This summer’s global blockbuster movie has undoubtedly been Barbie. The fantasy comedy inspired by Mattel’s iconic fashion doll has taken over $1.2 billion at box offices worldwide, breaking multiple records in the process. Directed by Greta Gerwig, the live action movie starring Margot Robbie in t...
The British and Turkish governments have agreed to step up their joint operations to tackle organised immigration crime by disrupting their migration routes and supply chains. The details were announced in London earlier this week. The new agreement includes resources by the UK to help establish a...
A Turkish restaurant in West London has had its licence suspended for three months by Hammersmith and Fulham Council after its owners repeatedly flouted the law by hiring illegal workers. Woody Grill on Uxbridge Road, Shepherd’s Bush, was inspected three times in 14 months by a team from the govern...
The Illegal Migration Bill is now on Britain’s statute book. A total of 289 MPs voted in favour of the bill, giving the Home Secretary unprecedented powers to make arrangements for the detention and deportation of migrants, while 230 MPs voted against. Sensationalism rather than ‘virtue’, in Aristot...
One of the British Turkish community’s oldest organisations, the Turkish Women’s Philanthropic Association of England (TWPA for short) will be hosting a gala dinner and dance event in October to celebrate its 50th anniversary. The event, which is being held at the Regency Banqueting Hall in North L...
A man has died from serious head injuries after a suspected mugging in Wood Green, North London, prompting the Met Police to launch a hunt for the killer. Ibrahim Pertek, 52, was found in an alleyway that runs alongside Wood Green Library in the early hours of Sunday morning, 16 July. It is believe...
A murder investigation has been launched after a man in his 30s was shot and killed in a Turkish social club on White Hart Lane, North London, late on Sunday night. Although the identity of the man has yet to be formally released, T-VINE understands the man lived locally and his family hails from T...
This Saturday, 5 August the British Kashmiri community will be staging a protest outside the Indian High Comisssion in central London over the treatment of leader Yasin Malik, who they fear could be sentenced to death in a sham court case. Activist Mahmood Faiz, who attended the Turkish Cypriot prot...
West Ham United Women have announced that two existing players, Melisa Filis and Halle Houssein, have signed new contracts with the club. Of Turkish Cypriot heritage through her dad, London-born Halle Houssein is a highly regarded midfielder. The England U18s captain came through the Arsenal Academ...
The UK’s biggest burial site for Turks, Tottenham Park Cemetery, has been bought by a group of British Turkish businessmen. The North London site is currently under investigation by the Ministry of Justice for possible overuse and other alleged poor practices.The new owners are said to include Musta...
