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Two 24-hour Tube strikes are due to go ahead on Tuesday and Thursday after an agreement could not be reached over the voluntary introduction of a four-day week with condensed hours. Drivers from the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) are due to walk out over Transport for London’s (TfL) “continued refusal to engage meaningfully with the union’s concerns over ...

An all-female crew at London’s Air Ambulance has taken to the skies for the first time in the charity’s history. The team onboard HeliMed 27 on Thursday included two female pilots alongside women working across the emergency medical crew, in what the charity hopes will encourage more girls and young women into aviation and emergency medicine careers. Captain Adele Dobler ...

Three people, including a child, have died after falling from a high-rise block of flats in south London, the Metropolitan Police has said. Emergency services were called to Churchyard Row in Elephant and Castle at 07:29 BST on Wednesday following reports that people had fallen from height. A man, a woman and a child were found at the scene. Despite ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman : British Bangladeshi and community figure Councillor Mohammed Islam. has been elected mayor of Croydon Council in London, UK. He is a native of Jagannathpur Upazila of Sunamganj District, Sylhet Division. Councillor Mohammed Islam officially took office as the Civic Mayor of the London Borough of Croydon Council, one of the most traditional of London’s 32 boroughs, ...

Muhammed Shahed Rahman : A condolence and prayer meeting in memory of the late Shafiul Alam Babu was held at a center in east London, at the initiative of the traditional Sunamgonj Jela Shometee UK. On Monday (May 25) Evening, the Sunamgonj Jela Shometee UK organized a condolence meeting and prayer mahfil in memory of the organization’s former joint secretary, ...

The UK has recorded its all-time highest May temperature as part of London reached 34.8C on Monday. That provisional figure, recorded in Kew Gardens, also surpassed the hottest bank holiday Monday on record – 33.3C on the August bank holiday in 2019. Wales has also experienced its hottest May day, reaching 32.2C at Hawarden Airport in Flintshire. “This heat would ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah:   At a solemn wreath-laying ceremony held at The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London, on 21 May to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers, Mozmil Hussain represented United Nations Association groups from Eastbourne in paying tribute to those serving under the UN flag around the world. The annual commemoration honoured the courage, dedication and sacrifice of UN ...

Motiar Chowdhury:   In protest against the murder of seven-year-old Ramisa in the capital Dhaka, London-based social organization "Glow-Women" formed a human chain at Shaheed Minar Square in Altab Ali Park, East London, at 4:00 PM London time on May 23, 2026, demanding speedy trial of the killer, violence against women, protection of women and children, and realization of their ...

The British Army covertly took over a disused part of the London Underground in central London to plan a Nato military response to possible future Russian attacks. Hundreds of British soldiers took part in what the army called “one of the most ambitious military exercises in a generation” in the disused platforms of Charing Cross Underground station. Arrcade Strike was ...

London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan has been accused of “putting politics over public safety” after blocking a £50m contract between the Metropolitan Police and US tech firm Palantir. Scotland Yard had been in talks to use the company’s artificial intelligence to speed up criminal investigations. Palantir’s UK chief executive Louis Mosley also said the decision would “give hostile states and ...