Boris Johnson will send a letter to the EU asking for a Brexit delay if no deal is agreed by 19 October, according to government papers submitted to a Scottish court. The document was revealed as campaigners sought a ruling forcing the PM to comply with the law. Their QC said the submission contradicted statements by the prime minister last ...

  Tower Hamlets has the lowest late HIV diagnosis rate in the country, according to the latest figures published by Public Health England. The council is once again supporting this year’s Do It London campaign, a London-wide initiative that aims to encourage people to get tested regularly and raise awareness of HIV prevention, including using condoms. Since the campaign began ...

Fatema Miah: Food is essential fundemental aspect for survival and the same food is the medicine for body to maintain healthy immune system.  Food necessity, from 2014 to 2016 (from the United Nations and the Food and Agriculture Organisation) indicate that around 795 million people (around 1 in 9 of the world’s 7.3 billion people) are chronically undernourished without access ...

Along the water, at night and throughout the parks – our volunteers went beyond the call of duty for Big Clean Up 8. The litter-picking campaign, which ran for three weeks in September, saw a range of events in locations including Regent’s Canal, the surroundings of the Royal London Hospital and Mile End Park. 118 bags of general rubbish and ...

Rayhan Ahmed Topader:   Health care access for refugees and migrants Legal status is one of the most important determinants of the access of migrants to health services in a country. Each refugee and migrant must have full, uninterrupted access to a hospitable environment and, when needed, to high-quality health care, without discrimination on the basis of gender, age, religion, ...

Boris Johnson says there should be “no doubt” the only alternative to the Brexit proposals he will put to Brussels later is no-deal. Addressing his party conference in Manchester, the PM said his plan would be a “compromise by the UK”, but he hoped the EU would “understand that and compromise in their turn”. The European Commission said they will ...

  Over 900 new students gathered at the University of East London’s SportsDock on Friday 27 September to participate in the institution’s inaugural Welcome Convocation ceremonies. Each student was given a phoenix pin – the phoenix is the University’s mascot and a representation of its rich heritage and future. Two ceremonies were held to give as many students as possible ...

Fatema Miah: In Logic and Critical Thinking Bias comes in. There is confirmation bias which is the assumption must have logical reasoning, and the reasoning must be linking to either (evidence not certainly,) known factor of information with relativity of kind of explanation of knowledge reasoning. I have always noticed and it is the matter that the main understanding we ...

The chancellor has promised “a significant economic policy response” in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Sajid Javid did not give details, but the BBC’s Norman Smith said it could mean tax cuts and reduced interest rates to help mitigate the impact. Mr Javid is setting out plans for infrastructure investment on the second day of the Tory conference. But ...

Boris Johnson says he has been “a model of restraint” when it comes to language around the Brexit debate. The PM was accused of dismissing abuse fears of female MPs as “humbug” during a heated Commons debate this week. Mr Johnson said there had been a “misunderstanding” over his intention – which he apologised for. But he claimed there was ...