- Monday, March 03, 2025
THE outgoing mayor of Tower Hamlets has said that the returning mayor Lutfur Rahman should be given a chance to deliver. John Biggs told the BBC that Rahman will be watched like a hawk. “I suggest people will be watching him like a hawk, but I don’t want his administration or the council…
NEWLY published author Manu M Savani has shown that it is never too late to pursue a new passion or realise a dream. The 80-year-old, born in Mombasa, Kenya, and now living in America, has just written his first book Jambo, Samji Kala. His first serious writing since a thesis at…
LONDON mayor Sadiq Khan has said that discussions were held to host the “greenest” Olympics and Paralympics ever in the city, according to a report. Khan said that his team were in discussions with the International Olympic Committee over Britain staging the world’s biggest sporting event for the fourth time,…
THERE have been poetry collections and memoirs published, but none have been quite like the powerful debut book from Hussain Manawer. The acclaimed poet has combined heartfelt poems from across his life with deeply personal recollections of someone who shaped him as an individual, his late mother, and this has…
THIS year’s annual exhibition of the Royal Society of Portrait Painting, with over 200 works on display, drives home that this is a genre where British Asian artists appear to be missing out. There are a few, to be sure, such as Shanti Panchal, Suman Kaur and Akash Bhatt but…
PRIME minister Boris Johnson warned that a windfall tax could deter investment by energy companies, amid the indications that the government could choose to be practical about such a levy. Rishi Sunak, the chancellor of the exchequer, said he was “pragmatic” about the idea of a windfall tax on the…
THE UK on Thursday (12) published the Schools Bill to raise standards across the country, increasing attendance and improving safeguarding for children, a statement said. The bill will help all schools to join a strong multi-academy trust which provides the framework for a new, legally enforceable set of standards for…
As part of the National Smile Month which will be held from 16th May to 16th June this year, Luvbiotics® aims at raising awareness of important oral health issues and how maintaining a healthy mouth is instrumental in achieving full-body health. The team at Luvbiotics® says maintaining the natural bacterial…
SAUDI ARAMCO on Wednesday (11) dethroned Apple as the world’s most valuable company as surging oil prices drove up shares and tech stocks slumped. The Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company billed as the largest oil-producing company globally was valued at $2.42 trillion based on the price of its shares…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson said he had agreed new deals with Sweden and Finland to bolster European security, pledging to support both countries’ armed forces should they come under attack. Johnson on Wednesday (11) signed the new declarations, described by Britain as “a step-change in defence and security cooperation”,…
