Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has made a defiant speech as cash withdrawal limits begin to bite for Greek bank customers. Mr Tsipras promised Greeks their pensions and wages would be safe. Earlier he put new proposals in a letter to eurozone partners, accepting most of what was on the table before talks collapsed, but with conditions. Germany says talks ...

Tower Hamlets schools have more Healthy Schools London awards than any other London borough, as recognised at the Healthy Schools and Healthy Early Years Celebration Event on Monday, June 22 at the Excel Centre. Opened by the new Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs, the Healthy Schools London Awards celebrate the work being done to improve the health and wellbeing ...

The newly appointed Press Minister of Bangladesh at London High Commission office Mr Nadim Kadir said that they need to progress ahead with Jahanara Imam’s torch of spirit in order to complete her unfinished works. Mr Kadir was speaking at a discussion meeting on Jahanara Imam at a restaurant in Brick Lane on Friday, the 26th of June which was ...

A unique London-wide campaign to cut HIV infection across the capital is being supported by Tower Hamlets Council. ‘Do It London’ is the public face of the London HIV Prevention Programme (LHPP) which promotes people, especially from black African backgrounds or gay and bisexual men, to regularly test for HIV and protect themselves from HIV and sexually transmitted infections by ...

This year’s HTA National Plant Show, held today and yesterday at Stoneleigh Park (23 and 24 June), was delighted to host the launch of the Breast Cancer Now ‘Time to Live’ rose. Julie Robinson was introduced by HTA Chief Executive, Carol Paris, who opened the launch discussing her personal experiences with breast cancer and how it has affected her and ...

The Met Office have issued a level 2 heatwave warning this week as temperatures are expected to rise up to 35C degrees in some parts of the country. Heatwave conditions are set to build from 12noon on Tuesday, June 30 to Wednesday July 1, as the hottest day of the year so far. Mayor John Biggs said: “With summer season ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : A British Bangladeshi family of 12 has disappeared amid fears they have travelled to Syria. The group from Luton, which reportedly includes a baby and two grandparents, failed to return home from a holiday in Bangladesh. Police said they are investigating and that “there is a suggestion that the family may have gone to Syria”. Bedfordshire ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Sadiq Khan revealed that his campaign to be Labour’s candidate for Mayor of London has the support of 14 London MPs and over 150 councillors. Among the MPs is former Public Accounts Select Committee chair Margaret Hodge, Shadow Justice Minister Andy Slaughter and Rushanara Ali, whom Khan had nominated for deputy leader before she withdrew from ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : An expatriate philanthropist named Jilu Miah has come forward to arrange the supply of electricity in three villages of Nabiganj under Habiganj district in Bangladesh. Those three villages are Gumgumia, Halimpur and Korgaon. Members of the 475 families of these villages are very happy to get the long-awaited connection of electricity supply line.Local school, madrasas and ...

Bangla Mirror Desk : Shelim Hussain MBE, owner of the Euro Foods Group and Founder of Kukd.com won the EY London & South Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2015 last night at a ceremony at the Tate Modern. Shelim Hussain MBE is a Bangladeshi-born British entrepreneur. He has worked in restaurants since the age of 11 and started the Euro ...