BURGLARY WENT wrong – but, even so, Paul Hensley, 57, of Code Street, E1, was given a six year prison sentence. Hensley appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court last Friday, where he was convicted of attempted robbery and possession of an ...

COUNCILLORS have asked Executive Mayor John Biggs to think again over his plans to close the borough’s last three remaining Local Authority Day Nurseries. The move came at a special meeting of the Council’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee (OSC), held ...

IT WAS 3rd May, around noon, and a cash delivery and collection was taking place at the Sainsbury’s shop on Hall Lane, Chingford. Two men, riding a blue and silver motor scooter approached. The pillion passenger got off the scooter ...

Emdad Rahman TEAM MC MEMBERS from Stepney undertook the challenge of scaling the three UK mountain peaks of Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon in 24 hours for a great charitable cause.  The team only decided to do the climb ...

POLICE HAVE found and charged the missing William Deo, who was being sought in connection with an attack in which a “noxious substance” – believe to be ammonia – was thrown. The incident happened at a residential address in Argyle ...

Emdad Rahman THE GREATER SYLHET Upazila Cup – Europe’s premier Bangladeshi football tournament is back. The football festival returns to Hackney Mabley Green and will feature teams representing the Sylhet region of Bangladesh. Balagonj and Osmaninagar and then Osmaninagar won ...

A MALE NURSE has been sentenced to 15 years in jail after being convicted of raping a woman patient while he was at work in an East London hospital. He was also issued with a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for ...

Emdad Rahman THE WILL CROOKS ESTATE was the venue for a community football tournament held to celebrate unity as well as the life of Will Crooks.  William Crooks was a noted trade unionist and politician from Poplar and a member ...

POLICE have confirmed that they have charged a man with the murder of Abulrahman Nassor Juma, 23, who was stabbed in Crows Lane, Barking, on 17th May. The suspect has been named as Syed Fahad, 22, of Salisbury Avenue, Barking. ...

Emdad Rahman LEFTLEY SPORTS CLUB, in the heart of Barking & Dagenham, is celebrating after beating Eastbury Community Association to the very first derby game between the two teams. A brace from the evergreen Zoinul Abidin and an own goal ...