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On Wednesday the 21st of June, Camden Council removed a panel from the Burnham tower, just one of five on Fellows Road, Swiss Cottage. This action comes a week after the tragedy at Grenfell Tower of which the 24-story tower block caught fire leaving – at time of writing, 58 dead. Camden Council told residents...
My heart wrenches for the terrible injustice served to Otto Warmbier. As many know, Otto Warmbier, after going on a trip to North Korea, was accused of trying to take a poster back to his home in Ohio, USA. In a press conference in North Korea he can be seen crying and praying for his family...
The 21st June 2017 marked the hottest day that June has ever seen since 1976, with scorching temperatures of 34 degrees London definitely had a heat wave. A trending topic on twitter however is of course #WorstThingAboutSummerIs because British people HAVE to find something to complain about don’t they. I had a look through...
On Wednesday the 21st of June, Camden Council removed a panel from the Burnham tower, just one of five on Fellows Road, Swiss Cottage. This action comes a week after the tragedy at Grenfell Tower of which the 24-story tower block caught fire leaving – at time of writing, 58 dead. Camden Council told residents...
My heart wrenches for the terrible injustice served to Otto Warmbier. As many know, Otto Warmbier, after going on a trip to North Korea, was accused of trying to take a poster back to his home in Ohio, USA. In a press conference in North Korea he can be seen crying and praying for his family...
The 21st June 2017 marked the hottest day that June has ever seen since 1976, with scorching temperatures of 34 degrees London definitely had a heat wave. A trending topic on twitter however is of course #WorstThingAboutSummerIs because British people HAVE to find something to complain about don’t they. I had a look through...
Writing – I did try and avoid it as writing has never really been my ‘thing’ but here I am writing yet another blog… YAY. I have learnt to summarise key events and write succinctly for readers to understand. How to be professional – This refers to punctuality, attire and conduct! People are watching you...
We spoke to 6 young Londoners aged 19-25 about their views on religion and it’s relevance in our society today. With a mixture of responses, overall it is fair to say that God is not dead in the city! One young person spoke on her religious experiences during school. After attending a Catholic...
What on Earth is happening in this city? From terror attacks to pollution, the thick smog from traffic entirely preventing the ability to breath the sweet fresh air experienced by other people in England. Inhumanity and death, injustice and stereotyping, division between the poor and rich expanding every second at an exponential rate. What is...
In the early hours of Wednesday, the 14th June a fire broke out on the 4th floor of Grenfell Tower. The 24-storey, 127 flat, 600 (approx.) occupant tower is now a haunting shell of what it once was. The last flames went out on the following Thursday, over 24 hours after the fire first started....
On Friday the 16th, 3 days after the hellish fire of Grenfell Tower’s, my colleague Hannah Rose-Burns and I travelled to Latimer Road. I had already braced myself for a breadth and extremity of emotion in the community. It was not until I took the tentative steps from the tube station, into the midst of...
The spike in knife Crime has seen 32 deaths so far this year (Source: London Assembly). We have decided to focus on this issue for one of our 22-min specials, and have interviewed, knife crime victims, ex-police officers and social changers. We spoke to social changer Junior Smart, founder and business manager of the SOS...
By Aisha Khan – When I was asked to help film a piece on the fire at Grenfell Tower, I was nervous but also keen to see what the public thought of what had happened. I wanted the people to have a voice. As soon as I stepped out of Latimer Road station on a...
