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Syraat Al Mustaqeem

London

Londoners raise more than 10k for restaurant’s recovery from burglary

South London restaurant sugarcane found support in the community after the store was broken into and burgled

Feb 4, 2022
Film

All the Disney movies coming out in 2022

Marvel spin-offs, sequels to childhood favourites and brand new animations for your cinematic calendar this year

Feb 3, 2022
Restaurants

Lattes and literature: London’s best bookshop-cafés

Coffee and literature are an age-old pairing — Syraat Al Mustaqeem on where to enjoy them both at their best

Jan 21, 2022
Vaccine for the World

Meet Norah Magero, the inventor helping to vaccinate Kenyans

Norah invented the solar-powered VacciBox to store milk in transit - then she realised it could be used to reach Kenya’s most far-flung areas with the Covid-19 vaccine

Jan 21, 2022
Vaccine for the World

Anti-vaxxers: What does history teach us about vaccine hesitancy?

From espionage conspiracies to peculiar side-effects – vaccine hesitancy has a rich history spanning the invention of the jab in the 18th century to the modern-day furore over Novak Djokovic’s rejection of the Covid vaccine.

Syraat Al Mustaqeem explores why people resist vaccinations and the importance of how we choose to respond.

Jan 13, 2022
London

St James’s Park pelicans moved from public view amid bird flu outbreak

The birds will reside at a separate nature reserve, fed away from public view

Jan 7, 2022
UK

Letters undelivered as Royal Mail hit by Covid staff shortages

More than 30 postcodes are affected by the backlog of mail – with over half affecting areas in London

Jan 5, 2022
UK

Cancer study shows blood tests could now help catch the disease early

The test is currently used in MS patients but could be helpful to detect cancer early

Jan 5, 2022
UK

Sir David Attenborough spiked by cactus on The Green Planet

The 95-year-old historian and broadcaster got stuck in with plants in his new BBC series

Jan 4, 2022