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Sadiq Khan has called on ministers to take significantly stronger action against social media companies that spread disinformation after a study showed a surge in hostile accounts posting falsehoods about London’s crime rates and integration. In an intervention on what he called “the outrage economy”, the London mayor, who has also written to social media firms demanding change, said a ...

Trinidad and Tobago, April 6, 2026: An exchange meeting was held with the leaders of the Islamic Mission Guild of the Caribbean and South America (IMGCASA), one of the prominent Dawah organizations in the Caribbean and South American region. The meeting was organized on Sunday (April 5) with a visiting British-Bangladeshi delegation from London. The guests were welcomed by the ...

Sadiq Khan has said he can understand why some former Labour voters are “flirting” with other parties in the run-up to May’s elections, but said that they may regret seeing a Green or Reform-led council in their areas. Speaking to the Guardian at a youth centre, where he was announcing new funding for facilities for young people, the London mayor ...

A Dhaka court on Wednesday fixed 19 April for the hearing on charge framing against Tulip Rizwana Siddiq and former RAJUK assistant legal adviser Sardar Mosharraf Hossain in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) over alleged flat fraud in the capital’s Gulshan-2 area. Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Judge Md Sabbir Faiz fixed the new date and transferred the ...

Six million voters, more than 1,800 councillors across 32 boroughs. The simple numbers behind what could be one of London’s most complicated elections. On 7 May every council in the capital will go to the polls to decide who will run their authorities over the next four years. And no longer, it seems, can Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal ...

Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek, as a matter of principle, never comments on interest rate policy in either domestic or international meetings, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on April 5 in response to a media report regarding recent investor meetings in London. People who attended the meetings held by Şimşek and Central Bank Governor Fatih Karahan with foreign investors ...

Ahead of the local elections on Thursday 7 May, we have produced short guides to London’s 32 boroughs. Where is it? The London Borough of Ealing is in west London and is bordered by Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Brent and Hammersmith and Fulham. What’s it like? Ealing, known as the Queen of the Suburbs, has a rich history stretching back over ...

Dhaka, 6 February 2026 — The UK Trade Envoy to Bangladesh Rt. Hon. the Baroness Winterton of Doncaster, DBE is visiting Dhaka this week to reinforce and expand the longstanding and mutually beneficial UK–Bangladesh trade and economic partnership. Her third visit to Bangladesh comes at a pivotal time following the formation of Bangladesh’s new elected government in February. It underscores the UK’s commitment to deepening cooperation in trade, economic development, higher education, aviation and ...

Armed police officers protecting the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, allegedly left a bag containing guns and a Taser on the street which was discovered by a member of the public. The Metropolitan police said on Friday it was investigating the incident and five officers had been removed from frontline duties while inquiries were being carried out. The bag was found ...

Ahead of the local elections on Thursday 7 May, we have produced short guides to London’s 32 boroughs. Where is it? The London Borough of Croydon is in south London and is bordered by Sutton, Merton, Lambeth, Bromley and Surrey. What’s it like? Croydon has become a centre of high-rise living and a commercial hub with a tram system. The ...