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Body implants and holograms are the future of communication, survey says

Letters and Post-it notes will be replaced by body implants and hologram technology as ways people communicate in the future, a new online survey for Barnardo’s reveals. Polling firm YouGov asked 3,262 children and adults across Britain how they used to communicate, how they do now and how they think young people will talk to each other in 30 years’ ...

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Boris Johnson ‘must address conflict of interest claims’

Labour has urged Boris Johnson to address claims he failed to declare a potential conflict of interest in how money was given to a US businesswoman while he was London mayor. The Sunday Times said Jennifer Arcuri, an entrepreneur associated with Mr Johnson, joined trade missions he led and was given £126,000 in public money. She told the paper this ...

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Jeremy Corbyn faces calls to resolve Labour Brexit divisions

Jeremy Corbyn is coming under pressure amid divisions over Labour’s Brexit strategy as leading figures call for the party to back staying in the EU. Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry said Labour must “say no” to leaving the EU at its party conference. And deputy leader Tom Watson said it must settle its position as “a Remain party” once and ...

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Senior community leader Ahbab Hossain is no more

Former General Secretary of Bangladesh Welfare Association, Alhaj Ahbab Hossain, a senior community leader, is no longer (Inna Lillah Ew Inna Ilaihi Raziun). He left his last breath at a London hospital on Friday afternoon. At the time of his death, he was 81 years old. The late Ahbab Hossain, the son of Hasan Fatema Pur of Jagannathpur Upazila in ...

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No need to have trade deal with China before 2020 elections: Trump

US President Donald Trump has said he does not feel the need to strike a trade agreement with China before the next year’s presidential elections, emphasizing that he is looking for a complete and not a “partial deal” with Beijing. The world’s two largest economies have been locked in a bruising trade war since Trump in March last year imposed ...

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A set of directives for judicial officials for using social media

They asked not to use social media during office hours Dhaka, Sept 22 : The Supreme Court Special Committee for Judicial Reforms has laid out a set of guidelines for judicial officials about using social media. They have been asked to shun social media during office hours (9:30am-4:30pm) and follow eight directives and avoid doing 11 things while using social ...

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GCSEs: 100,000 pupils a year leaving ‘without basic qualifications’

There has been a “shameful” rise in the number of young people in England leaving school without five good GCSEs or equivalent technical qualifications, the children’s commissioner has said. Research found a 28% increase since 2015, with about 100,000 pupils a year affected – almost one in five Anne Longfield said the impact on the poorest families was most marked. ...

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Brexit secretary: EU and UK share common purpose

Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has said the UK and EU share a “common purpose” in reaching a new withdrawal deal, after a meeting in Brussels with chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier. He said they had had “serious detailed discussions” and things were “moving forward with momentum”. Mr Barnier said it had been a “cordial” meeting, but “lots of work has ...

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University of East London staff member is nominated for a prestigious award

  Ms Clare Matysova, equality, diversity and inclusion manager (EDI) at the University of East London, has been shortlisted in this year’s Forward Ladies (FL) National Awards. Ms Matysova has been shortlisted in the ‘Public Sector/Academia/Not for Profit Leader’ category in the London and South region. Ms Matysova said, “I’m quite surprised by the nomination but really pleased at the ...

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Global humanitarian crisis arises

Rayhan Ahmed Topader: Digital conflict and military action are increasingly intertwined, and civilian targets  private businesses and everyday internet users alike are vulnerable in the digital crossfire. But there are forces at work trying to promote peace online. It will be a tough challenge: In May 2019, Israel responded to unspecified cyberattacks by Hamas with an immediate airstrike that destroyed ...

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