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Found The Bethnal Green school girls who ran away to Syria
4Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Found The Bethnal Green school girls who ran away to Syria

    Runaway ISIS school girls 'under close watch in a compound for widows  The three British schoolgirls who ran away from home to join the Islamic State group in Syria were kept under close watch in a compound for widows and would-be jihadi brides while their loyalty to the movement was tested, The Telegraph has learned. Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, who ran away from home in February, spent their first months in Isil’s caliphate under lock and key in an apartment in the jihadists’ stronghold city of Raqqa. The schoolgirls, from Bethnal Green, east London, were put in the care of a woman handler known as Um Laith – “Mother of the Lion” – tasked with “purifying their Western minds” by instilling the practices of Isil’s hardline version of sha...
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Has Two Jobs John written off £1m that Mayor Lutfur Rahman tried to retrieve
4Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Has Two Jobs John written off £1m that Mayor Lutfur Rahman tried to retrieve

    John Biggs is reported to have written off a £850,000 loan made to the Rich Mix (an organisation which styles itself East London’s independent arts venue). Independent councillors have implemented the call in” process which means that the decision will now be reviewed by a representative mix of councillors before it is implemented. The decision is fraught with controversy, as it centres around: •whether a semi-commercial arts venue will be given up to £850,000 of Council Tax-payers’ money without the usual processes being followed; •whether court proceedings to protect the Council’s right to secure repayment of a loan will be ditched; •the Labour Party’s involvement in what is supposed to be the decision of a public repre-sentative. Background The loan was made to ...
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Hundreds of immigrants to be freed from detention centres BEFORE being granted asylum
4Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Hundreds of immigrants to be freed from detention centres BEFORE being granted asylum

    Immigration campaigners are furious amid fears that hundreds of asylum seekers will be freed because of human rights. Immigration minister James Brokenshire suspended the system over human rights fears The Government has suspended the asylum fast track system over fears it could be slammed by judges, meaning that a group of over 100 immigrants will be immediately freed from detention centres. The "detained fast track" policy was drawn up by Labour over a decade ago to deter bogus migrants from trying to claim asylum in Britain. It is applied in cases where economic migrants who sneak into the UK and attempt to claim asylum after they are caught. Many immigrants in this category will now be put into the main asylum system, where it can take years to resolve cases and ...
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10 tourist traps you should avoid in Italy and where to go instead
3Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

10 tourist traps you should avoid in Italy and where to go instead

    San Gimignano Ask almost anyone and they'll tell you that Italy is on their bucket list: the art, the culture, and the food is world famous for a reason. But Italy is big, and it can be overwhelming for first timers, who inevitably, bowled over by choice, fall into overpriced tourist traps. Here are the places you should avoid, and the often cheaper, always more authentic alternatives you should hit instead.  1. Instead of getting disappointed by the Leaning Tower of Pisa, check out the medieval towers in the town of San Gimignano. If we told you to go see a tilting old tower that wasn't Pisa would you? Probably not, and you should avoid the surprisingly small and devastatingly disappointing Leaning Tower of Pisa too. Want to see old towers? Visit San Gimignano, a mo...
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We are no longer poor
3Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Bangladesh, ENGLISH

We are no longer poor

    Prime minister’s son and her ICT Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy has thanked the Awami League government for its hard work to turn Bangladesh into a lower-middle-income country. Reiterating her mother’s new target, he hoped Bangladesh would become a higher-middle-income economy by the end of the government’s current tenure. In a Facebook post, he wrote, “Bangladesh is no longer a poor country. It is now officially a middle-income country. “Per capita income has more than doubled during the past six years of our government, poverty level almost halved, tremendous development has taken place in all socio-economic sectors.” Attributing the progress to the efforts of the government, he said, “All thanks to the hard work of our Awami League government.” World Bank on Wedne...
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Osborne’s first budget without Lib Dems likely to hit welfare state hard
3Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Osborne’s first budget without Lib Dems likely to hit welfare state hard

    Cuts to housing benefit, a further lowering of the overall welfare cap and reductions to in-work tax credits are all being considered by George Osborne in next week’s budget, as he seeks to roll back what he regards as a bloated welfare state expanded by Gordon Brown during his tenure of the Treasury. Osborne is preparing to say that Brown’s policy decision to increase tax credits distorted welfare and made workers became dependent on the state, rather than an employer, for a decent income. The chancellor – in the first budget he has been able to deliver without the Liberal Democrats – will temper the £12bn of welfare cuts with a rise in the personal tax allowance and a commitment to do more to persuade employers to boost pay to compensate for the loss of income, possib...
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Commission Backs New Runway At Heathrow
1Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Commission Backs New Runway At Heathrow

    Heathrow has been named as the preferred site for London's new runway. The proposal is expected to be backed - but only if it meets stringent conditions on air quality, noise pollution and carbon emissions. The three-year study into expansion plans by the Airports Commission has recommended a runway built to the northwest of Heathrow would ensure the UK's "long term prosperity" while resulting in the loss of fewer homes. Other options were to extend an existing runway at Heathrow or to build a second runway at Gatwick. Both airports are operating near capacity. The report suggests expansion at Heathrow could create 70,000 new jobs and result in airlines flying to 40 new flight destinations by 2050. Sir Howard Davies, the Commission chairman, said: "Heathrow is best-p...
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Will George Osborne kill pension and childcare schemes?
30Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Will George Osborne kill pension and childcare schemes?

    There's growing concern that George Osborne's Emergency Budget will take a sledgehammer to what's known as 'salary sacrifice' schemes. These have been the backbone of thousands of employer childcare and pension schemes, and any changes could leave people hundreds of pounds worse off every year. The problem Osborne faces is that he wants to claw back some of the higher rate tax relief on pensions. There are growing rumours that this is likely to be cut from 45% to 30%. There's not much opposition to this idea, because an estimated 70% of the £34.8 billion claimed in tax relief on pensions is taken by higher or top rate taxpayers. There's a growing sense that the rules unfairly favour the very rich, who could stand to pay a little more tax. Once he reduces the tax relief...
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UK weather: health fears and travel disruption as temperatures soar to 35C in heatwave
30Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

UK weather: health fears and travel disruption as temperatures soar to 35C in heatwave

    This week’s heatwave will see temperatures soar to 35C – but Britain may struggle to cope, with health problems and travel disruption anticipated. Vulnerable groups have been advised to try and stay cool amid fears that lives could be at risk, while trains will run slower to guard against tracks buckling in the broiling temperatures. With Wednesday forecast to be the hottest day of the year so far, the elderly, young children and people with breathing difficulties have been told to keep out of the sun and stay hydrated by Public Health England. Dr Angie Bone, from PHE, said there could be more deaths than usual. She said it seemed "likely" that the Met Office would issue a level 3 heatwave alert - which requires community support for at-risk groups, media alerts about...
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Average mortgage deposit hits record £72,000
29Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Average mortgage deposit hits record £72,000

    The average house buyer is putting down a record deposit of more than £72,000, according to an index. It is the highest level since the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB), a broker, began collating the figures in March 2009. The previous peak was £71,474 in June last year. Last month, the figure rose to £72,302. Rising house prices mean that not only do buyers need to find bigger deposits, but the increased equity also helps those already on the property ladder to put down larger amounts on their next home. The average deposit as a proportion of a loan rose from 28pc to 30pc. Earlier this week figures from Halifax showed house prices in the UK had risen by more than £100 a day in April, taking the average value across Britain to £196,412. MAB's index – compiled using ...
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