DAGENHAM was the scene of a vicious robbery back on Sunday, 6th January – when a gang tied up and threatened a member of staff at a warehouse on Messina way. They tied him to a chair and one of ...

SWATHES OF South Asia are suffering from heavy monsoon rains which have caused flash floods, standing floods and landslips. The death toll is already at 300, with tens of thousands more displaced. Over 1.5 million people are thought to have ...

ENGLAND CAPTAIN Joe Root has announced the England squad from which a team will be drawn to play Australia at the first Specsavers Test Match against Australia, which will start at Edgbaston on 1st August. Root announced the news while ...

A MAN HAS been given an indefinite hospital order after carrying out an indiscriminate knife attack on two GP surgeries in Bow at the end of last year. He had bought the weapons online. Jeffrey Shing-lok Lueng, 41, of Guerin ...

THERE’S JUST three years to go until the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham – and Team England’s swimmers have begun building a solid base at the Aquatics World Championships in South Korea. Leading the pack has been Adam Peaty – who ...

WHAT WERE WE listening to 50 years ago?  One early number one in 1969 was this catchy little number from Amen Corner, which topped the charts early in the year. The song is little more than its chorus – but ...

THE PRE-SEASON encounter at the Breyer Group Stadium began with both teams laying a wreath in the centre circle in memory of the late Justin Edinbugh. The move was welcomed by applause from the crowd. Profits from the match are ...

Emdad Rahman UNITED PATLI are celebrating after regaining the Jagannathpur Union Cup – after beating 2017 winners and four times finalists Syedpur and Shaharpara Union in the final. Six of the official union teams took part in two groups of ...

A POLICE investigation has ended with one man being charged with committing a series of sexual assaults in Newham and Waltham Forest over the last month. The man charged is Abdallah Baballah, 23, of no fixed above. On 27th July, ...

THE AUGUST issue of The Voice – online magazine of the East London Garden Society (ELGS) is out, bringing the area’s gardeners the usual mix of know-how and debate. The major news is a move to establish a five mile ...