IN AN ISLAMOPHOBIC outburst, former Foreign Secretary Tory MP Boris Johnson has made fun of the burqa. Writing in his weekly newspaper column, Johnson said that women who wear traditional Islamic garments – burqas and niqabs – look like bank ...

TWO shootings have taken place in or near St James’s Station, Chingford, E17 in the last three weeks – and police are appealing for witnesses and members of the public with information to come forward and help solve the crimes. ...

ENGLAND CRICKETER Ben Stokes, 27, and two friends – Ryan Hale, also 27, and Ryan Ali, 28 – are appearing in Court today to face charges of affray. The charges arise out of an incident in Bristol on 25th September ...

NEARLY ONE YEAR ago, someone tried to murder a 28 year old man in Dagenham. As the anniversary of the event approaches, the Metropolitan Police East Area Command Unit have issued a renewed appeal for public help in finding Wade ...

IT WAS A resounding “no” to nursery closures as Save Our Nurseries campaigners went out and about in Tower Hamlets on Saturday, explaining to members of the public that Executive Mayor John Biggs wants to close the Council’s last three ...

TWO MEN FROM Hackney have been sent to prison after being found guilty of a range of charges arising out of incident which took place in Ilford on 4th August last year. Dogus Kaynakkan, 20, of Meadow Close, Hackney, was ...

POLICE ARE searching for Unchenna Nwanokwu, 38, after a woman, 26, was attacked in the E15 area of Newham on Saturday, 28th July. She was left in a serious but stable condition. Police were called out by reports of an ...

Emdad Rahman Here To Stay is an exhibition by documentary photographer Inès Elsa Dalal which highlights the impact of nurses from the Windrush generation, who helped shape the NHS since its birth 70 years ago. Inès is a documentarian, who ...

TOWER HAMLETS Executive Mayor John Biggs has taken a break from the big decisions involved in running a London borough and is now advising residents how to organise their food shopping and storage to save themselves money. The Executive Mayor ...

A MAN HAS been sent to prison after being found guilty of four counts of rape – committed 20 years ago, in the 1990s. Richard Green, 48, was sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison when he appeared ...