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Ansar Ahmed Ullah: The Altab Ali Foundation formally launched its website on 27 November in the presence of community activists of 1970s. The website: www.altabalifoundation.org.uk contains historical information, data, articles and photographs from the anti-racist struggle of the 1970s, which culminated into the “Battle of Brick Lane 1978”. The event was held on 27th November 2015 at the Children Education Centre, Christian Street, East London. The launch was chaired by Akikur Rahman and conducted by Rajonuddin Jalal, general secretary of Altab Ali Foundation. Chief Guest of honour was veteran community worker and trustee of the Foundation, Dan Jones. The website was introduced and presented by Jamal Hasan, a leading activist from the 1970s, followed by a discussion about the future activ...

    A man has been charged over a string of sex assaults against women in south London, police have said. Scotland Yard charged Mehdi Midani, 24, of no fixed abode, with six counts of sexual assault and two counts of exposure following the alleged attacks in Clapham and Brixton between October 22and 31. Midani, who was arrested on Monday in the Brixton Hill area, will appear in custody at Camberwell Green Magistrates Court today. Nine women have been attacked in a series of incidents in Clapham and Brixton in the last month which police believe are linked. Officers have arrested three other men in connection with the assaults and warned women to be "vigilant" after nine women, aged between 23 and 35, were attacked. Two men, aged 34 and 30, were bailed pending further inquiries...

Sumon Ahmed, From Excel London : The World Travel Market London 2015 has started in London Excel today whcih is biggest Travel Fares in the World. However, today's entry for press and trade only. Tomorrow 3rd Nov Tuesday will be start for everyone who can come as exhibitor and pre-registered before. The leading global event for the industry, has signed up almost 250 new exhibitors event. The 247 newcomers hail from all four corners of the globe and represent every travel sector, including airlines, tourist boards, luxury resorts and technology specialists. They range from large corpo-rations to small-business entrepreneurs who have spotted a gap in the market for a new product. Together they will contribute to some of the 1.1 million on-stand meetings that are expected to lead to more than...

    Khaleda Zia has launched a scathing attack on the ruling Awami League, saying it has turned Bangladesh a monarchy. The BNP chairperson made the remark in her address to a public meeting organised by the party’s UK chapter at Park Plaza Riverbank London hotel on Sunday evening (local time). Without naming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, she said, Bangladesh is now a monarchy. There is Lady Hitler for this monarchy. Because all her soldiers, I mean the administration, are only carrying out her orders. Everything is done on her order, she added. Khaleda also slammed the government for the law and order situation. The people of Bangladesh are not well today. They are not in peace. Harassments are crossing the limit everyday, Khaleda said. Her son and Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique...

    David Cameron has announced an urgent review of the powers of the House of Lords after the Government came within a hair’s breadth of suffering a second damaging defeat at the hands of peers in 24 hours. The Prime Minister has made clear his fury after plans to cut spending on tax credits by £4.4bn were thrown out by the Lords, arguing that the rejection of the measure by the unelected chamber raised a “constitutional issue”. The problems he faces in the Lords, where the Tories are heavily outnumbered by Labour and Liberal Democrat peers, were underlined again when the Government narrowly avoided defeat over changes to the electoral register. Ministers face another tight vote in the Lords on Wednesday as the EU Referendum Bill returns to the Upper House. Opposition peers a...

    Heavy rains this morning could lead to localised flooding in parts of London, the southeast and the east, according to the Met Office. The forecasting service issued a severe weather warning for areas from Kent up into Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire, warning that parts of the country could see as much as 10mm of rain in an hour. In places that could be as much as 30mm in only a few hours, the Met Office warned. The severe weather warning follows bursts of heavy rain in parts of the southeast and east of England, with fallen Autumn leaves impeding drainage. Rain in the southeast is expected to clear away by mid-afternoon, moving northwards up to Yorkshire as the day goes on and into southern Scotland by about 6pm. Things started off drier in the west, with fog and low clo...

    London’s black cab is a globally recognised icon. Like the red phone box, Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, London’s famous Hackney Carriage has lined the streets of our capital for decades, with the most recent model remaining largely unchanged for almost 20 years. Now though, current owner of the London Taxi Company (LTC), Geely, has debuted an all-new model for 2017 – called the TX5 – complete with a super-efficient hybrid powertrain, enough room for six passengers, and a bold new look. The new black cab be built at the company’s state-of-the-art production facility in Warwickshire, following a substantial £300m investment programme. TX5 design draws on the classic lines of the black cab. The TX5 design concept captures the spirit of past generations of LTC models and draw...