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Tower Hamlets Statement: Fire on Turin Street, Bethnal Green
29Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Tower Hamlets Statement: Fire on Turin Street, Bethnal Green

Emergency services alerted Tower Hamlets Council to a fire at Dickinson House,  E1 on 24 June. All 16 dwellings managed by Tower Hamlets Homes (THH) were evacuated by the London Fire Brigade. A rest centre for residents affected by the fire was quickly set up by the council. Staff from the council and THH provided food, hot drinks, a safe space and support to meet residents' needs during the evacuation. We are offering hotel accommodation to everyone who needs it. The fire brigade is still investigating the cause of the fire, but it is unrelated to the building's cladding. The roof of the building has been destroyed and the fire has burned out two flats. One resident was treated for smoke inhalation and is now recovering. John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets, said: This was a terrible incide...
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Have your say on infrastructure investment projects in your area
29Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Have your say on infrastructure investment projects in your area

Local Infrastructure Fund (LIF) consultation launched Mayor John Biggs is leading a call for Tower Hamlets residents to give their views on the infrastructure priorities and projects they would like to see funded in their local areas. The local authority is consulting on a Local Infrastructure Fund (LIF) which is funding sourced from developers to address the needs development can place on an area.  A series of drop-in sessions where residents can suggest a project to be paid for by the LIF will take place across the Borough next month. Officers will be on hand to provide advice and guidance on the LIF consultation at the drop-ins and area profiles have been devised in order to give people a clear understanding of the type of projects currently planned in their local area.  Mayor John Bigg...
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Prince William and David Cameron caught up in Fifa corruption scandal
28Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Prince William and David Cameron caught up in Fifa corruption scandal

    The Duke of Cambridge and David Cameron have become embroiled in a row over corruption in football as the full extent of England’s failed attempt to stage the 2018 World Cup was made public. The former prime minister and Prince William were at a meeting during which a vote-swapping deal between England and South Korea was discussed, according to an official report released Tuesday night. The long-awaited Fifa report has disclosed the lengths to which England’s football bosses went to court Fifa executives, many of them now discredited, as they sought to secure votes for England's 2018 bid. At one point officials discussed the possibility of arranging a meeting with the Queen for one Fifa representative whose vote could have helped England. The Fifa report reveals how Mr Ca...
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Cyber attack in Britain: Could lead to military retaliation
28Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Cyber attack in Britain: Could lead to military retaliation

    Britain could launch military retaliation such as air strikes against a future cyber attack, the Defence Secretary has suggested. Sir Michael Fallon warned potential attackers that a strike on UK systems could invite a response from any domain air, land, sea or cyberspace. The Defence Secretary said the UK's ability to carry out its own cyber attacks against Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (Isil), also known as Daesh, had saved lives during the battle for Mosul in Iraq and the capability was also being used in the fight for Raqqa in Syria. Meanwhile the head of the US Army said governments are relying too much on overstretched elite special forces such as the SAS and Delta Force to try to win conflicts. Gen Mark Milley said it was a myth that special forces can do it all ...
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Ransomware virus hits computer servers across the globe
28Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Technology

Ransomware virus hits computer servers across the globe

    A ransomware attack hit computers across the world on Tuesday, taking out servers at Russia’s biggest oil company, disrupting operations at Ukrainian banks, and shutting down computers at multinational shipping and advertising firms. Cyber security experts said those behind the attack appeared to have exploited the same type of hacking tool used in the WannaCry ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers in May before a British researcher created a kill-switch. It’s like WannaCry all over again, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer with Helsinki-based cyber security firm F-Secure. He said he expected the outbreak to spread in the Americas as workers turned on vulnerable machines, allowing the virus to attack. This could hit the USA pretty bad,...
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A familiar actor may be behind the massive Petya cyber attack
28Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Technology

A familiar actor may be behind the massive Petya cyber attack

    A colossal cyberattack on Tuesday has been wreaking havoc on countries and corporations across the globe, and cybersecurity experts are zeroing in on a familiar name as the possible culprit. The attack, dubbed Petya, is a ransomware worm that has so far targeted Ukrainian banks and airports, Russian state-owned oil giant Rosneft, British advertising company WPP, US pharmaceutical giant Merck, and shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk, which said every branch of its business was affected. Analysts at several cybersecurity firms have confirmed that the Petya assault utilized a powerful and dangerous cyberweapon reated by the National Security Agency that was leaked in April by the hacker group Shadow Brokers. Though it's too soon to be certain, experts say it seems as though a...
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Google fined record 2.4bn euros by EU
28Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Technology

Google fined record 2.4bn euros by EU

    The EU hit Google with a record 2.4-billion-euro anti-trust fine Tuesday for favoring its own shopping service, in a fresh assault on a US tech giant that risks the wrath of President Donald Trump. Hard-charging European Commission competition chief Margrethe Vestager said Google had abused its market dominance as the world’s most popular search engine to give illegal advantage to its Google Shopping service. What Google has done is illegal under EU antitrust rules. It denied other companies the chance to compete on the merits and to innovate, Denmark’s Vestager told a news conference. And most importantly, it denied European consumers a genuine choice of services and the full benefits of innovation. Google now has 90 days to end this conduct or face further penalty paymen...
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Meghan Markle proves she’s princess material with elegant fashion shoot
27Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Meghan Markle proves she’s princess material with elegant fashion shoot

    Meghan Markle has been keeping quiet since word of her romance with Prince Harry broke last summer. The actress has been keeping busy with filming for US hit show Suits, as well as flying to the UK to see her Royal beau, ensuring that she has no time for the spotlight. But before Meghan was marked as marriage material for a royal, the brunette beauty wasn’t afraid to put herself in the limelight. Maria Ponce Old photographs of Meghan, posing for a fashion shoot have emerged this week, and the images prove that actress was princess material long before Prince Harry deemed her worthy. Showing off her fashion skills, the LA-born actress posed for the camera in an array of clothing as part of a fashion shoot for Splash magazine back in 2014.brands such as Stella McCartney, Dol...
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Comparing one’s children is unkind
27Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

Comparing one’s children is unkind

Arouba al-Muneef: I RECEIVED a beautiful message that the administration of a school in the US sent to parents a few weeks before exams informing them that their children’s exams are to soon start and that the administration appreciates the parents’ keenness to see their children successful. The message reminded parents that among their children there are artists who do not need to understand mathematics, there are entrepreneurs who do not care about history and literature, there are musicians who do not care about their chemistry grades and athletes whose physical fitness is more important than physics. The message added that if your child gets a high score, then this is great. However, if he or she does not, then the school hopes parents will not deprive them of their self-confidence and...
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EU workers could leave UK within five years
27Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

EU workers could leave UK within five years

    One third of non-British workers are considering leaving the UK, with highly skilled workers from the EU most likely to go, according to new research into the impact of Brexit on the jobs market. The consultancy firm Deloitte found 47% of highly skilled workers from the EU were considering leaving the UK in the next five years. In a report on Tuesday, it warns of serious implications for employers, raising the pressure on ministers to come up with sensible immigration plans and to find ways to improve the skills of UK workers and make better use of robots in the workplace. Overall, 36% of non-British workers in the UK said they were thinking of leaving within the same period, representing 1.2m jobs out of 3.4 million migrant workers in the UK. Just more than quarter (26%) ...
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