GPs will now also give sound financial advice to patients with long-term illness. Under this pilot scheme, in the London boroughs of Lambeth and Southwark, doctors will redirect patients to meet financial support link workers so that they can...
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22nd Apr 2021 | Updated at 09:28am 22nd Apr 2021
Sadiq Khan promises to bring Indian Premier League matches to London
Sadiq Khan has vowed to work hand-in-hand with cricketing authorities to make the Indian Premier League the latest global sports league to stage matches in London.
NHS and Tropical Sun start family ‘Heart to Heart’ about blood and organ donation
Britons are being encouraged to have a ‘heart to heart’ as part of a new campaign to get people from Black and Asian backgrounds talking about blood and organ donation.
Lord Woolley becomes the first Black man to head an Oxbridge college
A political and equalities activist has become the first black man to be elected head of an Oxbridge college. Lord Simon Woolley, founding director of campaign group Operation Black Vote, will be the newly elected principal of Cambridge University's...
New hijab trial designed by New Zealand first tried in Leicester
A new hijab designed in New Zealand especially for operational Muslim police officers is being trialled by Leicestershire Police in a first in England.
University of Glasgow project investigating the effects of Covid-19
A project at the University of Glasgow that is aiming to better understand the effects that Covid-19 infection has on blood vessels and blood pressure has received a grant of £250,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
Coalition to feed children and end starvation in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood
On 27th July, local partners announced a unique collaboration to provide nutritious midday meals to hundreds of children in Cowley Hill, Borehamwood, who are at risk of going hungry during these school summer holidays due to coronavirus.
770,000 people in England unable to speak English well
In an interview, the communities secretary, Sajid Javid revealed that 770,000 people living in England speak little or no English at all, and warned that up to 70% of them are women from the Bangladeshi and Pakistani communities.
Sigma sponsors transformation of Community Pharmacy 2025 vision
A donation from Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc is funding a three year PhD scholarship aimed at developing a coherent and transformative vision for English community pharmacy in 2025. The project has already begun in the Department of Pharmacy and...
65 year old Rajinder Kalia, Hindu cult leader, who identifies himself as an ‘incarnation of God’ has been accused of raping four female devotees.
If reports are to be believed, young people who have already been infected by the Coronavirus will receive £5,000 if they agree to re-expose themselves to the virus. Volunteers will be under quarantine for 17 days and a hospital will take care...
Home Secretary Priti Patel has signed diamond merchant Nirav Modi’s extradition order. While it doesn’t mean that he will go back to India, he can actually appeal in the High Court, and later Supreme court to seek asylum in the UK over a period...
The UK government has rejected six time wrestling champion and professional fighter Muhammad Mokaev’s wife’s visa for the second time. He now has no rights to appeal. Muhammad tweeted about this and wrote, “Thanks for refusing my wife’s visa,...
It has been alleged that doctors who come to work with the NHS from overseas have been facing hostile environments and visa issues because many want to bring their parents to the UK to look after them.
Nadim Shamma-Sourgen is now the youngest published author at the age of 5. Previously, Thanuwana Serasinghe was the world’s youngest published male author. He was four years 356 days old when Junk Food came out in 2017.
BBC’s news coverage that may have “built up” Nigel Farage and Ukip haunts presenter Samira Ahmed. Ahmed, the host of the audience feedback show Newswatch on the BBC news channel, cited Robert Jenrick’s role as a housing secretary (who is involved...
Latest reports suggest that more than 90,000 women in the US have received their jabs for Covid-19. They have thankfully not shown any serious safety concerts. With this effect, hundreds of thousands of pregnant women have been given the green...
This year The Big Lunch, the UK’s annual get-together for neighbours kicks off on June 5. Big Lunch Ambassador Saira Khan has been consistently encouraging the nation to get into the habit of safely eating and meeting. She said, “Research from...
