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Cllr Sharia Khatun and businessman £2m Abdus Shukur bribe scandal to build Canary Wharf’s longest Skyscraper Tower
11Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Cllr Sharia Khatun and businessman £2m Abdus Shukur bribe scandal to build Canary Wharf’s longest Skyscraper Tower

    Labour has been plunged into a corruption scandal after a businessman with close ties to the party was secretly recorded demanding a £2m bribe from property developers seeking to build one of Britain’s tallest skyscrapers. In the recording obtained by The Sunday Times the businessman claimed he was acting on behalf of Labour politicians who could guarantee planning permission for the proposed £500m development in the Isle of Dogs, east London. He was introduced by Shiria Khatun, a deputy mayor of Labour controlled Tower Hamlets council, as someone who could assist with planning. He later sent a contract to the developers setting out the illicit deal in which he would deliver planning approval from Tower Hamlets at a premium of £2,000,000. Four Labour politicians wo...
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How to answer ten common Interview Questions with confidence
10Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Life Style

How to answer ten common Interview Questions with confidence

    Almost every job-seeker has found themselves stumbling over one of the standard job interview questions at some point. That’s okay! We stumble over common interview questions because we haven’t had the chance to think through our answers in advance. You don’t have to memorize your answers to common interview questions like the ten listed below. The specific words you choose to answer the question aren’t important. What’s important is your mindset. What’s the most healthy, appropriate and effective mindset for any job interview? It’s this: the mindset that you’re happy to be in the interview conversation but you aren’t desperate to get the job. You are confident, instead confident that if this is the right job for you, you will know it and the interviewer will know it, too....
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Theresa May faces first Brexit bill defeat
10Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Theresa May faces first Brexit bill defeat

    Theresa May is facing her first Commons defeat on her Brexit bill within days, amid a last-minute plea to pro-European Tories to force a truly meaningful vote on Britain’s final EU deal. Leading Tory rebels believe they have a real chance of securing the measure, with party whips also said to be worried that they cannot prevent an embarrassing defeat for the prime minister before she heads off to Brussels for a historic EU summit. In a joint statement on Saturday night, senior figures from across the Commons told the Observer that MPs considering whether or not to join this week’s rebellion should put the national interest, not party politics, first. The statement is signed by the leaders of the all-party parliamentary group on EU relations, including former Tory business ...
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Global powers lobby to stop special Brexit deal for UK
10Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Global powers lobby to stop special Brexit deal for UK

    Theresa May’s headaches are only just beginning. Theresa May’s hopes of securing a unique post-Brexit trade deal with the EU were under threat on Saturday night as Brussels said it was coming under international pressure to deny Britain special treatment. After a week that saw May reach a deal with the EU that will allow Brexit talks to move forward on to future trade relations, EU officials insisted a bespoke deal more favourable to the UK than other non-EU nations was out of the question. One EU source close to the talks said: We have been approached by a number of [non-member] countries expressing concerns and making it clear that it would constitute a major problem for them if suddenly the UK were to get better terms than they get. The official said that once the UK is...
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Flights suspended as heavy snow hits
10Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Flights suspended as heavy snow hits

    Flights have been temporarily suspended at Birmingham Airport due to heavy snow. The airport said flights would resume once the runway was cleared of snow. Our teams are working hard to get flights in/out as soon as they can, the airport said on its website. Snow in the warning areas are widely expected to reach depths of 10cm We apologise for any delays suffered but safety is our number one priority, it added. Snow is continuing to fall heavily in large parts of the country, including the Midlands, Wales and parts of Scotland. Rural communities could become cut off as roads become increasingly challenging with up to 20cm of snow expected to fall in some areas, the Met Office has warned. Many rail services are affected, with Chiltern Railways and East Some parts of Scotlan...
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Man records himself raping minor girl, shares video with friends
10Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Asia, ENGLISH

Man records himself raping minor girl, shares video with friends

    In a shocking incident, a 57-year-old man was arrested for raping a 13-year-old girl, taking a video of the act and sharing it with his friends. As per the police the man ran a video game parlour in south Mumbai and perpetrated the crime after seeing the girl playing outside his shop. As per reports by Indian Express, an officer from the JJ Marg police station said that the man started the camera on his cellphone and then raped the girl while the act was captured on camera. He then threatened her with dire consequences if she told anyone about the incident. He then kept the memory card in a drawer in his shop. The incident came to light when the girl’s family members saw the video after someone showed it to them. A local resident who needed a memory card rummaged through t...
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UK banking stocks made big gains after 2008 financial crisis proved softer
9Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

UK banking stocks made big gains after 2008 financial crisis proved softer

    UK bank shares soar after regulation update proves softer than investors feare. UK banking stocks have made big gains after global rules designed to prevent a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis proved softer than investors initially feared. The changes, which complete an update of the world’s financial rulebook, known as Basel III, were agreed at a meeting of international financial regulators in Frankfurt late yesterday. They aim to stop big banks gaming the system and ensure they hold enough capital to survive an economic crash. But after a year-long deadlock, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision that devises the rules, set lower capital requirements than originally envisaged in order to win the approval of sceptical nations including France. Lloyds led the banki...
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Leadsom Embarrassed By Behaviour In Parliament Sex Harassment Scandal
9Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Leadsom Embarrassed By Behaviour In Parliament Sex Harassment Scandal

    Leadsom wouldn't comment on reports Sir Michael Fallon resigned as defence secretary partly over comments he made to her Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom has said she feels embarrassed for people whose bad behaviour has been exposed by a wave of parliamentary sleaze allegations. Leadsom said she was working on a cross-party drive to change the culture at Westminster. The Cabinet minister refused to be drawn on reports that allegations she made about comments from Sir Michael Fallon played a role in his resignation as Defence Secretary, the Press Association reports. Leadsom told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: I don’t comment on private conversations. I was absolutely not interested in discussing issues in public, and I was very sorry to see what was said in the press. That wa...
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Trade talks will not start until February at earliest
9Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, Europe

Trade talks will not start until February at earliest

    The EU has told Theresa May that it will not start discussing the terms of a trade relationship with the UK until February at the earliest and only then if the British prime minister has taken a grip of her divided cabinet and come forward with an agreed vision of the future. While May was being lauded by her ministers in London on Friday, EU officials in Brussels said that when leaders do move the Brexit talks on, the first negotiations will have to be limited to the terms of a time-limited transition period. The EU is unable to talk about a future trade deal without “more clarity” from May on her cabinet’s vision of a free trade agreement with the EU, a senior EU official said. Michel Barnier made it clear that Britain could only expect a post-Brexit trade deal a...
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Man arrested for assault following House of Lords disturbance
9Dec By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Man arrested for assault following House of Lords disturbance

    A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault following a disturbance in the Palace of Westminster. Police were called to the Strangers Gallery, outside the House of Lords Chamber, on Friday morning. A man, thought to be in his 20s, was escorted from the building and arrested on suspicion of assault and criminal damage. The specific details of the allegations against him have not been revealed. A House of Lords spokesperson said: "A member of the public caused a disturbance at the entrance to Strangers Gallery outside the House of Lords Chamber. The Metropolitan Police escorted the individual away from the Chamber. A Met spokesman said: At approximately 11.15am police were called to reports of a disturbance within the Palace of Westminster. A man, believed aged in his 20...
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