Six current students and recent graduates of the University of East London trained as English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) teachers. As part of their training they helped to deliver free ESOL courses to local residents. This was a great opportunity for the University to engage with the local community by enabling non-native speakers to increase their skills ...

Next week could be MPs’ “only opportunity” to challenge a no-deal Brexit, ex-minister David Gauke has said. This follows the prime minister’s decision to suspend Parliament in September and October. The move sparked criticism from those who argue Boris Johnson is trying to prevent MPs from blocking a no-deal Brexit. Leader of the House Jacob Rees-Mogg said their outrage was ...

A Scottish judge has retired to consider a legal attempt to block the suspension of the UK Parliament. Lord Doherty heard arguments from representatives of a cross-party group seeking an interim interdict that would halt the move by the government. Arguing for the UK government, Roddy Dunlop QC said the issue “was not a matter for the courts”. The judge ...

Parliament suspension: Readers’ questions answered Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plan to suspend Parliament in September, before recommencing just 17 days before the scheduled Brexit date, has prompted many questions from our readers. The idea of shutting down Parliament in this way – known as prorogation – has caused controversy in political circles, with critics saying it would stop MPs being ...

Mayor John Biggs said:  ‘’Through our Local Community Fund we are investing £2.7 million annually to 50 organisations over the next three and half years. We have maintained our financial support to the Voluntary and Community Sector despite our core funding from government being 64% less compared with 2010, while other local authorities have cut this. Our focus has been ...

The government has asked the Queen to suspend Parliament just days after MPs return to work in September – and only a few weeks before the Brexit deadline. Boris Johnson said a Queen’s Speech would take place after the suspension, on 14 October, to outline his “very exciting agenda”. But it means the time MPs have to pass laws to ...

  Students in Tower Hamlets achieved great success in their GCSE results with improvements across all the key measures. 85 per cent of Tower Hamlets students achieved grades 9-4 in English, equivalent to the old A to C grades, (an improvement of three per cent on 2018), while in maths 74 per cent of students achieved grades 9-4, up four ...

“The job of everybody in Parliament” is to deliver Brexit, the PM has said at the end of the G7 summit in France. Boris Johnson also said he was “marginally more optimistic” about striking a new Brexit deal with the EU. But he refused to be drawn on whether he would suspend Parliament to stop it preventing a no-deal exit. ...

Fatema Miah: Kashmir issue turned into worldwide matter since the article 370 revoked by Indian Government earlier this month Aug ’19.  Pakistan got a clear chance  about Kashmir. There the Kashmiri people, want to be independent or Pakistan in this the entire world is engaged in. Pakistan making Kashmir as Muslims dutiful act Jihad and inciting Bangladeshi Muslims to react ...

Rayhan Ahmed Topader:   While the U.S. convened the workshop in Bahrain, Israelis and Palestinians had more pressing issues to deal with than paying lip service to an event that failed to address the myriad challenges on the ground. The Palestinians are in the midst of an economic crisis. The PA has, for the third time, rejected Israel’s clearance revenues, ...