Watch – Corbyn closes down BBC journalist trying to ask about Syria during business event
The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, clashed with a BBC journalist who attempted to ask a question about the Syrian crisis, while he was speaking at a small business event. The BBC reporter, Mark Lobel, was in the process of trying to ask a question about the conflict with Corbyn, and last week's chemical attack. The audience, at the Fed of Small Businesses, booed the BBC hack, and appeared to want to concentrate on business issues. Corbyn walked forward, in a...
Girl,2, Left Fighting For Life After Swallowing Lithium Car Key Battery
A toddler almost died after acid from a battery she swallowed burned through her STOMACH and main ARTERIES. Kacie Barradell, two, ingested the 10p-sized lithium cell battery which fell out of a button car key. She has spent a total of eight weeks in hospital and her parents have been warned she might be paralysed from the waist down. Her oesophagus is so badly burned she cannot eat or drink and is currently being fed through a tube. Kacie’s mum...
Homeless people risking their lives by sleeping in bins
Homeless people across the country are risking their lives by sleeping in bins, according to a refuse firm. The warning has come after refuse collectors reported finding an increasing amount of people seeking refuge in bins who could accidentally be harmed or killed if the commercial waste disposal units get picked up. Talking to the Big Issue, Mark Hall of Business Waste said: “It’s terrifying for our staff to find somebody lurking inside on their early morning rounds, and they constantly worry...
Watch – Passenger dragged off a United Airlines plane
A passenger was forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight by law enforcement on Sunday after refusing to give up his seat. According to a person who says they were on the flight, the airline needed room on the overbooked aircraft to reposition crew for another flight. But when it couldn't find enough volunteers, even after offering $800, the airline selected the man, who is a doctor, and several other passengers to deplane. United Airlines said: "Flight 3411 from Chicago to...
East Africa Famine Crisis – “They prefer to feed themselves, not be fed, to be independent, not dependent”
By James Jirm Galgallo CAFOD’s Humanitarian Capacity Development Officer, based in Isiolo, Kenya I was born, brought up and married in northern Kenya, an area now stricken by the drought that has spread across the Horn of Africa. I grew up among pastoralists, who count their wealth in cattle, sheep, camels and goats, and move wherever their herds can find food. When you are entirely dependent on your livestock for survival, you have to be tough. To pastoralists, it is not...
Donald Trump offers European leaders free United Airline’s flight to G7 summit
By Tom Moore Donald Trump has today offered European leaders, including Angela Merkel and Boris Johnson, free United Airlines flights to the G7 summit in Sicily next month. The move comes as Trump aims to grow stronger ties with his European Allies in the face of increasing hostility with Russia. Boris Johnson and Theresa May are thought to be delighted with the offer as it shows ‘strong and positive’ signs of the a blossoming relationship between the two countries. Boris...
Line up for BST OPEN HOUSE 2017 announced
The line up for the Barclaycard British Summer Time OPEN HOUSE 2017 has been announced, with four days of free entry and summer activities in the heart of Hyde Park. Movie nights, live music and entertainment, street food, pop up bars, tennis screenings, theatre, sports, and much more will be featured at the event from 3rd July taking place in-between two weekends of legendary musical line-ups. Check out the full schedule below: Outdoor Cinema Following the huge demand for the open-air film...
Old Spitalfields Market to host Art Beats in May
Old Spitalfields Market is set to host a one day art extravaganza on Friday 12th May in aid of Hearts in Harmony, a charity raising money to help fight heart disease through art and music events. Art Beats will see live art being produced by up to 50 talented artists, all competing for the ‘Art Beats Award’, with an expected footfall of 50,000 to 60,000 people. Artists will showcase their work to be entered, for passers-by to watch and admire. Live music will...
“Sometimes it’s more important to smile than shout” says woman who faced down EDL
The young woman who has become a world-wide sensation for standing up for a muslim woman who was getting abused by EDL demonstrators, has said she is has no regrets about what she has done, and the media attention it has brought. Saffiyah Kahn came face-to-face with around one hundred far-right protesters after seeing Saira Zafar being targeted by the EDL thugs, as she was wearing a headscarf. Ms Khan showed no fear and even managed to smirk at the...