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Croydon’s directly elected mayor has told the BBC that he thinks the decision by the government to send commissioners into the debt-ridden council may have been politically motivated, ahead of local elections next spring. Conservative Jason Perry said Croydon had been on a “journey of improvement” after the borough effectively went bankrupt three times, adding that what it really needed ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman : Neighbor Daniel Whybrow has been sentenced to life in prison for the stabbing death of British-Bangladeshi man Rais Ahmed in east London, UK. On October 5 last year, Daniel Whybrow, a white neighbour, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum sentence of 24 years for the murder of 50-year-old British-Bangladeshi Rais Ahmed in the Customs ...

A total of 17 people have been injured, with most taken to hospital, after a bus struck pedestrians on a busy London street. The driver of the Route 24 bus was among those hurt after the bus mounted the pavement on Victoria Street, near Victoria Station. It took place at around 8.20am on Thursday, according to the Metropolitan Police. “Two ...

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 ...