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A 10-year plan to clean up some of London’s rivers and waterways has been announced by Sir Sadiq Khan, who says they have suffered from “decades of neglect and pollution”. A total of £1.8bn has been pledged by water companies, boroughs and charities, with London’s mayor adding £2.7m across three years, on top of £13.6m already promised. The city’s main ...

  Greater Deulgram Welfare Trust UK successfully held its first summer trip on Sunday 26 July 2026, with members and families travelling to Bournemouth via Durdle Door for a day of community engagement, recreation, and education. The coach departed from Stepney Green, East London at 9:30am. Due to traffic, the journey was delayed by approximately 1.5 hours. The group arrived ...

Six men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 22-year-old man was stabbed to death in Clapham. The Metropolitan Police believe the incident happened on Tremadoc Road, off Clapham High Street, at around 4:20 on Saturday 25 July. The victim died in hospital after being admitted with a stab wound. Police say his family have been informed and ...

The former chairwoman of the London City Lionesses has been ordered to sell her £7 million home by a court. Diane Rosemin-Culligan was told to sell the property as part of a divorce settlement with her financier ex-husband by Court of Appeal judges. Ms Rosemin-Culligan and Anthony Culligan were told last year to divide their assets equally. The couple are ...

Witnesses say a heroic day-tripper managed to haul two children back to shore during an incident where a mother and daughter drowned. Beverly Smit, 60, described the unnamed rescuer swimming out to sea three times as the tragedy unfolded in West Mersea, near Colchester, on Wednesday evening. Shally Rahman, 41, and Samiha Rahman, 15, were trying to rescue a seven-year-old ...

 Bangla Mirror Desk:    Former teacher, educationist and veteran journalist Syed Johurul Hoque (DPSI), who currently resides in the United Kingdom, was honoured by Darpan Book Club London for completing another university degree in his sixties from the University of Canterbury. The reception was held on Wednesday, 22 July, at the Darpan Book Club office in East London. The event ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : A British-Bangladeshi mother and her 15-year-old daughter tragically lost their lives on Wednesday afternoon after drowning off the coast near Colchester, UK, while attempting to rescue a young child. Although local reports initially indicated three casualties, confirmed two fatalities in the incident. Abul Kalam Azad, Convenor of UK BNP, and Khosruzzaman Khosru, Member Secretary, confirmed that ...

The mayor of London has launched a new £58.7m fund to make the capital’s social homes more energy efficient. The new Home Energy Saving Fund is backed by investment secured from central government following the launch of its Warm Homes Plan earlier this year. City Hall said the funding would benefit up to 5,000 households living in some of London’s ...

London’s biggest employers have warned that firms across the capital are struggling to find the skills they need as artificial intelligence reshapes the job market. The plan, drawn up by an AI steering committee convened by the business group BusinessLDN and Deloitte, calls on the mayor of London, the government and businesses to do more to prepare Londoners for AI-driven ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   London, 18 July: Tens of thousands of people joined a pro-Palestine demonstration in central London on Saturday, calling for an end to the conflict in Gaza, greater humanitarian assistance, and renewed diplomatic efforts to bring about a lasting ceasefire. Among those taking part was Hussain Ahmed Hira, an activist with Bengalis for Palestine, who once again ...