COURT ACTION taken by a group of traders has forced Mayor John Biggs’s Administration to back down and withdraw the Late Night Levy until proper consultation has taken place. The problem began in January this year, when a meeting of ...

IT WAS Green Street, E6, around 4pm on 8th May – and it wasn’t safe. As a 17 year old male walked down the street, he was attacked by a man. The victim was taken to an East London hospital ...

A MAN HAS committed a sexual assault in Newham – but his female victim has disappeared. Police are trying to find her so that they can continue with the prosecution of the suspect. The incident occurred on 4th July, at ...

A DISGRACEFUL attempt at street theft in the Mile End Road ended in Ismail Abbas Urrade, 29, of Holland Road, E6, committing a sexual assault. As a result, he was sentenced to 14 months in prison. His name will be ...

A MAN WHO committed serial acts of sexual abuse against a young girl between 2004 and 2011 has been sentenced to six years in prison. He was also given a Sexual Harm Prevention order and his name will be on ...

Emdad Rahman ROAD RUNNER Barry Culling celebrated his 250th Parkrun in the only way he knows how – running in fancy dress with a crowd and scoffing cake at the end. Despite the early morning heat, the Dagenham runner notched ...

A SET of five motions coming to next Wednesday’s Council meeting as the Independent Group of councillors puts forward a strategy to make the Borough a safer place. When he was Deputy Mayor, Cllr Ohid had a special brief for ...

EIGHT BRITONS will be cycling on a Pilgrimage Ride to Saudi Arabia – a journey of over 3,500 miles taking the riders across three continents. The riders will end their journey at Hajj. on the way, they will be raising ...

Emdad Rahman THE ST MATTHIAS Community Centre in Poplar hosted a community lunch to bring a whole host of members of the community together to interact and share experiences.  The joint event with Poplar Hale Street Masjid saw members of ...

Emdad Rahman THE FORMER Bangladesh National Parliament MP Syeda Jebunnessa Haque was the guest of honour as Sylhet Sadar hosted Beanibazar in a Greater Sylhet football friendly at Stepney Green.  Ms Haque is the mother of renowned Bangladeshi goalkeeper Helal Uzzaman, ...