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Police in Tower Hamlets have overnight and this morning carried out a series of raids – the third phase of raids this month - as part of an intelligence-led operation to crackdown on the supply of drugs in Whitechapel that was causing violence, knife crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB) in the area. These arrests are part the Borough's ongoing operation called 'Continuum', a partnership operation between police and Tower Hamlets Council. 150 suspected dealers have been charged since the work began. Today's operation saw 15 search warrants executed at addresses across the borough and in Newham. More than 190 officers from across the Met were involved in the raids. A quantity of drugs and cash were seized during the operation. The men, aged between 17 and 40, were arrested for offences...

The Finance Bill 2018 was passed in the Parliament with some changes, including lowering of VAT on internet services, continuation of VAT exemption on computer and its parts and increase the tariff of cigarettes. Finance Minister A M A Muhith moved the bill which was passed by voice vote in the House yesterday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the budget for the upcoming fiscal was placed thinking the welfare of the people. The PM, while taking part in the discussion on budget for next fiscal yesterday evening, said the fate of the common people of Bangladesh has really changed as we have taken steps to give the people at all level a decent and economically prosperous life. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has emphasised on undertaking a far-reaching plan for improving the life and liv...

    This is the incredible moment a pilot on an emergency call managed to land an air ambulance helicopter in the middle of London City rush hour with astounding skill. Footage of the landing was posted on Twitter, showing the chopper descending to the ground as stunned commuters watched on. Avoiding dozens of buildings, traffic, pedestrians and lamp posts, the helicopter gently came to a standstill on New Bridge Street, in the centre on London's Blackfriars, which was packed with pedestrians at the time. The area is one of the City's busiest rush hour regions, and commuters near the upmarket Crowne Plaza hotel stood and watched the incredible scenes unfold. The landing spot was also just yards from a busy Blackfriars underground station, used by thousands of people d...

    Boris Johnson has urged the Prime Minister to deliver a full British Brexit as Cabinet colleagues warned the UK is able to walk away without a deal. International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said the UK was not bluffing about being prepared to walk away from talks with Brussels, and Brexit Secretary David Davis said there is lots going on to prepare in case negotiations collapse. Meanwhile, Foreign Secretary Mr Johnson said people would not tolerate a bog roll Brexit that was soft, yielding and seemingly infinitely long. Their remarks were published on Saturday, the second anniversary of 2016’s EU referendum. Thousands of pro-EU marchers have begun a walk from Pall Mall to Parliament to demand a referendum on the terms of Brexit two years on from the vote. The minist...

    Supporters of Britain’s continued membership of the EU hold placards outside the Houses of Parliament. Tens of thousands of people are expected to descend on Westminster for an anti-Brexit demonstration on Saturday that organisers say is the start of a strategic pivot away from opposing it in parliament towards mobilising public opinion in favour of a referendum on the final deal. The People’s Vote protest, due to start at 12pm and go from Pall Mall to Parliament Square, has been organised by increasingly well-funded anti-Brexit groups based at Millbank Tower and led by Open Britain, the successor to the remain campaign. A People’s Vote spokesperson said the two years since the referendum had been characterised by arcane parliamentary manoeuvres about this amendmen...

    Stanislaw Skupian was pictured celebrating at the end of the race with Jake Halliday's race number A homeless man who crossed the London Marathon finish line with a lost race number he'd swiped from the floor has been jailed for 16 weeks. Stanislaw Skupian picked up the number belonging to Jake Halliday around three miles from the end of the race in the capital on April 22. Mr Halliday was removed from the course just 300 metres from the end, with Skupian picking up his number at the 23-mile mark, a court heard. The defendant was pictured celebrating at the end of the 26.2-mile race.. Uxbridge Magistrates' Court heard Mr Halliday, who was running for charity Bloodwise, dropped his number after stopping to take off his T-shirt during the hottest London Marathon on ...

    Revellers were reportedly seen fleeing to safety after a fire broke out at a pub in Euston. London Fire Brigade sent ten fire engine to the Somers Town Coffee House pub on Chalton Street, Euston, after the roof and first floor of the building set alight. Images of the area showed huge plumes of smoke billowing into the air over the busy street. Unknown as to whether any casualties as yet. Extensive road closures in place drivers please avoid area. Half of the roof and part of the first floor are alight. The Brigade was called at 8.06pm. Fire crews from Soho, Islington, Kentish Town, Shoreditch and surrounding fire stations are at the scene. The cause of the fire is not known at this stage.

    Poisoning fears sparked a huge police and ambulance response to an incident in Mayfair this afternoon. Dozens of police and ambulances swooped on the luxury London district following reports of a man in cardiac arrest. The Met and the London Ambulance Service feared launched a major response as it comes just months after Sergei and Yulia Skripal were poisoned with a nerve agent in March. The MET police said: "At approximately 15:15hrs on Thursday, 21 June, police responded to a call from the London Ambulance Service (LAS) relating to a man taken ill on Albemarle Street in Mayfair. Officers attended the scene. At the location they found a man being treated by the LAS. He was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene. Due to concerns the victim may have been expose...

    Charing Cross station in central London has been evacuated after a man reportedly got onto the tracks, claiming he had a bomb. Armed officers were called as the station was put on lock down on Friday morning following the disturbance on an Underground platform. British Transport Police (BTP) said in a statement it was called to the scene at 6.35am and later arrested a suspect. The 38-year-old man was then detained under the Mental Health Act and taken to a "place of safety," the force added. Met Police said no one had been injured during the incident. Charing Cross remains closed and train services are currently not stopping at the station. We are now working to reopen the station as soon as possible, BTP said in a statement. BTP would like to thank passengers a...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said, about 99 lakh new workforce would be added to the country’s manpower sector by 2020. Out of them, about 20 lakh workers would go abroad with job while others to find job in local markets as planned in the 7th Five Year Plan, she said. The Prime Minister said this in her question-answer session in the parliament yesterday. She said, the government has already completed a plan to establish 30 Special Economic Zones as part of a longterm plan to build 100 SEZs across the country. These SEZs would create about 10 million jobs, she said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hoped that the women cricketers of Bangladesh would continue their success in future as they showed excellence in the Asia Cup T-20 tournament. The Premier expressed the hope as she was talk...