In the history of stupid ideas, the European Super League was on a par with Fleetwood and Fox at the Brits or the Poll Tax. The slippery, gold-laden toads who undertook clandestine meetings over the previous year will, now it is shelved, revert to plan B, as they pencil out another assault on the game many of us loved but are now growing weary of. Now it is rare, with any idea, for there to be universal condemnation. But with this initiative there wasn’t a solitary supportive voice. So quiet have the originators of the idea been, that within a day of the news going live, civil warfare broke out intra club as the buck was passed for signing their entities up to this folly.
Mayor Cllr Roy Emmett Redbridge Council’s new mayor wants to personally thank everyone who stepped up to help during the coronavirus pandemic. Cllr Roy Emmett (Lab, Hainault), a councillor once accused but later cleared of “bullying” and asking political favours, was made mayor of the borough last night (April 29). Cllr Emmett has served as a Redbridge councillor from 1994 until 2002 and then again from 2014, representing Loxford, Fairlop and Hainault wards, and also as chief Labour whip. In his address to members last night, he asked councillors to let the mayor’s office know which people and organisations had helped out during the pandemic so they could receive his personal thanks.
Restaurant Chindies, owned by Nadeem Khan, was previously a club called Rebecca’s. The premises, in High Road, Leytonstone, was run by Mr Khan’s tenant James Wheatley until he was evicted due to repeated police incidents. Mr Khan told Waltham Forest Council’s licensing committee he spent two years and “a lot of money” evicting Mr Wheatley because of crimes connected to the nightclub, including a stabbing on the dance floor and a brawl of around 50 people just outside. He asked for permission to open until 3am on Fridays and Saturdays, serving alcohol until 2.30am, in order to host private events like weddings and birthday parties, insisting he will not disturb his neighbours like the previous venue.
(Ben Birchall/PA/ Pixabay) LOCKDOWN AND CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS have changed many aspects of our lives and many people are eager to hug their family and friends once again. Scientific advisors have given an estimated time frame of when people may be able to hug their loved ones- and it might be as early as June. This is thanks to a new study which suggests a single jab can cut virus transmission by up to half. Dr Mike Tildesley, from the University of Warwick and a member of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (Spi-M) group, suggested the decision on whether social distancing would be needed going into the summer months could be a political one.
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
East Ocean Cuisine and Oriental Kitchen failed council food safety inspections. Photos: Google Maps Two eat London restaurants have been given the worst possible hygiene ratings in the last week. East Ocean Cuisine in Ilford and Oriental Kitchen in Walthamstow have been rated zero out of five by council food safety officers in recent inspections Officers have deemed urgent improvement is necessary . Chinese takeaway East Ocean Cuisine, in Eastern Avenue, has a mixed history when it comes to hygiene ratings. The restaurant, which on its website claims to guarantee 100 per cent natural, fresh and healthy food , was previously rated three out of five or generally satisfactory following an inspection in 2019.