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Trump’s breathtaking surrender to Russia
22Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Trump’s breathtaking surrender to Russia

    In the normal course of events, the revelation of attempted collusion with Russia to determine the outcome of a presidential election might cause an administration to overcorrect in the other direction. A president might find ways to confront the range of Russian aggression, including cyber aggression, if only to avoid the impression of being bought and sold by a strategic rival. But once again, President Trump after extended personal contact with Vladimir Putin and the complete surrender to Russian interests in Syria acts precisely as though he has been bought and sold by a strategic rival. The ignoble cutoff of aid to American proxies means that Putin won in Syria, as an administration official was quoted by The Post. Concessions without reciprocation, made against the b...
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Queen Elizabeth’s favourite song revealed
21Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Queen Elizabeth’s favourite song revealed

    Queen Elizabeth’s favourite song is truly fitting for a queen. The British monarch has reportedly revealed the song that gets her groove going on. According to TV and radio British presenter Chris Evans, the Queen had revealed to her dinner guests at the Windsor Castle the one song that befittingly described herself. Evans friend was apparently one of the hundreds of guests at the occasion, and so the friend heard what the monarch said. After the dinner and speeches, the dance floor opened and disco music was played. The music was proper disco with proper music, proper disco music, which what the Queen apparently wanted. Evans, who narrated the true story on The Monsters and the Critics, said the Queen did not only stick around, she also joined the dancing when she heard A...
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The GPs won when council would not sign up to the government’s sustainability plan
21Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

The GPs won when council would not sign up to the government’s sustainability plan

    GPs worried about plans to streamline NHS functions with social care to save £500 million across east London have won Tower Hamlets Council support. Dr Jacki Appleby addresses Tower Hamlets Council over proposals to streamline NHS with social services. A delegation handed a petition to the town hall over fears that the North East London Sustainability and Transformation plan would cut services in deprived areas in eight boroughs. They urged the council to join neighbouring Hackney and Waltham Forest in refusing to sign up to the government proposals. I was alarmed to see responsibility for saving NHS money put on patients, Dr Jacki Appleby told councillors. The onus is being put on patients to give up smoking and to lose weight, but people in deprived areas have the least ...
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BBC forced to reveal: Theresa May’s Salary Dwarfed By Her £2m Downing Street Perks
21Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

BBC forced to reveal: Theresa May’s Salary Dwarfed By Her £2m Downing Street Perks

    After years of campaigning, the BBC was this week finally forced to reveal the on air talent who make more than the Prime Minister. Yet while Theresa May’s salary of £150,402 a year was left in the dust by some of the stars named on the £100m rich list, a fresh analysis of Downing Street expenses reveals a somewhat different story. From a swish central London pad and a lavish country pile, to fully-expensed trips abroad and a very generous retirement plan, here are some of the PM’s top perks. 1. The plush Downing Street pad - £130,000 a year Theresa May has a flat in Downing Street, worth thousands in rental value Theresa May has full use of a flat ‘above the shop’ in Downing Street, SW1. As has become tradition, May has followed her predecessors in living at Number 11, in...
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East London is the hotspot for acid attacks
21Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

East London is the hotspot for acid attacks

    East London is the hotspot for acid attacks and nearly a third of victims are Asian, a senior officer has said today. This squash bottle was found to contain a noxious substance. Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Craig Mackey also said officers were looking at potential links between London gangs and a recent spike in acid attacks but cautioned that the evidence was limited. He told the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee there were 455 acid offences recorded in London last year, with 63 per cent being assaults. He said 23pc were related to robberies and the rest were criminal damage, while the majority of victims were aged between 15 and 29 and nearly a third were Asian. About 80pc of the victims and about 82pc of the suspects are male so it’s a predominantly...
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Tower Hamlets shut down lemonade selling and fined £150 for five-year-old girl
21Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Tower Hamlets shut down lemonade selling and fined £150 for five-year-old girl

    A five-year-old girl selling lemonade to revellers heading to a festival in east London had her stand shut down by council officers who slapped her father with a £150 fine. Andre Spicer said his daughter burst into tears and told him I’ve done a bad thing after enforcement officers read out a lengthy legal letter before issuing him the notice. The five-year-old and Mr Spicer, a professor at City University, were given the fine for trading without a permit after they set up the make-shift stall near their home in Mile End. After it was contacted by the Standard, Tower Hamlets Council promised to cancel the fine immediately and said it would contact the family to apologise. A spokesman for the council said it expected its enforcement officers to show common sense when using ...
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Britain has to pay to France as Brexit bill of as much as $115 billion
20Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Britain has to pay to France as Brexit bill of as much as $115 billion

    France insisted that the U.K. pay a Brexit bill of as much as 100 billion euros ($115 billion), underlining the hurdles to substantial progress in negotiations toward a new relationship with the European Union. As the second round of talks wraps up in Brussels, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire used a hearing in the French parliament in Paris on Wednesday evening to take a hard line on what the EU believes the U.K. owes the bloc in terms of liabilities and obligations. To drive his point home, he evoked the spirit of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher when she won a rebate on Britain’s payments to the central EU budget, complaining that the U.K. was losing out despite being one of the biggest contributors. I will say what Margaret Thatcher used to say: We want ou...
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Grenfell Tower residents call on new Kensington council leader to resign
20Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Grenfell Tower residents call on new Kensington council leader to resign

    Grenfell Tower residents heckled and booed the new leader of Kensington and Chelsea council during a stormy public meeting. Shouts of shame on you rang out from the chamber as Elizabeth Campbell was formally elected after being nominated by the local Conservative group. Others cried out murderers. She replaced former council leader Nicholas Paget-Brown, who resigned in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed at least 80 people. As Ms Campbell addressed the chamber in Kensington Town Hall and at times could not be heard amid the yells of resign, prompting calls for order She said: We meet at a time of unimaginable grief and sorrow. The Grenfell fire is the biggest civilian disaster in this country for a generation. But as she described how she had spent the past f...
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A former London postman who joined Isis has been charged with involvement in a mass execution in Syria
20Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

A former London postman who joined Isis has been charged with involvement in a mass execution in Syria

    Former London postman charged with murdering Syrian captives in Isis mass execution. Harry Sarfo, who is already serving three years in a German prison for terror offences, was not accused of murder until footage of the massacre emerged last year. The federal public prosecutor’s office said he was charged with six counts of murder and violating human rights law at a specialist state security court in Hamburg. In mid-June 2015 the so-called Islamic State had six prisoners executed on Palmyra’s market square, a spokesperson said. Sarfo belonged to the six-member squad that carried out the execution and he was armed with a pistol. Together with other members of his group, he guarded the prisoners and prevented them from escaping. Prosecutors said Sarfo led one of the captives...
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Trump’s administration can enforce a ban on refugees
20Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Trump’s administration can enforce a ban on refugees

    The US Supreme Court has ruled President Trump's administration can enforce a ban on refugees. Their temporary decision means the controversial restrictions can remain in force while an appeal is considered by a federal appeals court in San Francisco. Supreme Court justices also rejected an attempt by Mr Trump to block a judge's ruling that stopped his travel ban on people from six Muslim majority countries from being applied to the grandparents of US citizens. Their decision was not unanimous, and three conservatives on the court of nine justices had noted that they would have granted the President's request in full. Other Donald Trump signs his latest executive order restricting travel by citizens of six mainly-Muslim countries. In June, the Supreme Court had ruled that ...
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