INDIAN PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi has tweeted his delight at the decision of the India Parliament to criminalise the “triple talaq” divorce allowed in the Muslim religion. In 2017 the Indian Supreme Court declared the triple talaq was unconstitutional. A ...

THE M25 was closed in both directions last night, 31st July, between Junction 25 (Enfield) and Junction 27 (M11) after a fatal crash on the anti-clockwise carriage. The closure began at around 6.45pm and went on for some hours. It ...

A YOUNG MAN was found guilty of a long list of sex offences against young girls after a trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court ended on 29th July. He is Abraham Ibrahim, 21, of Woodmill Road, Clapton, E5. The Court heard ...

THE LEADING batsman of the Bangladesh cricket team, Mushfiqur Rahim, has warned that the team needs to get back to basics if they are to turn the tide on their poor One Day International performances against Sri Lanka. Two matches ...

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 ...