A GROUP OF West Ham fans has set up the Real West Ham Fans Action Group (RWHFAG) to express dissatisfaction with the Club’s Board of Directors – and the changes which have come about since 2006, when the Club moved ...

A MAN HAS BEEN charged with the murder of Seyed Khan, whose body was found in a cemetery in Ilford on 1st February. Mr Khan was formally identified today, 5th February. Mr Khan lived in Thamesmead – but worked in ...

TODAY – Monday, 5th February – #ItsNotOK2018 is a week of raising awareness of sexual abuse and sexual violence. The Metropolitan Police will be doing all it can to put across information on where victims can find help – and ...

THE NUMBER OF people who have lost their jobs as a result of the Carillion collapse is creeping up towards 1,000. Carillion went into liquidation on 15th January, revealing that the company had been juggling debt for a very long ...

A LOCAL CLOTHES RETAILER was sat in his parked car in Ford Close, Bow, E3 at 5.30pm on Monday, 15th January – when two men, wearing balaclavas, robbed him. The victim, 24, was dragged out of his car. One of ...

A MURDER HUNT is underway in Barking, after a 19 year old male was stabbed in Abbey Road, Barking. Police and the Ambulance Service were called just after 10pm on Saturday, 3rd February. Despite receiving emergency treatment, the teenager could ...

ON 1ST FEBRUARY, Toynbee Hall held an opening event for a new exhibition at the Idea Store Whitechapel, as part of Toynbee Hall’s Heritage Project. The Bengali Innovators of Toynbee Hall is an exhibition which aims to capture the stories ...

ONE WEEK AFTER Yaya Mbye, 26, was found fatally wounded on the George Downing Estate off Cazenove Road in Stoke Newington, police returned to the scene to try to jog local memories and collect more information about what happened that ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council has launched its new Suicide Prevention Strategy 2018-21. The Strategy was launched on 1st February – national Time To Talk day, when people are encouraged to talk about mental health. The suicide rate in Tower Hamlets is ...

JOHN BIGGS had a busy evening last week, on the fourth Thursday of the month. By the time he reached Newham to attend a charity dinner in aid of combating acid attacks, he had been to three other meetings already ...