Thomas Magill
Correspondent at BBC News
Theatre Columnist at Gay London Life
BBC News correspondent and proudly Northern Irish. Got a story? Email: [email protected] https://t.co/Aq1WZ3zihE…
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1 week ago |
bbc.co.uk | Thomas Magill
Image caption, Some of London's Sikhs celebrated Vaisakhi at an event in Ilford with music, performaces, food and stallsHundreds of thousands of people from the Sikh community will be marking Vaisakhi across London this weekend. Vaisakhi, also called Baisakhi, is the festival which celebrates the founding of the Sikh community, the Khalsa, in 1699. It was originally a harvest festival in the Punjab region of India until it became Sikh's most important festival.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Thomas Magill
NowIndia deploys troops after deadly protests over Muslim endowment billWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appeals for calm, saying Waqf Amendment Act will not be ‘applicable’ in state – home to 25 million Muslims. Indian authorities have deployed troops to crack down on deadly protests in the eastern state of West Bengal over a recently passed controversial …6 hours agoTexas Muslims Want to Build Homes and a Mosque.
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3 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Victoria Cook |Thomas Magill
Phone theft hotspots marked with 'blue plaques'Victoria Cook & Thomas MagillBBCThe "plaques" were spray painted on to City of London streets by local police to warn the publicFake blue plaques have been spray painted on to pavements in the City of London to mark where mobile phones have been stolen. The force said it had recovered more than 1,000 stolen phones in the last two years, but said less than half could be returned because the owner could not be located.
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Oct 25, 2024 |
bbc.co.uk | Thomas Magill
A community-run garden in south-east London, that was facing the prospect of closure after funding ran out, has been saved following a crowdfunding campaign. Forest Hill Library Community Garden focuses on accessible food growing, well-being and plant-oriented activities. But finances are tight and money which had previously paid for insurance and a regular gardener had run out.
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Oct 12, 2024 |
msn.com | James Kelly |Thomas Magill
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Such a sad story from south London as a young boy drowns in a local lake. The Met @metpoliceuk now warning of the dangers of London's rivers, lakes and waterways @BBCLondonNews https://t.co/z4KM8vEoTZ
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