THE NEWS that Whipps Cross Hospital is to be re-built was welcomed by everyone in East London – but as soon as the move was announced, campaigners began to press for the plans to include safeguards to benefit the local ...

POLICE CONTINUE to investigate the fatal shooting of a 30 year old man in Balfour Road, Ilford, one week on from the crime. The investigation is being conducted by the Metropolitan Police Specialist Crime Command (Homicide). STORY UPDATE: Mushin Mohamed, ...

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.” Oscar Wilde, Irish poet and playwright, 1854-1900 ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “He’s doing a terrific job.  The people of Poland think the world of him.” Donald Trump, (former?) President of the USA, referring to Andrzej Duda, President of Poland and supporter of the extreme right, ...

AT 4.30PM, GMT, Democrat candidate Joe Biden secured enough votes in Pennsylvania for media outlets around the world to announce that he would be the next President of the USA. Who’s cheering? Donald Trump isn’t cheering, for one. He was ...

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! “I have had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn’t it.” Groucho Marx ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today

THERE’S A WEEK of virtual debate taking place from Monday, 16th November to mark the ongoing battle to persuade world leaders to tackle climate change – with the urgency it deserves. The UN Climate Change Conference, COP26, due to be ...

POLICE ARE trying to identify and locate a man who committed a violent assault in Hackney on Sunday, 13th September. They have released a CCTV image of their suspect and appealed to the public for help. The assault occurred just ...

IT’S  AUTUMN. Let’s cheer ourselves up! I’m what you’d call ethnically Catholic. Don’t believe in God, still hate Rangers… Dara O’Briain, comedian ●Read more about it: Thought for today The Thames Today