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Counterfeit chocolate ‘worth

£100,000’ seized in Oxford Street

A haul of counterfeit chocolate
bars has been seized in raids on
American candy shops on Oxford
Street.
The “Wonka Bars” were con-
fiscated on Tuesday by trading
standards staff, who took mer-
chandise worth about £100,000,
according to Westminster Coun-
cil.
The Food Standards Agen-
cy (FSA) warned: “If you have
bought these knock-off bars, do
not eat them.”
The council has been targeting
Eskioğlu will tell the US-themed sweet shops amid eye to those who sublet them as stores.”
claims nearly £8m of business of buildings are turning a blind ing overrun with these kinds of
rates are owed. It says it has net-
history of labour struggle ted about £475,000 of counter- it means they are not liable for The FSA has also issued a warn-
feit and illegal goods in the past business rates,” the new council ing as it believes the chocolate is
six months. leader said. being produced or repackaged by
UNDER Day-Mer festival “Even though it may seem that Council leader Adam Hug said: “This needs to stop and we will unregistered businesses and in-
event, journalist and owner of society is ‘scattered with dead “We need landlords to take re- be stepping up pressure on land- dividuals who could be bypassing
Acik Gazete Faruk Eskioğlu will soil’ and ‘leaf does not move’ in sponsibility about who they let lords to make it clear they are food hygiene, labelling and trace-
ability laws.
be taking part in a panel where the labour struggle, the facts are to.””The problem is that owners responsible for Oxford Street be-
he be talking about the history of not like that at all. I will explain at
labours struggle in society. the panel,” he said. Eskioğlu, who
Eskioğlu will also speak at the is the author of a three-volume Third of 2022 capital’s homicide victims are women
panel titled “Labor Struggle in book titled “London’s Bizim’Kil-
Society” to be held at the North er”, which tells about 100 years JUST under a third of London’s understand the underlying drivers victims of murder or manslaughter.
London Community Centre (Day- of immigration from Turkey to homicide victims this year are wom- of harassment, abuse and violence Following the kidnap, rape and
Mer Tottenham) at “22 Moorfield England and 150 years from Cy- en, according to analysis of police against women and girls. murder of Sarah Everard by a serving
Road, N17 6PY” on Friday, 17 prus, will sign his books after the data has shown carried out by the In his last two manifestos for elec- Met Police officer in March 2021, Mr
June at 18:30. Eskioğlu said, panel. BBC. tion as London mayor, in 2016 and Khan again pledged to keep women
Ten women, out of 34 homicide 2021, Mr Khan has pledged to tackle and girls safe in the capital ahead of
victims, have been killed in London the violence. his re-election two months later.
According to Met Police data, be-
Since that victory on 9 May, 2021 a
Turkish Classical Music feast so far in 2022, according to Met Po- tween 2016 and the end of 2021, 141 total of 24 women have been fatally
lice statistics, and all suspects are
took place in London men. women and girls were killed either as stabbed, strangled or assaulted.
It is a slightly higher ratio com-
pared to the same time last year,
MUSIC lovers showed great formed the unforgettable works of
interest in the concert where Turkish music. The choir won the when 12 out of 54 homicide victims
the most distinguished works of appreciation of the audience with were females.
Turkish Classical Music were per- the selected and performed works. The analysis comes as London
formed. Pianist Lara Melda took part as mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged
The Turkish Classical Music a guest artist at the concert. Music £17.7m as part of a strategy to keep
wind blew in London, the capital lovers in London showed great in- women safe.
of England, and the Turkish Music terest in the Turkish Classical Mu- His fresh plan uses a public health
Choir took the stage at the summer sic feast. At the end of the night, approach to tackling violence pio-
concert. Under the direction of the the choir, which was highly appre- neered in Chicago.
Ministry of Culture artist and com- ciated, was applauded for a long Mr Khan said a more “innovative
poser Suat Sancar, the choir per- time by the audience. approach” was needed in order to

Bill for ‘waking watch’ fire monitoring tops £7m in London

MORE than £7m worth of grants have been authorised totalling jority of buildings needing a wak-
has been given out to Londoners to £7,650,113. ing watch were in Tower Hamlets
cover the cost of round-the-clock The Waking Watch Relief Fund (165).
monitoring at buildings construct- was introduced by the National Fire Meanwhile, buildings in Hackney
ed using potentially unsafe materi- Chiefs Council after the Grenfell (87), Southwark (94) and Green-
als. Tower fire, which led to 72 deaths wich (73) also ranked high in the
City Hall figures show 1,100 in 2017. list. Last month, London Fire Bri-
buildings in the capital have fire National guidance states any gade Commissioner Andy Roe wel-
safety defects so severe they need waking watches introduced should comed new government legislation
“waking watches”. only be a temporary measure. based on recommendations from
The Waking Watch Relief Fund The City Hall figures were re- the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
was set up to pay for costs of in- leased following a question to the But, he warned more needed to
stalling alarms to replace costly Mayor of London by Labour assem- be done to tackle dangerous struc-
warden patrols. bly member Anne Clarke. tures and ensure residents knew
Since August 2021, 83 grants The statistics showed the ma- how to escape in the event of a fire.