The funeral of a nine-year-old girl who died two weeks ago after being hit by a bus in Bexleyheath will be held on Monday. The multi-faith service for Ada Bıçakçı will start at the family home at 10.30am on August 19, followed by a service at St Paul’s Garden at 11.30am. From there, little Ada […]
The new Member of Parliament for the East London constituency of Barking has used her maiden speech in the House of Commons to highlight her family’s difficult passage, leaving their native Cyprus for a new life as immigrants in the United Kingdom. Nesil Caliskan, who made history at the General Election last month when she […]
Three more men have been convicted of various crimes following the kidnapping and brutal killing of popular DJ Koray Alpergin in North London two years ago. Dylan Weatherley, 20, from Tottenham, North London, was found guilty on Wednesday, 31 July, of Mr Alpergin’s manslaughter, kidnap and false imprisonment after a trial at the Old Bailey. […]
Mete Coban has quit his day job at My Life, My Say and role as a Hackney Councillor to take up a new position at City Hall as Deputy Mayor of London for Environment and Energy. The northeast London politician announced his new role on X (formerly Twitter) last week, “I’m honoured to be appointed […]
Figen Murray, the mother of Manchester Arena terrorist attack victim Martyn Hett, has hailed the inclusion of Martyn’s Law in the King’s Speech on 17July. It is one of 39 bills the new Labour Government intends to adopt as part of its programme of legislation in the new Parliamentary session. Writing on X (formerly Twitter), […]
Azerbaijan’s leader, Ilham Aliyev, had the opportunity to meet with King Charles III earlier this week. The two men were pictured talking on the sidelines of the European Political Community Summit that took place at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. The British Embassy in Baku posted a picture of their exchange on X (formerly Twitter) with […]
The Leader of Barnet Council Barry Rawlings has rejected accusations from local residents of Turkish and Turkish Cypriot descent that the local authority is “racist”, calling them “unsubstantiated claims” at a recent council meeting. Councillor Rawlings’ comments prompted an angry exchange with a group of residents present in the public gallery. The council leader was […]
Last week, the Yunus Emre Institute’s London branch hosted a “heartfelt tribute” to the victims of the Srebrenica massacre, which took place 29 years ago. This act of genocide, committed by Bosnian Serbs against Bosnian Muslims in July 1995, resulted in the murder of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in the space of just a […]
This Saturday, 20 July, marks the fiftieth anniversary of Turkiye’s vital intervention in Cyprus, which liberated Turkish Cypriots from a decade of conflict and brutal oppression, and created a lasting peace on the island. Turkiye’s military operation, which ran until 16 August 1974 was prompted by an Athens-backed coup in Cyprus on 15 July 1974 […]
Prime Minister Keir Starmer continues to announce government positions following last week’s General Election, where Labour won a landslide majority. One of the latest appointments is Enfield North MP Feryal Clark, who becomes Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. The announcement was made late on Tuesday, 9 July, […]
