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Brady Garden’s new Mosaic artwork is revealed

Volunteers and the Members from the Brady Garden have put up a new mosaic board with artwork inspired by William Morris’s designs from nature (English textile designer, 1834-1896) as well as Moorish patterns which incorporated geometric shapes into garden designs. Shara Ismail, Garden Coordinator: “It has taken many hands to create the mosaic piece and a big shout goes out ...

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Teachers’ union calls for ballot on primary test boycott

Teachers have voted to ballot for a boycott of all primary school tests, after claims that children in England are the “most tested in Europe”. The National Union of Teachers’ conference heard warnings that schools had become “exam factories”. Delegates criticised “chaotic” changes to primary assessment and voted for a ballot to boycott tests taken by seven and 11 year ...

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Storm Kae to bring high winds over Easter Sunday and Monday

Storm Kae is set to bring high winds to coastal regions for the rest of the Easter weekend. A naonwide weather warning for wind has been issued and drivers are being told to watch out for strong gusts on roads and the possibility of fallen trees. The Met O!ce has also issued yellow weather warnings for northern Scotland on Sunday. ...

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The raise of Bengali nation in the mainstream of United Kingdom

By Shahadate Hossain : United Kingdom is renowned for its multiculturalism. The early story of colonisation in British Isles was started by Celtic and Pict tribes. Then the Roman came in 250AD. After the Roman left, other tribe like Germanic tribe, jutes, angles and Saxons colonised modern day of southern England. The Vikings arrived and brought a distinctive influence to ...

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Remembering March 1971 and all that followed

By Julian Francis The month of March is here again and it brings back vivid memories to me which are linked automatically with many others. In March 1971, I was working on an Oxfam-UK supported Gandhian village development project in Bihar, India, where I had been for almost 3 years. Through the BBC and some sketchy Indian newspaper reports, I ...

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Madan Mohon College celebrates Diamond Jubilee

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah : Former students of Madan Mohan College Sylhet residing in the UK celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of the College on 20th march 2016 at the Royal Regency, East London. Madan Mohan College is one of the oldest colleges of Bangladesh established in 1940 and is still a very popular and a respected educational institution.  Because of historical ...

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Dark night of 25 March observed

Ansar Ahmed Ullah : The UK Nirmul Committee remembered the Genocide of the dark night of 25th March with a light vigil on 25th March, 7pm-8pm at the Central Shahid Minar, Altab Ali Park, East London. At a short discussion chaired by Nirmul Committee’s former secretary Syeda Sultana Naznin Shakha and conducted by Nirmul Committee’s Asst Sec Jamal Khan pro ...

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SA MEDIA AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS UNITE FOR PEACE

  SABC, HWPL, and Turquoise Harmony Institute host a dialogue for “Our Common Humanity”   Johannesburg, South Africa ─ On the morning of March 23, SABC Religion TV in partnership with Heavenly Culture World Peace Restoration of Light (HWPL) and Turquoise Harmony Institute hosted a media forum at the Radisson Blu Hotel Sandton. Under the theme “Our Common Humanity”, the objective ...

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Judgment of Honourable Mr Justice McCloskey, President in LEAD TOEIC/ETS Case

Sharif Ahmed Majumder1 v. Secretary of State for the Home Department       (IA/31380/2014) Judgment Date: 23 March 2016   We act for the appellant, Mr Sharif Ahmed Majumder, in this appeal. Mr Majumder was represented by Counsel, Mr Michael Biggs of 12 Old Square instructed by Universal Solicitors at the hearing before the Presidential Panel. Background BBC Television ...

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Junior Citizens get lessons in safety

School children were taught about a range of subjects to help keep them and others safe at a Junior Citizen event supported by the council. The Junior Citizen event for Year 6 (10 to 11 year-old) pupils was held from 14-24 April and is designed to educate children about the dangers they might face as they prepare to move to secondary school. ...

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