THE MAN found dying in Alton Street, Poplar on Saturday lunchtime has been named. He was Gleb Stanislavovitch Zhebrovsky,34, a Poplar resident originally from Russia, who was known locally as Gleb Stalnoy. The name was released on the day that ...

CLEAN AIR DAY is coming up on Thursday, 20th June – and Tower Hamlets Wheelers will be marking the day with an Afterworker ride through some of the East End’s greener spaces. As it’s also the second longest day of ...

A 42 YEAR OLD man lost his life in Stratford in the early hours of this morning – and police are appealing for anyone who was in the area to come forward, as they piece together what went on. It ...

WHAT A VICTORY! Bangladesh went to Taunton to take on the West Indies in the cricket World Cup – with a little uncertainty over their form. There’s no uncertainty now. It was a triumph of timing. Yes, Bangladesh was set ...

POLICE ARE appealing to the public after a 28 year old man was shot in Birch Grove, Leytonstone, E11 just after 11.30 am this morning, 17th June. The emergency services turned out in force when the report of a shooting ...

Emdad Rahman NEO CRICKET CLUB delivered a colourful family fun day at Leyton County Ground in celebration of the Cricket World Cup. There was an array of family entertainment on show throughout the ground, including a bouncy castle and popular ...

WHAT WERE WE listening to 50 years ago? Here’s a short series on the hits of 1969 – two years after the Summer of Love, the year that humans landed on our moon, the last year of the 1960s. Half ...

TWO COLLEAGUES have spoken up in favour of Bangladesh Cricket Team Captain Mashrafe and told his critics to lay off him, as the team heads off to its next World Cup fixture – playing the West Indes in Taunton. Bowler ...

THERE ARE seven outdoor gyms in Tower Hamlets – and they are waiting for residents to dash out between the April showers and have a quick work-out on your own, with friends, or during one of the coaching sessions available. ...

IT WAS broad daylight. It was a Saturday afternoon. It was Poplar. And other young man lost his life to knife crime. The emergency services must have thought they were getting deja vu as they returned to Poplar yesterday afternoon, ...