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The Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has said that US President Donald Trump “appears to have a crush” on him after the US President described him as “grossly incompetent”. Trump had also told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that Khan was a “bad person” and a “horrible representative” for the UK. During the launch of his Heat ...

A double-decker electric bus has been destroyed by a fire at a bus depot in Westbourne Park, west London. Four fire engines and about 25 firefighters were sent to the scene, where two electric vehicle charging points were also destroyed. No injuries have been reported. London Fire Brigade said it was called at 18:23 BST on Wednesday and had the ...

Air conditioning should be installed in London’s schools, offices and hospitals to help them cope with more frequent and intense heatwaves, the Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan has said. It comes as he launched a heat plan to tackle rising temperatures, citing new research. The capital could face between two and three times as many heatwaves as it currently ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   THREE London councils – Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Lewisham – have launched a legal challenge to stop the Mayor of London’s planned cut to the affordable housing quota from 35% to 20%. Seven councils are backing the legal action in total, with Lambeth, Southwark, Waltham Forest and Haringey councils formally supporting the legal challenge. Evidence prepared as ...

    Bangla Mirror Desk:   The biennial elections of the British Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BBCCI) have been completed. The Election Commission officially announced the names of the newly elected executive committee after the voting for the post of Finance Director in the election held at the BBCCI Conference Hall on Tuesday 23 June 2026. The officers ...

London, 21 June: Prominent academics, legal experts and political commentators gathered in East London on 21 June for a seminar examining Bangladesh’s political and social landscape following the dramatic political developments of August 2024. Titled “From Uprising to Uncertainty: Bangladesh Post-August 2024 Political and Social Landscape,” the event was jointly organised by five international and European organisations and brought together ...

Scientists sounded the alarm over London being hit with temperatures “dangerously close to levels previously thought almost unimaginable in the UK”. The heat could spiral to 40C in the capital in coming days in what could be the city’s hottest recorded week in June. he Met Office has issued a rare red extreme heat warning for Wednesday and Thursday and ...

Bangla Mirror Desk: Bangladesh Book Fair, Literary and Cultural Festival 2026 is being held in East London under the initiative of the Sammilita Sahitya O Sangskriti Parishad, UK, with the aim of developing the Bengali language, literature and culture and awakening cultural consciousness among the new generation. It will be held on June 27th and 28th at the Brady Arts Centre in ...

  Redbridge Community Trust UK held its Executive Committee meeting on Monday  18th June 2026, at Apple Real Estate, Newbury Park, Redbridge. The meeting was presided over by Senior Vice President Afsor Hussain Anam and facilitated by the Trust’s President, Mohammed Ohid Uddin. The meeting opened with a recitation from the Holy Qur’an by Imam Mikdad, followed by a welcome ...

A man who created more than 100 fake social media profiles to blackmail and sexually assault other young Muslim men has been jailed for 16 years. Waleed Saeed, a British-born Muslim of Somali descent, was sentenced in what one Metropolitan Police officer described as the biggest “sexploitation” case he has dealt with. Snaresbrook Crown Court, London, heard how the 31-year-old ...