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£13,000 fines for landlords who left Tower Hamlets tenants lives at risk
7Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

£13,000 fines for landlords who left Tower Hamlets tenants lives at risk

Two Tower Hamlets landlords and a company director who left their tenants at risk of fire, failed to repair serious leaks, and operated without a landlord licence, were ordered to pay more than £13,300 after pleading guilty to a total of 11 offences under the Housing Act 2004 at Thames Magistrates Court on March 8 2018. The court heard that the ex-council flat in Clifton House on the famous Grade II listed Boundary Estate, was owned by Barking-based Mr Muhammed Nazrul Haque. Mr Haque had rented the flat to the agent Oceans Property Limited of 118 Stepney Way, London E1 3BG under a "guaranteed rent" arrangement.  The sole director of Oceans Property was a Mr Kamal Hassan Shumon from Whitechapel. Oceans Property separately let each room in the property to tenants, thereby changing its use ...
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Michelle Obama: Trump is like a parent who lets his kids eat sweets all day
6Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, Featured

Michelle Obama: Trump is like a parent who lets his kids eat sweets all day

    Michelle Obama has compared Donald Trump to a neglectful parent who lets their children gorge on sweets all day and stay up late. The former first lady used the parenting allegory to compare her husband's presidency to that of his successor. I think what we see is what happens when we take things for granted. For the eight years Barack was president, it was like having the ‘good parent’ at home, she said at the Simmons Leadership Conference in Boston. The responsible parent, the one who told you to eat your carrots and go to bed on time. And now we have the other parent. We thought it’d feel fun, maybe it feels fun for now because we can eat candy all day and stay up late, and not follow the rules. I think about what I’ve learned from my husband, and I’ve learned ...
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6Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Skripal out of crital condition

    Skripal is no longer in a critical condition following last month's nerve agent attack, Salisbury District Hospital says. The former Russian double agent is responding well to treatment and is improving rapidly, Dr Christine Blanshard, medical director at the hospital said. The pair were rushed to hospital after shoppers found them collapsed on a bench at The Maltings shopping centre on 4 March. On Thursday, in her first statement since she and her father were poisoned, Ms Skripal revealed she woke up over a week ago and her strength is growing daily. Dr Blanshard said any speculation on when she might be well enough to leave hospital will be just that speculation. The Russian Embassy in London tweeted in response: Good news The latest update on the Skripal's re...
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India in no rush to sign Brexit trade deal
6Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

India in no rush to sign Brexit trade deal

    India is no rush to do a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain and will demand easier access for Indians to migrate to Britain as part of a future trade relationship, the country's high commissioner has said. Many Brexiteers, including Trade Secretary Liam Fox, argue leaving the European Union will allow Britain to sign prosperous new trade deals with global economic powerhouses, including India, the USA and China. Speaking to Politico, Yashvardhan Sinha, the Indian High Commission in London, said India would like to the best deal possible with Britain, however, it is not a priority for its prime minister, Narendra Modi. I don’t think India is in a rush. I think India would like certainly, and I’m sure the U.K. would too to get the best deal possible, Sinha said. Si...
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Six more young men stabbed within 90 minutes to London’s surge in bloodshed
6Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Six more young men stabbed within 90 minutes to London’s surge in bloodshed

    Protesters and community leaders called for an end to the capital's surge in bloodshed as six more young men were stabbed on Thursday. Crowds gathered at Hackney Central station, close to where Israel Ogunsola, 18, was stabbed to death on Wednesday evening. Residents of all ages huddled round the station entrance before locking fists in a wide circle at a pedestrian shopping street nearby in solidarity for those killed. Mr Ogunsola's murder followed that of 16-year-old Amaan Shakoor two days earlier on April 2, who was shot in Markhouse Road, Walthamstow, minutes after the shooting of 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne in Tottenham the same evening. Protest organisers Guiding A New Generation commonly known as G.A.N.G asked Hackney residents to share their stories and ...
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Skripal’s pets died of poisoning
6Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

Skripal’s pets died of poisoning

    Skripal was imprisoned in 2010 after being found guilty of selling secrets to British intelligence Two guinea pigs and a cat belonging to former spy Sergei Skripal died following the nerve agent attack on him and his daughter Yulia, it has been revealed. More than a month after the Skripals were poisoned in Salisbury, a spokeswoman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs disclosed the fate of the ex-Russian double agent's three animals. Both guinea pigs were found dead at his home in the Wiltshire city, while the cat needed to be put down. When a vet was able to access the property, two guinea pigs had sadly died, the spokeswoman said. A cat was also found in a distressed state and a decision was taken by a veterinary surgeon to euthanise the a...
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London Tories threaten breakaway from party ahead of local polls
5Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, United Kingdom

London Tories threaten breakaway from party ahead of local polls

    The Conservatives in London have reportedly held secret discussions about a potential breakaway from the national party, amid fears of an electoral wipeout in the local elections next month. Senior Tories have hosted a series of meetings over the past year in order to draw up plans for a separate party which would boast its own brand, ­policies and figurehead separate to Theresa May . The disclosure is deeply embarrassing for Mrs May, who is braced for the party’s worst performance in the ­capital in its 184-year history, when the ballots are cast next month. According to analysis conducted by Lord Hayward and Tony Travers, a ­respected academic, the Conservatives are expected to lose almost 100 seats in the capital, falling from 612 to 519, while all nine councils...
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UK agents find lab behind spy plot
5Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, Russia

UK agents find lab behind spy plot

    Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia Security services located the source of the nerve agent used to poison Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia, it has been claimed. According to reports, officials found the Russian laboratory where the novichik poison was made in the days after the attack on March 4. This comes after the chief of the Ministry of Defence's Porton Down laboratory said it had 'not verified the precise source' of the Novichok nerve agent - prompting a furious backlash from Russia. A Whitehall source told The Times: We knew pretty much by the time of the first Cobra [the emergency co-ordination briefing that took place the same week] that it was overwhelmingly likely to come from Russia. Brussels issued a strong statement in support of ...
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YouTube shooter visited firing range
5Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, Featured

YouTube shooter visited firing range

    The vegan activist suspected of shooting three people at YouTube’s California headquarters visited a local shooting range for practice just hours before the attack, police said. Nasim Aghdam, a self-proclaimed vegan activist who published videos on the site, was found dead at the scene with a self-inflicted wound on Tuesday. San Bruno police chief Ed Barberini said she legally owned the semi-automatic handgun which was used in the shooting. Three people were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds. Two women were released on Tuesday night but a 36-year-old man remained in a serious condition. She had criticised YouTube on her website and accused the video-sharing site of reducing the money she was able to make. Youtube filtered my channels to keep them from getting...
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North Korea could reach UK
5Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, Featured

North Korea could reach UK

    North Korea is almost certain to complete development within 18 months of ballistic missiles capable of reaching the UK, according to a Commons defence select committee report. The report says the missiles could potentially carry nuclear warheads and it says the UK has only a limited ballistic missile defence capability. But it adds a crucial caveat: The Ministry of Defence does not consider that the UK will be a target of North Korean nuclear missiles, as its regime does not believe the UK to be a threat. The focus of North Korean military planning is mainly the US and South Korea, it says. If there were a conflict in the region, the UK would have no legal obligation to provide military assistance. Yet, in the event of North Korean aggression against South Korea a...
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