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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2 weeks ago |
bbc.com | Thomas Magill |Adriana Elgueta
'Lives at stake' in tower block with broken liftsThomas Magill & Adriana ElguetaGetty ImagesThe Balfron Tower was designed by Hungarian-born architect Ernő GoldfingerResidents in a noted brutalist tower block in east London have been stranded in their homes after the 26-storey building's two lifts stopped working. The Grade II listed Balfron Tower in Poplar has 146 flats and maisonettes, and is managed by property management company Way of Life, which has said it is investigating the situation.
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1 month ago |
bbc.com | Thomas Magill
'No water for five days, I want compensation'Thomas MagillReporting fromForest HillBBCNina says she has not been offered adequate compensation by Thames WaterCalls are being made by families in south east London for Thames Water to pay out full compensation after a broken mains pipe left them without water for several days. Nina Segal from Forest Hill said: "We have a four-year-old, we have a one-year-old, we didn't receive any water from Thames Water.
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1 month ago |
bbc.co.uk | Thomas Magill |Tony Grew
Image caption, Nina says she has not been offered adequate compensation by Thames WaterCalls are being made by families in south east London for Thames Water to pay out full compensation after a broken mains pipe left them without water for several days. Nina Segal from Forest Hill said: "We have a four-year-old, we have a one-year-old, we didn't receive any water from Thames Water.
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1 month 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 month 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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