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Boris Johnson urges NI parties to ‘seal power-sharing deal’

Boris Johnson has urged political parties in Northern Ireland to step up their efforts to restore devolved government, during talks in Belfast. The PM held a series of meetings with the five main Stormont parties, in which Brexit was also discussed. NI has been without a government since January 2017, when the power-sharing DUP/Sinn Féin coalition collapsed. On Tuesday, Mr ...

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Tower Hamlets Labour sets out ambitious plan to tackle air pollution

At a meeting of Tower Hamlets Council last week, councillors voted overwhelmingly in favour of an ambitious plan to clean up our air and help tackle climate change. The plan, set out in a council motion, lists actions that the council will take to tackle air pollution over the coming months and years. The motion builds on a decision taken ...

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BB has ‘no data on remittance outflow’

Dhaka, Jul 31 : Bangladesh Bank does not maintain any data on remittance outflow although it has updated data on remittance inflow, said its officials. Bangladesh Bank government Fazle Kabir and other deputy governors informed reporters about it while responding to questions on the issue while unveiling the monetary policy statement (MPS) at a press conference at the central bank ...

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I condemn Indian governments hate politics. India and democratic?

Fatema Miah: Indian government BJP openly exercising hate politics in India against Muslims there. RSS attacking Muslims everywhere. Muslins are abused and tortured systematically in India. There in Bengal in India it’s a living hell for Muslims. Muslims are deprived, abuses are ignored and systematically attacking news been repressed. I disgust and condemn such ill politics played in India by ...

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What on earth does Boris want on Brexit

Rayhan Ahmed Topader: Good bye Theresa May and Welcome to the FT’s live blog on a big day for the UK as Boris Johnson becomes prime minister, replacing Theresa May who will formally resign to the Queen this afternoon. Mr Johnson will then be appointed prime minister and enter Downing Street to choose his cabinet.The early appointments to the Johnson ...

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UK PM Johnson heads to Northern Ireland

Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be confronted by the most intractable riddle of Brexit on Wednesday when he visits Northern Ireland on a nationwide tour to sell his plan to pull Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal. A week after he took power, Johnson’s office made no mention of Brexit in a statement ...

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Boris Johnson tries to reassure on Brexit as pound slumps

Photo: Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, right, gestures to Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, outside Bute House, ahead of their meeting, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Monday July 29, 2019. London, Jul 30 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is visiting Wales as part of a national tour intended to reassure Britons that his push for a hard Brexit won’t hurt the ...

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Thousands of free holiday meals offered to children

More than 21,000 free meals will be given to children at council funded school holiday activity venues this summer to tackle some of the pressures families face during the school holiday period when free school meals are unavailable. With over a third of school pupils in Tower Hamlets eligible for free school meals, food poverty is a large and growing problem ...

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It’s official: UK broke temperature record during heat wave

Photo: People flock to Broadstairs beach in Kent, England, Thursday July 25, 2019. London, Jul 30 : Britain has officially had its hottest day on record. Weather agency the Met Office says the temperature reached 38.7 C (101.7 F) at Cambridge University Botanic Garden in eastern England during last week’s heat wave. The temperature was recorded Thursday and confirmed Monday ...

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Some voices and statements on anti terror not been made widely known.

Fatema Miah: It seemed to be and has been understood that large Muslim society have been silent on terrorism and hate attacks in the name of Islam. I May begin with my apology of not known of although not many, few  individuals have expressed their view against terrorism and commented disapproval of such manipulation on behalf of their committee and ...

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