The announcement that plans to close Ealing and Charing Cross A&Es will no longer go ahead was not a surprise to those of us who work closely with the North West London NHS. In recent meetings in public, they have been very open about the fact...
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20th Apr 2019 | Updated at 12:06am 20th Apr 2019
Brexit Halloween nightmare and local council elections
More than 8,000 local councillors across England are going to be elected to 248 councils on 2 May. These include 33 metropolitan districts except Birmingham, Doncaster and Rotherham, 47 unitary authorities, 179 districts (mostly rural). Additionally,...
A stain on Wembley’s streets
People who spit paan on the streets of Wembley faced a rude awakening this weekend. Local volunteers, together with councillors, launched a campaign with two days of action to tackle the problem of paan spitting in the area.
Birmingham witnesses landmark India-UK healthcare conference
Birmingham, in the heart of Britain, saw an unprecedented ensemble of over 120 key healthcare experts from India and UK, converge at the renowned ‘Queen Elizabeth Hospital’ to discuss the potential areas of collaboration and identify effective...
LGBT lessons temporarily suspended in school
Parkfield Community School in Saltley, Birmingham which ran educative sessions on LGBT rights as part of a programme to challenge homophobia has suspended these lessons indefinitely until a resolution is reached with protesting parents.Andrew...
Jet Airways’ Manchester-Mumbai set to bring £400m to northern economy
Jet Airways’ first ever non-stop flight connecting Mumbai, India’s economic capital, and Manchester is now operating. Launched on Dhan Teras (Nov 5) - the most auspicious day for businesses, and second day of Diwali, in the Hindu calendar -...
Manchester airport delivers major boost to north with new Mumbai connection
Jet Airways’ five-times-a-week service from Manchester to Mumbai took for the first time this morning, at a celebration attended by Aviation Minister, Baroness Liz Sugg and hundreds of guests from across the region.
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...
The High Sheriff of Berkshire gave the founder of the Asian Carers Group in Slough a special award at an awards ceremony in Newbury last week.
A free Eye Camp for Cataract operations organised by the past president of Slough Rotary Club has helped 468 patients.
The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has come into force in central London.
Thousands of Windrush scandal victims will share in an "uncapped" compensation scheme launched by the Government.
A student who made hundreds of thousands of pounds blackmailing pornography website users with cyber attacks has been jailed. Zain Qaiser from Barking, London, used his programming skills to scam visitors to pornography sites around the world....
A senior Metropolitan Police officer has denied possessing an indecent image of a child.
A man has admitted planning a bomb attack on a south London mosque.
Nearly 1,000 reports of potential human trafficking were made in the first five months of an app enabling hand car wash users to report concerns over workers.
A woman from Cippenham is gearing up for the final of Mrs India UK later this month.
