THERE WILL BE A crackdown on estate and managing agents and reform of the housing sales process says the Government – announcing cosmetic reforms that fall far short of tackling the housing crisis. The package of measures has been announced ...

A NEW APPEAL has come from the police to the public to work together to root out extremist messages from the internet. The message comes after four East Londoners were jailed for trying to groom 55 school students to help with ...

Emdad Rahman BAD WEATHER AND RAIN could not dampen the spirit of a group of East London residents who have returned after climbing Mount Snowdon in Wales. The group have spent the best part of six weeks fundraising for dignity ...

A TOWER HAMLETS candidate was attacked and seriously injured yesterday, 6th April, while out campaigning ahead of the Council elections on 3rd May. Abdullah Al Mamun is a candidate for the ASPIRE party, standing in St Katharine’s & Wapping ward. ...

WEDNESDAY, 4TH APRIL was a bad day for Hackney – with two people being murdered on the streets. The police are making progress in their investigations – and they are now appealing to the public for further help in finding ...

FROM TODAY – Friday, 6th April – there will be an extra tax on soft drinks which contain high levels of added sucrose (sugar). The tax has been put in place to reduce childhood obesity – but will it work? The ...

DANIEL FREDERICK died on 8th January in Hackney – another young life cut short by a stab wound. Police have now confirmed that a fourth person has been charged with this murder. He is a 16 year old male who ...

LONDON HAS experienced one of its highest incidences of knife crime in a single night as six young victims suffered knife attacks across the capital – with five of the victims being hurt in incidents in East London. •First came ...

MYSTERY SURROUNDS the safety of the cladding used on Grenfell Tower after a BBC investigation revealed that tests had failed to prove it reached safety standards as early as 2014. Grenfell Tower caught fire in June 2017. A small fire ...

THE CYCLE OF street violence has moved up another notch with news that three teenagers have been stabbed just by the junction between Roman Road and Grove Road – in broad daylight, just before 6pm tonight, 5th April. The emergency ...