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  In recognition of his significant contribution to building the Bangladeshi community in Britain and his notable role in social service and journalism on the international stage, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman (Mizan) is being awarded the Expatriate Honour Award 2025. The award will be presented on 27 December at Kazi Nazrul Auditorium in an event organised by the Sylhet District Administration. ...

Reform’s new London mayoral candidate has been accused of “talking down” the UK’s capital, after she said that people “pity” Londoners. Laila Cunningham, a former senior crown prosecutor and a Reform Westminster city councillor, used a central London press conference to paint a picture of the capital as a crime-ridden metropolis, billing herself as “a new sheriff in town” who ...

London will struggle to build its target figure of 88,000 new homes every year for the next decade unless two major rail projects are given the green light, the Deputy Mayor for Housing has said. Tom Copley said the next London Plan will factor in the government’s request – part of a wider target for 1.5million new homes in the ...

The fee will be £8 for up to five minutes, then £1 per additional minute, with a maximum stay of 10 minutes. London City Airport said Blue Badge holders would be exempt, and the fee for black cabs would be included in the meter fare, in line with Transport for London’s agreement with other major airports. The east London airport ...

Six firefighters have been injured after two fire engines they were travelling in collided in central London, the London Fire Brigade (LFB) has said. The incident happened at about 22:17 GMT on Saturday at the junction of Farringdon Road on Clerkenwell Road. LFB assistant commissioner Pat Goulbourne said the fire engines were both responding to an incident in Islington which ...

A teenager who went to two schools in the UK is believed to be among the people missing after a devastating fire at a Swiss ski resort that killed at least 40 people and injured 119 others. Charlotte Niddam previously attended Immanuel College in Hertfordshire and the Jewish Free School in north-west London, according to reports. The Jewish Free School ...

A fundraiser has been launched to help take a west London council to court over its failure to decide whether a community garden centre should be given protected community status. Friends of the Rural Activities Garden Centre (FRAGC), near Hayes, plans to pursue a judicial review over Hillingdon Council’s handling of an application to list the site as an Asset ...

The Mayor has issued an urgent reminder to spectators ahead of the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks display in London. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has issued an urgent reminder to spectators ahead of the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks display in London tomorrow (31st December). The Mayor has issued a statement reminding people that they must have a ...

The Mayor of London received at least £25,690 worth of hospitality this year, City Hall data has revealed. The majority of this was £16,913.31 from Bloomberg Philanthropies for costs relating to the C40 World Mayors Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in November. Other freebies accepted by Sir Sadiq Khan included tickets to the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, the FA Cup ...

  Sylhet, December 27 — UK-based poet, journalist and social organizer Mohammad Abdul Munim Jahedi Karol has officially been awarded the “Expatriate Honor-2025” in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the welfare and rights of the Bangladeshi community in the United Kingdom, as well as his humanitarian initiatives and role in socio-economic development at home and abroad. The honor was ...