Monday, October 5

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Mayor to put on second public session after Isle of Dogs meeting sparks lively debate
26Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Mayor to put on second public session after Isle of Dogs meeting sparks lively debate

More than 150 people discussed the future of the Isle of Dogs with Mayor John Biggs at a packed Ask the Mayor event. The session at Jack Dash House, Marsh Wall, gave people who live on the island the chance to give their views on and aspirations for the area's development. The Isle of Dogs and South Poplar are undergoing major change with the rapid construction of residential and commercial developments. More than 2095 housing units were built in the Isle of Dogs/South Poplar area between April 2014 and December 2016. The population of the Isle of Dogs is expected to be one of the fastest growing areas in the country over the next decade. The mayor made it clear that he supports the views of residents that new developments must meet the needs of the local community including affordable hou...
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Terror chief Max Hill warns risk of attacks in Britain
26Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Terror chief Max Hill warns risk of attacks in Britain

    British citizens are facing a level of threat from terrorists not seen since the IRA bombings of the Seventies, the country’s new terrorism watchdog has warned. In his first major interview since taking the role, Max Hill said Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) was planning indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians on a scale similar to those perpetrated by the IRA 40 years ago. He told The Sunday Telegraph that Islamists were targeting UK cities and said there was an enormous ongoing risk which none of us can ignore. The warning comes just days after Mr Hill, one of Britain’s leading terrorism prosecutors, was unveiled as the new independent reviewer of terrorism legislation. It follows a 30-year legal career during which he helped convict the 21/7 bomb plotte...
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Pakistan airliner flew with seven extra passengers standing in aisles
26Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Pakistan airliner flew with seven extra passengers standing in aisles

    An investigation is underway after reports that a Pakistan International Airlines plane flew from Karachi to Saudi Arabia with people standing in the aisles all the way after staff boarded extra passengers. Passengers with handwritten boarding cards scrambled for seats as the Boeing 777 taxied for takeoff on January 20, according to the report in Pakistan newspaper Dawn. Although the plane was allowed to carry 409 passengers, there were 416 passengers on board flight PK-743 to Medina, the report said. The official computerised list of passengers did not mention the extra travellers aboard the flight. Carrying extra passengers on a plane is a serious breach of safety regulations. Those without seats would not have had oxygen masks and may have caused congestion if the plane...
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Housing fraudster jailed
26Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Housing fraudster jailed

A housing fraudster was given a custodial sentence of 16 months after defrauding the council of more than £64,000. Mr Abdul Aziz pleaded guilty to Fraud contrary to Section 3 of the Fraud Act 2006 at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 10 February 2017. Mr Aziz claimed to be living in overcrowded conditions in 2011, despite joint owning a property in Ilford where he lived, and was awarded a one bedroom housing association property with Newlon Housing Trust. His actions prevented a legitimately homeless person from being housed while the property was illegally sublet. The court is now deciding how much of the £64,000 he must pay back. John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets said: "I am pleased we are now able to offer this much needed property to a genuinely homeless person. "We will always take steps to...
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Bangladesh’s first solar food silo launched
26Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

Bangladesh’s first solar food silo launched

    Department of Food has constructed the modern multi-storied and air-conditioned food warehouse, having capacity of storing 25,000 metric tons of food grains, at a cost of around Tk 232.71 crore with the financial and technical support from Japan. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday inaugurated a modern multi-storied food warehouse, having capacity of storing 25,000 metric tons of food grains at Santahar in Bogra. Department of Food has constructed the air-conditioned warehouse at a cost of around Taka 232.71crore with the financial and technical support from Japan. It will preserve food grain through using solar power round the year. Inside air coolers and other machineries are very much modern and powerful having capacity of keeping the food grains in controlled temper...
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Press release from Tower Hamlets Stand Up to Racism
26Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Press release from Tower Hamlets Stand Up to Racism

Tower Hamlets Stand up to Racism would like to invite you to a local rally on Wednesday 1st of March 6:45pm at Bow Methodist Church Hall, Merchant St/Bow Road, E3 4LY as part of the campaign against racism and islamophobia, for the free movement of labour and the right of EU nationals to stay in Britain. The rally is supported by the East London Mosque, the local mayor, independent councillors in Tower Hamlets and the major local unions, the National Union of Teachers, UNISON, the council workers' union and the UCU, the college and lecturers' union. The BREXIT vote and the election of Donald Trump have given encouragement to racists everywhere, leading to a rise in racist attacks. These attacks come after years of mounting Islamophobia leading to the firebombing of mosques, Muslim women ...
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DWI suspected in crash that hurt 28 at New Orleans parade
26Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

DWI suspected in crash that hurt 28 at New Orleans parade

    A man who allegedly ploughed into a crowd enjoying the Krewe of Endymion parade on Saturday in the Mid-City section of New Orleans is being investigated for driving while intoxicated, police said. The accident came during one of the busiest nights of Mardi Gras when thousands of people throng the streets of Mid-City to watch the elaborate floats and clamor to catch beads and trinkets tossed from riders. We suspect that that subject was highly intoxicated, Police Chief Michael Harrison said on Saturday evening. Harrison was asked twice by the media if terrorism was suspected. While he didn't say No he did say it looks like a case of DWI. one people were hospitalized after the crash with five victims in guarded condition. Seven others declined to be hospitalized, city Emerge...
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The Queen’s security threatened by squatters residing in building close to Buckingham Palace
25Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

The Queen’s security threatened by squatters residing in building close to Buckingham Palace

    The Queen's security could be at risk from serial squatters who invaded a building just metres away from Buckingham Palace, the property's owners claimed. Around a dozen activists moved into the seven-storey property on Buckingham Gate, in the shadow of the monarch's residence, rebranding it the Rogue Embassy. Court documents shown to the Press Association by the squatters cited a Metropolitan Police royal specialist protection officer who flagged a potential security risk  posed by the group. Concerns were raised that, if the occupiers accessed the adjoining roof, they could directly peer into the gardens of the royal grounds. But one of the protesters insisted they were not going to do anything. A witness statement filed by Archie Riby-Williams, a director of 18-19 Bucki...
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Melania Trump would have been priority for deportation under new immigration rules
25Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
America, ENGLISH

Melania Trump would have been priority for deportation under new immigration rules

    Melania Trump could have been deported and banned from the US if Donald Trump had been president when she was working as a model in the 1990s, immigration attorneys have said. In 1996, Ms Trump then Knauss was paid for modelling work undertaken in the United States while travelling on a visitor or tourist visa, violating the terms of entry, according to documents obtained by the Associated Press. The first lady allegedly earned more than $20,000 in the seven weeks before she acquired legal permission to work in the country. She went on to apply for a green card in 2001 and became a naturalised US citizen in 2006 without disclosing any past indiscretions. Under new rules brought in by Mr Trump last month, immigration officials are now required to prioritize the removal of a...
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North Korea has 5,000 tonnes of chemical weapons including nerve agent VX
25Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Technology

North Korea has 5,000 tonnes of chemical weapons including nerve agent VX

    North Korea has up to 5,000 tonnes of chemical weapons, South Korean experts said Friday, including the toxin used to assassinate its leader’s half-brother. Traces of VX  a nerve agent listed as a weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations  were detected on swabs from the face and eyes of Kim Jong-Nam, who was poisoned at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport last week, Malaysian police said Friday. Malaysian detectives are holding three people women from Indonesia and Vietnam, and a North Korean man but want to speak to seven others, four of whom are believed to have fled to Pyongyang. South Korea’s defence ministry said in its 2014 Defence White Paper that the North began producing chemical weapons in the 1980s and estimated that it has about 2,500 to 5,000 tonnes i...
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