IT’S JAIL for three years and a decade on the sexual offenders’ register for Sobirjon Boltaev, 26, of Lawton Road, Leyton. That is the penalty for committing a sexual assault on a woman on the streets of Stratford. The assault ...

THERE’S LOTS of shopping opportunities on the Isle of Dogs – one major supermarket and small versions of others. The large one is crowded, with queues at the till most of the time. The small versions are often untidy and ...

LIANNE GORDON lost her life nearly a year ago. Now Joshua Alexander, 17 has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering the Hackney resident. The Judge ordered that he must serve a minimum of 29 years. The teen was sentenced ...

ANOTHER LABELLING mistake has led to another major product recall. The retailer is Waitrose. Their Waitrose Chinese Takeaway Bag for 2 contains molluscs – but this fact is not recorded on the label. Significant numbers of people have an allergy ...

POLICE HAVE now charged a man with attempted murder after a serious assault took place in Stratford on 19th August. The charge came just days after police issued a CCTV image of a man they wished to speak to in ...

IN A MAJOR error, Tesco labelled its own-brand Chicken Tsukune Skewers sa “use by 23rd December”. The label should have read “use by 10th December”. The product contains 8 skewers, and this is reflected on the label. A chicken product ...

IT WAS ONE teen against another back in February: one of them died, and one of them was found guilty of manslaughter at Snaresbrook Crown Court on 29th November. Police established the basics of what happened very quickly. Just before ...

THE ASSISTED Dying Bill (ADB) has received its Second Reading in the House of Commons. A committee of MPs will now consider it in detail, line by line, and think about any amendments that may improve it. The ADB will ...

P&B (Foods) Ltd has recalled its Heera Navratan Korma because the product contains cashew nuts which are not declared on the item’s list of ingredients. The cashews could pose a risk to anyone who has an allergy to this food ...

A CYCLIST WAS killed last weekend, just after midnight on Saturday, 23rd November. The death occurred after a collision occurred between the cyclist and a bus on Westferry Road, E14. As reports of the incident came in to the emergency ...