthorised payments and failed to keep proper records
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

First time given official warning to Breast cancer charity for unauthorised payments and failed to keep proper records

    A charity that made unauthorised payments and failed to keep proper records of decision-making is the first to have received an official warning from the Charity Commission. The Derbyshire based National Hereditary Breast Cancer Helpline was set up by Wendy Watson in 1996 after she underwent a pre-emptive double mastectomy the same procedure that Hollywood star Angelina Jolie had four years earlier, when she was 37. Figures from the accounts show that in 2014/15 the charity's total expenses were £909,634 of which only three per cent, or £27,403, was listed as being spent on charitable activities, with £874,539 set down as fundraising expenses and other costs. The following financial year, total expenses were £947,824, of which £929,975 was spent on charitable activities. T...
10 year battle against child obesity in Tower Hamlets
ENGLISH, London

10 year battle against child obesity in Tower Hamlets

    Cancer Research UK creates school uniform shop in 2016 highlighting how XL uniforms could become the norm if the Government doesn't take action to tackle child obesity. Local authorities are calling for urgent government action after a shock rise in child obesity with 600 youngsters being treated for Type 2 diabetes normally only seen in adults over 40. National Obesity awareness campaign launch in 2015 at east London's Copperbox arena. The 14 per cent increase in just 12 months is against a background of Tower Hamlets council’s long-running campaign to reduce obesity with health programmes in schools. The Local Government Association representing all town halls fears the devastating consequences of rising diabetes, on of the first anniversary of the government’s childhood...
Trump under fire after failing to denounce white supremacists
America, ENGLISH

Trump under fire after failing to denounce white supremacists

    Donald Trump has faced a hail of criticism after failing to explicitly condemn violence by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, that culminated in a car running into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing at least one person. The president said he condemned hatred, bigotry and violence from all sources and all sides. But there was immediate disbelief at Trump equating a largely peaceful counter-protest with far-right extremists who had marched through the streets carrying flaming torches, screaming racial epithets and setting upon their opponents. Both Republicans and Democrats quickly lined up to call for a specific denunciation of the white nationalists responsible for the Unite the Right rally and its deadly outcome. The clashes started after the far-right e...
Ukip anti Islam leadership ballot has threatened to split the party in two
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Ukip anti Islam leadership ballot has threatened to split the party in two

    Ukip’s decision to allow an anti Islam campaigner onto the leadership ballot has threatened to split the party in two, with a number of high profile members threatening to quit if she wins the race to succeed Paul Nuttall. The selection of Anne Marie Waters, who founded the Sharia Watch pressure group, has polarised the party, with former leader Nigel Farage warning that Ukip will be finished if it places Islam at the heart of its agenda. Other Ukip members are understood to share Mr Farage’s concerns, with several pointing to Paul Nuttall’s divisive burka ban during the general election as evidence that anti-Islamic policies are harming the party’s fortunes. Ms Water’s announcement as candidate has already resulted in senior official Mike Hookem resigning his position as ...
David Davis criticised the FSA: A huge fine for insider dealing
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

David Davis criticised the FSA: A huge fine for insider dealing

    David Davis backed a City high-flyer’s appeal against a huge fine for insider dealing a month after accepting a lucrative position at one of his companies, the Observer has established. The Brexit secretary has been a staunch ally of star banker Ian Hannam for many years. Both men were members of 21 SAS Reserve Regiment and Hannam donated £2,000 to Davis’s Tory leadership campaign in 2005. But their relationship deepened in 2012 when Davis criticised the Financial Services Authority in its pursuit of the City’s leading dealmaker, who was forced to leave his job with JP Morgan after being found guilty of market abuse. The £450,000 fine imposed by the FSA (replaced by the Financial Conduct Authority or FCA in 2013) was one of the largest handed down to an individual and was ...
American financier arrested in London jogger attack
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

American financier arrested in London jogger attack

    A CCTV image, received via the Metropolitan Police, shows a male jogger on Putney Bridge in London. The man arrested in the jogger rage attack in London is a 50-year-old American who is a partner at a private equity firm in an affluent section of the city, according to a report. Eric Bellquist was detained on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm after a 33-year-old woman was bumped into the path of a bus on a bridge, the London Evening Standard reported. The graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder has denied being the jogger saying he was in the US at the time of the May 5 incident on the Putney Bridge, according to the paper. Bellquist works for Hutton Collins Partners, which owns restaurant chains, and sits on the chains’ boards as a non-executive director...