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Kensington and Chelsea Council borrowed an extra £67m last financial year to pay Grenfell Tower survivors and victims, data shows. The cash, which was 41% of the total money it borrowed over 12 months, went towards resolving claims lodged since the tragedy and to contribute towards the restorative justice support programme, according to the council. The interest on this debt ...

The British government on Friday won a court ruling that means asylum seekers will not have to be evicted from a hotel where a resident was charged with sexual assault, a decision that could ignite more protests and criticism from opponents. Immigration has now become the dominant political issue in Britain, eclipsing concerns over a faltering economy, as the country ...

London Office : Sultan Mahmud Sharif, president of the UK chapter of the Awami League and a key organiser of the Liberation War from abroad, has died in London. The 85-year-old passed away on Saturday at a hospital in the British capital. He is survived by two daughters and several grand children. Born on Jan 16, 1941, in Sarukhali village ...

  Five people have been hospitalised, with three in a life-threatening condition, after a suspected arson attack at a restaurant in east London. Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the fire on Woodford Avenue in Gants Hill, Ilford, at 21:00 BST on Friday. Three women and two men were injured in the blaze, and were taken hospital where they ...

A West London council is considering taking legal action against the government over the placement of asylum seekers into hotels. This follows a High Court injunction won by Epping Forest District Council on Tuesday. The Conservative-led Hillingdon Council is now weighing up its options. Council Leader, Councillor Ian Edwards told the Local Democracy Reporting Service [LDRS] that the council must ...

Hundreds of books have been left strewn across the pavement by council-employed contractors outside a former library in south London. The books were pictured by local news website Inside Croydon in large piles outside Broad Green Library, which closed late last year as part of cost-cutting measures at Croydon Council. Mayor Jason Perry apologised, saying the way the books had ...

The trial of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over corruption allegations has formally begun in Bangladesh. The former minister did not attend the hearing, where investigators from the country’s corruption watchdog set out the case against her and 20 other individuals, including her aunt, her mother, her brother and her sister. She is accused of influencing her aunt Sheikh Hasina, who ...

Bangla Mirror Desk:   More than 100,000 demonstrators marched to Downing Street on 9 August, calling on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to end arms supplies to Israel and take action regarding the situation in Gaza. The demonstration, organised by the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, was the 21st national march in 22 months. Protesters voiced concerns about Israel’s announced plans regarding Gaza ...

Scores of foreign Transport for London (TfL) staff could be deported because of rule changes which mean they no longer qualify for visa sponsorship. More than 60 employees who came to the UK on skilled worker visas may have to leave because salary thresholds have gone up and key transport roles have been taken off the eligible list. TfL said ...

At least 365 people have been arrested at a demonstration in London in support of proscribed group Palestine Action, police say. Scores of people simultaneously unveiled handwritten signs with the same message “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action” at the protest, organised by Defend Our Juries at Westminster’s Parliament Square. The government proscribed the group in July under the ...