DETECTIVES moved quickly to make an arrest after an 18 year old woman was sexually assaulted in Dagenham on 6th September. The incident occurred on the footbridge between Reede Road and Blackbourne Road, near Pondfield Park. The following day, Adef ...

A LONG JOURNEY starts with a single step – and that single step may have been taken in Greatorex Street in Tower Hamlets on Sunday night, 7th October when a number of community activists came together to discuss how to ...

JUST TWO COUNTS of selling or transferring a firearm, two counts of transferring ammunition, two counts of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and two counts of transferring ammunition led to Lennie St Clare Walters, 47, being sentenced ...

Emdad Rahman DAGENHAM 88 RUNNERS are pleased to be involved in England Athletics #runandtalk campaign, with a focus on raising awareness of mental wellbeing. Louise Chappell, Lynne Northcott and Rosina Salmon have recently been appointed Mental Health Champions for the ...

WHO KILLED 14 year old Corey “Junior” Davis? The young teen died just over a year ago – and to mark the anniversary the Metropolitan Police Service have put up a £20,000 reward for anyone who can help them identify ...

Emdad Rahman TEAM ORANGE, on behalf of the UK charity Penny Appeal, completed the Ealing Half Marathon for charity. The run at Lammas Park, now recognised as West London’s biggest running event, has three times been voted the UK’s best ...

A 17 YEAR OLD from Ilford has been given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay £75 compensation after being convicted of causing criminal damage after a hearing at Stratford Magistrates’ Court last month. The teen caused the damage by ...

Emdad Rahman AS PART OF A drive to engage local youngsters in positive activities, the Hedgecock Community Centre in association with the Barking Youth Link is introducing a youth club session for children aged 5-18 years of age. Activities will ...

WERE THESE CHILDREN his only victims? That’s the question police are asking after Rupert Deeble, 51, of Margaret Bondfield Avenue, Barking, was finally sentenced for a list of attacks of a sexual nature against children. The attacks took place between ...

Emdad Rahman TO CELEBRATE 16 years of excellence, the Headstart Education Centre is holding a charity BBQ fundraiser to support the initiatives of UK charity the Ummah Welfare Trust. Half of the profits will be donated to the charity’s Iraq appeal. ...