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A Polish migrant whose first job in Britain was working unpaid as a London cycle courier now has a medical delivery business turning over £7million a year. Alex Landowski arrived 13 years ago with just his bicycle and £200.

At 24, he had no plan and found himself sleeping on the floor of his friend’s bedroom, in a tiny property that was home to 10 other migrants. Now his hi-tech firm, Medical Logistics – which recently launched a ground-breaking drone delivery scheme – is the capital’s only 24/7 dedicated medical courier service.

And he employs a team of 25 staff and more than 50 contractors. Alex, 37, moved to the UK hoping to make enough money to repay a debt from a failed business in Poland.

After weeks searching for a job, he finally found a role as a bike courier – but working for free. He recalls: “I was already low on my £200 and started to run out of money. I couldn’t keep cycling round London for no money, so I quit.

But those three weeks gave me an understanding of London – I could now tell people I had experience.

He says: “My former employer was small but very good, they had a good service level. And I was thinking, there was nobody providing dedicated medical couriers in London with that kind of service level. That was my plan.”

Securing a £50,000 investment from a friend, Alex started delivering to GPs and clinics himself.

And the success has given him the chance to take things to another level – using drones to deliver urgent blood supplies, medicine and lab samples.

Drones are a natural path forward – the tech can save lives, time and the environment. Delivering organs is not far off.

Alex now lives in the Cots­wolds with his wife and two kids and hopes to gain UK citizenship. And he is proud to have been able to create jobs, saying: “It’s my way of saying thank you for letting me in.

“The UK has always treated me good. Every time I tell this story, it has some positive impact.”

https://www.mylondon.news/news/uk-world-news/i-came-london-poland-200-26909268

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Alex Landowski's tech firm, Medical Logistics, is making huge profits and has 25 employees
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Two rappers have been sentenced to life behind bars after they stabbed a 16-year-old boy to death on a North London street for his reported affiliation with a rival gang.

Tariq Monteiro, 23, and Siyad Mohamud, 24, were in a group of six who chased Alex Smith in cars and on foot before murdering him with a machete near Euston station in 2019.

Monteiro and Mohamud, who rap as Suspect and Swavey respectively, had posted videos online mocking their Alex Smith and celebrating his murder. The former was ordered to serve a minimum of 24 years and the latter at least 23 years.

They are the third and fourth convictions for Alex's murder across separate trials. Beatriz Smith, Alex's mum, called him her 'precious baby boy' and said she couldn't shake the image of him being 'hunted by a pack'.

Detective Sergeant Martin Slattery said:

I truly hope that these further convictions will enable Alex’s family and friends to draw some comfort from knowing that these men, responsible for killing Alex, will spend a considerable period of time in prison.

Neither Mohamud nor Monteiro have shown any remorse throughout the trial and have offered no explanation as to why they committed such a heinous act.

https://www.mylondon.news/news/north-london-news/two-rappers-life-prison-after-26908769

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Не все мигранты одинаковы

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