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Here are our tips for staying safe in London’s air pollution cloud
10Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Here are our tips for staying safe in London’s air pollution cloud

    Here are some things you can do to stay safe in the smog and minimise your exposure when air pollution levels are high: Take special care if you have asthma While it’s a good idea for everyone to avoid air pollution, the worst immediate effects are on people with pre-existing conditions. Pollution can trigger asthma attacks, even if it hasn’t done so before for you. Make sure you have your inhaler with you if you use one. Get out of inner London Pollutions levels drop to safer levels past Highgate in the north and Brixton in the south. If you want to spend the day outside, high pollution days might be a good time to visit Hampton Court or go for a walk up the River Lea. Avoid going outside at rush hour Pollution in London tends to be highest at rush hour because tha...
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Syrian Preacher Found Shot Dead In London
8Apr By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Syrian Preacher Found Shot Dead In London

    A Syrian preacher from a west London mosque has been found shot dead in a car in Wembley. Abdul Hadi Arwani was found sitting in a dark-coloured Volkswagen Passat with a gunshot wound to his chest on Tuesday morning. The preacher, in his late 40s, was discovered in the vehicle at 11.15am. An air ambulance was called, but he was declared dead at the scene. Detectives launched a murder investigation and said they knew the identity of the victim, but that formal identification had not yet been completed. Sources confirmed it was believed to be Mr Arwani, a preacher at the An-Noor Mosque in Acton, west London. The mosque has previously hosted the son of radical preacher Abu Hamza, and was the location for the November 2013 escape of terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed...
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Man dies trying to save brother who was on London tube track
31Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Man dies trying to save brother who was on London tube track

    A man has died after being hit by a tube train after apparently trying to save his younger brother who was on the track at a station. The brother of the dead man is in a critical but stable condition after the incident at Old Street station in central London, British Transport police (BTP) said. The two men, aged 32 and 35, from Manchester and London respectively, were discovered with serious injuries at the central London station by BTP officers early on Sunday morning. Both were treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken in a critical condition to the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel where the older brother died the same day. BTP said the incident, which happened at 12.20am on Sunday, shortly before services stop running and as people made their wa...
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London housing market on the up after six months of flatlining
25Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

London housing market on the up after six months of flatlining

    The average home in the capital cost £510,000 in January – up 1.6 per cent from £502,000 in December, and back up towards the £514,000 peak seen in August 2014. Nationally, prices rose £1,000 to an average of £273,000. Over the past year, London prices rose 12.8 per cent while UK-wide prices rose by 8.3 per cent. Both low interest rates and the change in pension rules are expected to keep pressure on the market. “So-called ‘Granlords’ with­drawing their annuities to fund buy-to-let investments are another party competing for the same stock of housing,” said Richard Sexton from surveyors E.Surv. “Potential buyers are coming in from all directions to buy into a constricted supply of property on the market, and time is ticking to build more homes.”...
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18Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Budget 2015: The death of the annual tax return

    George Osborne will use his Budget to announce the end of the annual tax return within the next five years.  HM Revenue and Customs will automatically collate the tax affairs of millions of Britons from employers, banks and investment firms into a single “digital” tax account which can be checked at any time online. The Chancellor will pledge that the move will reduce the time it takes to deal with HMRC from an average of 40 minutes a year to 10 minutes. Tax returns have long been considered an unnecessary burden for millions of people. The changes will mean that those with straightforward tax affairs will have no need to collect receipts and other documents. Only those who do not want to manage their affairs online will still have to complete a self-assessment retur...
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Missing girls allegedly stole family jewellery to fund Syria trip, MPs told
11Mar By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Missing girls allegedly stole family jewellery to fund Syria trip, MPs told

    Britain’s top police officer says the three London teenagers who allegedly stole jewellery from their parents to fund a trip to Islamic State (Isis) territory can return home without fear of being prosecuted for terrorism. Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, commissioner of the Metropolitan police, cleared the way for Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, to return home to their families if they can be convinced to do so. The three girls, all from the same east London school, went to Turkey last month and then on to Syria to an area controlled by the terrorist group, intending to become jihadi brides. Hogan-Howe and his head of counter-terrorism, Mark Rowley, were appearing in front of MPs on the home affairs committee, watched by relatives of the girls who...
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William lords it over samurai saga
28Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

William lords it over samurai saga

    The Duke of Cambridge was transformed into a samurai warlord when he visited the set of a long-running Japanese drama. Wearing a glittering helmet, regal red and gold tunic and carrying a replica samurai sword William looked every inch a formidable ruler. He was transformed into Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Japanese warlord who unified his country in the 16th century, during a tour of the Tokyo studios where the Sunday night historical drama Taiga is filmed. Now in its 54th series, it features famous characters from Japanese history but changes the period for the action every year with the current series called Hana Moyu or Ardent Flower. When William first arrived at the studios of Japan's public broadcaster NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) which makes the show, he was greeted b...
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High School Of ‘Jihadi John’ Under Scrutiny
28Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

High School Of ‘Jihadi John’ Under Scrutiny

    A classmate of Mohammed Emwazi - the Londoner unmasked as "Jihadi John" - has told Sky News that "nothing in his high school could have left him radicalised". The fellow pupil of the Quintin Kynaston academy, who was two years older than Emwazi and does not wish to be named, believes the IS militant's education beyond high school may be responsible for his transformation into a cold-blooded killer. "It wasn't like university where you'd have speakers coming over from certain societies to give talks," he said. "I suppose there was potential for him to be groomed, that is a possibility. But at the time, at secondary school, he was like any of us." Emwazi went on to study at the University of Westminster between 2006 and 2009 - finishing his computer programming degree i...
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Mark Carney: enjoy low prices while you can
14Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Mark Carney: enjoy low prices while you can

    Families should take advantage of the current period of falling petrol and food prices "while it lasts", the Governor of the Bank of England has said, as he urged employers to ignore temporary low inflation and raise pay.  British households are on course to enjoy the biggest increase in their take-home pay in more than a decade, the Bank's latest evaluation of the economy showed on Thursday, with real post-tax income expected to rise by 3.5pc this year. This is more than double its estimate of 1.25pc just three months ago and would represent the biggest increase since 2001. The Bank also signalled that it was on course to raise interest rates next year, as it raised its growth projections and lowered unemployment forecasts. In an interview with the Telegraph, Mark C...
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Cameron, Clegg and Miliband sign joint climate pledge
14Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Cameron, Clegg and Miliband sign joint climate pledge

    David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband have signed a joint pledge to tackle climate change, which they say will protect the UK’s national security and economic prosperity. The agreement of the three party leaders is highly unusual and comes amid a general election campaign that is becoming increasingly bitter. The prime minister, deputy prime minister and leader of the opposition have all clashed over green issues, but the joint declaration states: “Climate change is one of the most serious threats facing the world today. It is not just a threat to the environment, but also to our national and global security, to poverty eradication and economic prosperity.” “Acting on climate change is also an opportunity for the UK to grow a stronger economy, which is more effici...
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