HACKNEY’S MAYOR Philip Glanville took a step forward in tackling the borough’s 13,000-strong housing waiting list last week – as the Planning Committee approved plans to build new homes in Clapton. It’s a small development of just eleven homes, but ...

TWO MEN have been jailed after ambushing Luther Edwards after a boxing match in Bethnal Green and stabbing him to death. The incident occurred nearly two years ago – in July 2016. Just after 10.30pm on 29th July 2016, police ...

LABOUR LEADER Jeremy Corbyn led the way for Labour yesterday with a succinct tweet praising both England manager Gareth Southgate and the team’s players for their performance in the Football World Cup. The same excitement came from London Mayor Sadiq ...

HE WAS JUST 15 years old when he was murdered – after a large scale fight broke out following a birthday party which was held in a community centre in Clockhouse Lane, Romford. Jordan Douherty died at the scene, of ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE and London Muslim Centre were pleased to welcome Professor John Esposito when he visited the Mosque on 23rd June. Prof. Esposito is a founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Centre for Muslim-Christian Understanding, as ...

POLICE HAVE confirmed that Babatunde Sijuade, 29, of Western Avenue, Dagenham was arrested on Monday, 25th June and taken into custody at an East London Police Station. On Tuesday, 26th June he was charged with offences arising out of a ...

FOLLET STREET, E14, and the underpass leading to the A12, were the scenes of an argument which led to a stabbing in the early hours of Tuesday, 19th June. A man suffered serious, but not threatening, knife wounds and police ...

JOHN BIGGS HAS backed down in the face of a campaign by Unite the Union and agreed that young people working in Council leisure facilities run by GLL should receive he full London Living Wage (LLL) – but he hasn’t ...

FIVE YOUNG men will go on trial on 13th August at the Old Bailey, charge with the murder of Lord Promise Nkenda. Promise was stabbed on Valentine’s Day, in Goldwing Close E16. He was just 17 years old. Four teenagers ...

THAMES WATER worked throughout the night to fix the burst water pipe in the Fairfield Road area of Bow. They were able to restore the water supply by early Saturday morning. Bow Road re-opened at around midday on Saturday, with ...