ND 22.01.2023: US news from NewsBreak

Good morning. Happy Sunday and Happy New Year of the Rabbit! This morning our news comes from NewsBreak. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has proposed legislation to permanently ban Covid mandates in the state. The proposal includes permanently banning mask requirements … Continue reading ND 22.01.2023: US news from NewsBreak

ND 11.12.2022: Edinburgh’s Burger Mama to shut down after a year; other news stories

Good morning. Today we’ll be covering the latest news stories via HEMNA’s own ‘HEM Newsbreakers’ list on Twitter. An Edinburgh burger restaurant has announced its sudden closure after less than a year in Haymarket. Burger Mama Westside closed its Haymarket … Continue reading ND 11.12.2022: Edinburgh’s Burger Mama to shut down after a year; other news stories

NEWS DIGEST 15.08.2021: First goal of the UK Premier League; trucker adopts homeless cat

Happy Sunday. Your news today is sourced from Facebook. Meet the sweetest pair ever, Paul Robertson and his cat Percy who love each other more than anything. Paul is a truck drive that loves driving but it can get lonely … Continue reading NEWS DIGEST 15.08.2021: First goal of the UK Premier League; trucker adopts homeless cat

NATHAN’S PIES AND EELS: Legendary East London cafe to close after 80 years

London – VIJAY SHAH and TOM HORTON via Newham Recorder East London is to lose another long-time landmark after a business that specialises in selling the area’s traditional delicacy of jellied eels alongside hot football match snacks announced it would be calling time after eighty years in business, according to a report by the local newspaper, the Newham Recorder.   Nathan’s Pies and Eels, based in Barking Road, Upton Park, near the former Boleyn Stadium of the football club West Ham United, is a ‘pie and mash’ shop, a restaurant selling traditional London food such as steak and kidney pies … Continue reading NATHAN’S PIES AND EELS: Legendary East London cafe to close after 80 years

SAINTE-CROIX RESTO: Burglar allegedly beaten to death in Mauritius restaurant

Port Louis – VIJAY SHAH via NICOLAS ATHIANE and Inside News   The concept of ‘standing your own ground’ has taken on a new meaning in the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius, after an elderly couple were arrested for allegedly beating to death a burglar who targeted their restaurant business in the Sainte-Croix district of the capital Port Louis, Inside News reports. To Chun Marlene Leung, aged 68, and her brother, named only as Alex and aged 65, were arrested after the death of a local and notorious criminal, 50-year-old Gaëtan Patrick Suave, who was said to have climbed into the restaurant via … Continue reading SAINTE-CROIX RESTO: Burglar allegedly beaten to death in Mauritius restaurant

VIJAY’S VIRASAT: Restaurant with a familiar name

Those of you who have been following this blog since the earliest days will now that the editor/blogger/journalist (i.e. me) who runs the blog is named Vijay. Those who know me in real life also know of my reputation as a bit of a foodie. So the next bit will be quite interesting. I live in Ilford, just east of the big smoke in the United Kingdom they like to call London, and within a 5 or so mile radius from my home are three establishments involved in the food industry that bare my name. First, there’s Vijay’s Chawalla, a … Continue reading VIJAY’S VIRASAT: Restaurant with a familiar name