IT SHOULD have been a simple, fun Hallowe’en party at a community centre in James Close, Plaistow, Newham. It was fine – until eight to ten masked men arrived and stabbed an 18 year old party-goer. The stabbing happened at ...

WITH WAR raging round so many parts of the world, it is more important than ever to commemorate those who gave their lives in past conflicts – and honour the sacrifice. For many service personnel, they went to war hoping ...

A MAN appeared at the Old Bailey on 28th October – and pleaded guilty to causing the death of a dog walker and her two dogs in an incident which happened three days before Christmas 2023. The guilty man has ...

GOOD NEWS! Tower Hamlets Council has signed a ten-year lease on four empty office blocks on Marsh Wall, on the Isle of Dogs. It’s going to convert them into temporary accommodation. There are many reasons why this is such good ...

POLICE WANT to talk to them – and they asked the public to help identify them. It worked. Now we have a second request: can we help the police find them? Police want to talk to these men in connection ...

WILL IT work? Will residents co-operate with Tower Hamlets Council’s new scheme to recycle food waste in the borough? It’s in place to meet new government requirements, so all residents will be involved eventually. Let’s explain what’s going on. It ...

A COLLISION between a pedestrian, 54, and a lorry sadly led to the pedestrian losing their life. The collision occurred on the A127, the Southend Arterial Road, at 6.44pm on Thursday, 22nd October. The London Ambulance Service attended the scene ...

DEPUTY MAYOR Cllr Maium Talukdar added his thanks to the many foster carers who came to the Council’s fostering celebration event earlier this month. The Deputy Mayor, who had been Cabinet Member for Children for the last four years, was ...

E-BIKES pose a severe fire hazard – not the bikes themselves, but the batteries they use have a habit of bursting into flames when recharging or when heated in rubbish collections. There were three major fires in recycling centres in ...

Winter is here, and that means that the flu virus is out and about looking for victims. It also means that we have the annual debate on whether to have a flu vaccine.  Vaccine debate Much of the vaccine debate ...