Whitechapel art marks 50 years since Bangladesh independence

A giant Bangla light sculpture has been unveiled in Whitechapel to mark 50 years of Bangladesh independence.  Artist Ruhul Abdin has created the installation in fabric and suspended it in the façade of the Idea Store library building.   He worked with... Read more »
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South London woman battled 3 years to be diagnosed with depression: ‘I reached a crisis point’

At the age of 16, Beauty Dhlamini began developing symptoms of depression and anxiety. At the time, the teenager was unaware that she was suffering with depression but recognised that she had... Read more »
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BBC Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s amazing career from being broke and unemployed to earning £22m in two years

BBC drama Fleabag star Phoebe Waller-Bridge has gone from being broke and unemployed to earning £22m in under two years. The actress from West London makes £211,930 a week, accounts filed to... Read more »
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ITV Long Lost Family: South London dad in tears after seeing his daughter after 58 years

The stories told on ITV’s Long Lost Family always have a tendency to tug at our heartstrings all the while making us appreciate our families more. Tonight’s episode (August 31) is no... Read more »

Why is the weather so bad? How August 2021 compares to past years and why the UK summer has felt so bleak

Even by the standards of the UK, the weather this summer has often felt particularly bleak. We’ve had named storms, freakish flooding in London and endless-seeming rainfall in some areas – although... Read more »
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Housing association L&Q is still failing residents years after exposé | Social housing

Social housing tenants claim their health is being affected by damp, mould and vermin because their complaints have been ignored by one of Britain’s largest housing associations. Two years after an independent... Read more »
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Young mum Verphy Kudi, 19, who left 20-month-old baby to die as she went on birthday bender jailed for 9 years

A teenage mother who admitted causing the death of her infant daughter after leaving the child alone for six days to party, has been jailed for nine years. Verphy Kudi, 19, previously... Read more »
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London View | 20 Years of Painstaking Efforts in Afghanistan Undone in a Snap

Twenty years of occupation in Afghanistan was intended to neutralise the blowback the US and its allies may have been subjected to in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. In now taking... Read more »
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London riots 10 years on: What’s changed since Mark Duggan’s shooting? | UK News

What began as a peaceful protest in London, over the killing of Mark Duggan, quickly turned into chaos.  Rioting spread through cities across England. Cars and buildings were torched and roads barricaded.... Read more »
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World War 2 Wren, 101, shares stories about plotting D-Day and secrets she kept for ’50 years’

“Very, very exciting but very, very secret” is how 101-year-old Christian Lamb describes the work she conducted during her time posted in London as a Wren intelligence officer. The secret work she... Read more »