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Colourful tulip-shaped bollards have sprung up in central London in a bid to separate traffic from cyclists while adding a splash of colour. The bollards made from recycled plastic have been installed to line bike lanes in Sussex Gardens, Westminster. Inspired by the poppies at the Tower of London and the sunflower field scene in the Tour de France, it ...

London’s first public park has reopened after a decade largely spent as a building site for the construction of the Elizabeth line. Finsbury Circus Gardens has been the focus of a major transformation project by the City of London Corporation since 2023, with the Grade II listed site’s lawn revitalised, seating improved and landscaping added. The largest open green space ...

A murder investigation has been launched following the fatal stabbing of a woman in Croydon. Police were called to Frith Road at 09:07hrs on Saturday, 31 May following reports of a stabbing. Officers attended with the London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance, who treated two injured people at the scene. A woman in her 20s sadly died at the ...

In the past few years, thousands of hardworking individuals have arrived in the UK on a Skilled Worker visa. They have been contributing significantly in vital sectors such as health and social care, hospitality, and transport. Not only in their workplaces, but together with their families, these individuals have become a vibrant part of the local community. Many of them ...

  24 May 2025, London, UK: With over 650,000 people across the UK, and a rising presence in politics, business, and academia, the British Bangladeshi diaspora is one of the most influential diaspora communities in the world. To foster deeper collaboration between the UK-based Bangladeshi diaspora and Bangladesh development, Oxfam officially launched its new initiative “Bridge to Bangladesh”. Unveiled at ...

A 43-year-old woman and three children – a 15-year-old girl and two boys aged eight and four – have been killed in a house fire in Brent, north-west London. The emergency services were called to the blaze in Tillett Close, Stonebridge, at about 01:20 BST. A 41-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and remains in ...

The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen two high-value London properties owned by Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman, son of prominent Bangladeshi businessman and former investment adviser to Sheikh Hasina, Salman F Rahman, according to a report by the Financial Times (FT). The freezing orders were issued as part of a civil investigation into alleged embezzlement by individuals linked ...

  Responding to the Prime Minister saying that more pensioners will be eligible for Winter Fuel Payments next winter, Liberal Democrat’s for Wanstead Village said: “The world’s longest u-turn continues. This will be cold comfort to many vulnerable pensioners in Wanstead Village who lost out on vital payments last winter. “Keir Starmer’s backtrack is far too late for the millions ...

    CLLR Shibley Alam has been announced as the 50th civic mayor of Tameside. She will take office at the council’s annual meeting on Tuesday 20 May. She is not only the first woman born in Bangladesh to be a mayor of Tameside, but of any authority in the north of England. Currently serving as the borough’s deputy mayor, ...

  London: The legendary journalist, columnist, author of the immortal Ekushey song. On the third death anniversary of “Abdul Gaffar Choudhury”, a prayer and Milad Mahfil was organised on 19 May 2025 at the Brick Lane Mosque in East London. Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury’s four grieving children, Anupam Reza Chowdhury, Tanima Chowdhury, Chinmayee Chowdhury and Indira Chowdhury, organised this memorial gathering ...