Bangla Mirror Desk: Civil justice is unaffordable for most people, more people are being forced to represent themselves, and judges – whose pensions have been cut – feel underappreciated, according to the lord chief justice. In his annual report to parliament, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd welcomed the government’s commitment to spending £780m on modernisation and new technology but delivered a ...
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New British Bangla channel launched
Bangla Mirror Desk: TV One will broadcast programmes both in Bengali and in English language to cater for the continuously evolving Bangladeshi community in the UK & Europe. The programmes will be a mixture of educational, entertainment, religious and specifically tailored children’s and adults interactive programmes. The channel is committed to provide access to the very best in infotainment content, ...
Read More »Labour Budget Proposals: Protecting Key Services
Labour Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs and his Cabinet have put forward their proposals for the Council’s budget for the financial year 2016/17. Against a background of Government cuts to funding for local Councils, pressures on services from growing demand and a legacy of issues that had not been tackled by the previous administration the proposals form a coherent ...
Read More »Sunamganj District Welfare Association organises its award giving ceremony
Sunamganj District Welfare Association recently organised its 2015 award giving to successful achievers of GCSE and A level in a colourful and vibrant mood. 30 successful students from different schools were given award by MP, Mayor, Councillors and community leaders. The event took place in Royal Regency Banqueting Hall in Newham on 13th December. Thousands of expats from Sunamganj took ...
Read More »Housing estate ‘turnaround’ pledged by David Cameron
Plans to demolish and rebuild some of England’s worst council estates are to be unveiled by the prime minister. David Cameron told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show that demolishing the estates “where people can feel trapped in poverty” could result in “better houses and more houses” being built. The initiative will be headed by Lord Heseltine, who oversaw regeneration in ...
Read More »Tube strike 2016: London ‘to be hit by THREE DAYS of walkouts’ as row over Night Tube continues
London’s commuters are likely to be hit by a fresh three days of travel chaos as Tube drivers are set to strike. In an escalation in the long-running dispute over pay and the launch of the Night Tube, drivers are set to decide on Monday whether to press ahead with a walkout which would cripple the capital’s transport network. If ...
Read More »Thousands of teachers preparing to strike over cuts to sixth form college funding
Thousands of teachers are preparing to go on strike and stage a protest in Whitehall in March over real-terms cuts to funding for sixth-form colleges. The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has sent an indicative strike ballot to its 4,000 members at 93 sixth-form colleges in England and Wales which are estimated to have lost about £100m since 2010. Should ...
Read More »Heavily pregnant MP allegedly accused of ‘bringing down womankind’ by leaving debate to eat
A heavily pregnant Labour MP was allegedly accused of “bringing down the whole of womankind” and “playing the pregnancy card” after she broke the rules of the Commons by leaving a debate to eat. According to the Evening Standard Tulip Siddiq was allegedly told by Eleanor Laing, the Deputy Speaker of the Commons, that she had “made women look bad” ...
Read More »Osborne warns of ‘dangerous cocktail’ of economic risks
The UK faces a “cocktail” of serious threats from a slowing global economy as 2016 begins, Chancellor George Osborne will warn. Mr Osborne will say this year is likely to be one of the toughest since the financial crisis. He told the BBC that far from “mission accomplished” on the economy, “2016 is the year of mission critical”. His message ...
Read More »Police protect Great British Bake Off champ Nadiya Hussain over ‘anti Islam’ abuse
Great British Bake Off champ Nadiya Hussain has revealed she is receiving protection from police over alleged anti-Islamic abuse levelled at her online. The star, whose victory in the final was watched by 13.4million people, said she had been targeted over her Muslim faith and wearing a headscarf. The star told of her abuse on ITV’s Loose Women. She explained: ...
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