Saturday, October 17

ENGLISH

Meghan Markle gets first Royal seal of approval
13Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Meghan Markle gets first Royal seal of approval

    Prince Harry ’s girlfriend Meghan Markle has won her first seal of approval from the Royal Family. But the American telly star has been warned that joining The Firm, as the royals are nicknamed, will be nerve-racking. Speaking exclusively to the Sunday People , Zara Phillips husband Mike Tindall is the first member of the royals to publicly comment on Harry’s year-long relationship with the 36-year-old beauty from the TV legal drama Suits. Ex-England rugby star Mike, married to Harry’s cousin, is confident the actress will survive the same intense public scrutiny that he experienced after joining The Firm. Mike, 38, a commoner like Meghan, said: “It comes with a lot of history and the family that it is. It’s obviously nerve-racking. But she has been under enough scru...
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PM May to insist on Northern Ireland border checks post Brexit
13Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

PM May to insist on Northern Ireland border checks post Brexit

    Theresa May will put herself on a collision course with Dublin this week by insisting on a post-Brexit trading border between Northern Ireland and the Republic. A crucial position paper is expected to stick to Britain’s current plan to use smart technology and spot checks to police the flow of goods between the two countries after 2019. The stance will anger the Irish Government, which fears the impact on the peace process in the North and has pushed for the Irish Sea to become the post-Brexit border with the UK instead. Alternatively, said the Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, Ms May should abandon her hard Brexit policy of leaving the EU customs union, which will make a border necessary. In recent weeks, the Taoiseach has made plain his growing frustration with Britain...
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UK drivers unaware of EU speeding law
12Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

UK drivers unaware of EU speeding law

    The majority of British motorists heading out to Europe are unaware of a new law that could land them a £640 fine if caught speeding, new research has revealed. A new EU cross-border directive on traffic offences means that Brits who get caught speeding in the European Union now face fines of up to £640. The new law allows foreign police officers to use DVLA data to track down drivers who’ve committed a driving offence abroad. Analysis by breakdown provider Green Flag found that 81 per cent of British drivers are unaware of the new law introduced in May this year. This is made worse with 69 per cent of drivers putting themselves at risk by admitting they do not know how to convert their speed from miles per hour to kilometres per hour. Cross border offences were previously...
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Tower Hamlets pupils have their GCSE artwork on public show
12Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Tower Hamlets pupils have their GCSE artwork on public show

    Art GCSE students from Bishop Challoner and St Paul's Way schools have their work on show at Half Moon galelry. An exhibition giving 45 GCSE Art students a chance to have their work on public show in a professional gallery has opened at east London’s famous Half Moon theatre. Works by sixthform pupils from Stepney’s Bishop Challoner and Bow’s St Paul’s Way Trust schools runs until September 1 at the theatre’s Gallery at Half Moon in Limehouse. There are 52 works on show, in collaboration with Tower Hamlets Artist Teachers network, as part of the students coursework and exams completed in the summer. The exhibition gives them a chance to have their work seen by a larger audience, Half Moon’s director Chris Elwell said. But it also gives them the opportunity to inspire a new...
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Israel jails 19 year old woman for refusing military service
12Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Arab world, ENGLISH

Israel jails 19 year old woman for refusing military service

    A 19-year old woman has been jailed by the Israeli authorities for refusing to be conscripted into the Israel Defence Force. Noa Gur Golan is currently being held in a military prison near Haifa, having been detained for more than 30 days. She is being held in a room with nine other women and is only allowed to see her family once every two weeks. Israel expects all Jewish, Druze and Circassian Israeli over the age of 18 to do their military service, with women being conscripted for two years and men two years and eight months. Ms Golan's brothers, aged 29 and 24, have completed their service with the Israeli Defence Force. She had sought to avoid military service on the grounds of her being a pacifist, but her plea has been rejected in the two hearings she has had so far,...
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Family convicted of keeping at least 18 victims as slaves for up to 26 years
12Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Family convicted of keeping at least 18 victims as slaves for up to 26 years

    Members of an extended family have been convicted of running a modern slavery ring which kept one of its captives in truly shocking conditions for decades. Vulnerable people were forced to work for the family for little or no wages, while their pay-masters lived a life of lavish luxury. The 11 gang-members, convicted of fraud and slavery charges, enjoyed holidays to Barbados and cosmetic surgery and even shelled out on a Manchester United soccer school, earned off the backs of their workers. Operating from sites in Lincolnshire, they targeted victims who were homeless, had learning disabilities or complex drug and alcohol issues. The men, aged 18 to 63, were freed after raids by Lincolnshire Police and the National Crime Agency, carried out in 2014. One of the victims was ...
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Dhaka vehicle speed comes down to 7 kph in 10 yrs
12Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Dhaka vehicle speed comes down to 7 kph in 10 yrs

    Despite spending huge public funds, the speed of different types of vehicles has come down to 7 kilometers per hour from 21 kilometers over the last 10 years in the capital, killing the city dwellers’ 32 lakh working hours each day due to the growing traffic congestions. Speakers came up with the shocking observations at a discussion on ‘Thousands corers of development projects for transportation system, the sufferings people are increasing; Government’s role and responsibility’ in the city on Saturday. Poribesh Bachao Andolon (POBA) or Save the Environment Movement organised the discussion. The speakers sought a mass transportation-centric integrated communication system to end people’s sufferings caused by gridlocks on roads in the city. The traffic gridlock that kills s...
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Contaminated eggs scandal: Is it dangerous
11Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Contaminated eggs scandal: Is it dangerous

    Hundreds of thousands of eggs potentially infected with a dangerous insecticide have been imported into Britain from Dutch farms, the Food Standards Agency has said. The contaminated eggs have been infected with a pesticide named Fipronil, which is dangerous if consumed by humans, sparking a UK-wide scare over the popular food. About 700,000 eggs are feared to be contaminated, and supermarkets have pulled egg products, including egg salads and sandwiches, from their shelves after the scare emerged. As the news broke, worried shoppers were left wondering if the egg products they have recently consumed were contaminated with the dangerous insecticide. Here we explain the issue. What is Fipronil? It is an anti-tick and flea pesticide which is banned in products which are dest...
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Underground station evacuated as Bakerloo line tube train on fire
11Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Underground station evacuated as Bakerloo line tube train on fire

    A tube carriage caught fire at Oxford Circus, causing a mass evacuation which witnesses described as terrifying. There were casualties after the fire, with four patients treated by the London Ambulance Service and two taken to hospital. The station was fully operational by 11am after the scene was attended by the London Fire Brigate. The Bakerloo Line was suspended after smoke was seen billowing out of one of its trains and witnesses reported the smell of burned plastic. Commuters were pictured shielding their faces from thick smoke which billowed through their carriage. Commuters were told at rush hour to take other routes as one of London's busiest tube stations was evacuated. A witness said the smoke was spreading, tweeting: There has been some of fire at Oxford Circus....
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More social housing was completed in crisis hit Tower Hamlets
11Aug By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

More social housing was completed in crisis hit Tower Hamlets

    More social homes built by Tower Hamlets despite government spending cuts. In crisis-hit Tower Hamlets even without government help than any other London borough last year, according to latest City Hall figures. They reached 886 in 2015-16, including major schemes like rejuvenation of Stepney’s massive Ocean Estate, Bromley-by-Bow’s Watts Grove and Poplar’s controversial Blackwall Reach project at Robin Hood Gardens. Another 1,000 affordable homes were completed in the subsequent 12 months to April to tackle the East End’s rocketing population growth with 20,000 families on the waiting list. We face a housing crisis with no support from the government, Deputy Mayor Sirajul Islam claimed. “Councils have been left to pick up the pieces and create the affordable housing that...
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