THE UK-BASED charity Human Appeal has been working in Syria since the start of the civil war in 2011. It’s not the only charity working there, but it’s certainly done its share. By their own account, this is the aid ...

IF YOU LIVE near the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), you have probably travelled on it. You may have walked past it, wishing the fares were lower. But have you ever day-dreamed about adopting a DLR station? That is what Transport ...

THE POLICE  are appealing for witnesses to help them solve an acid attack case in East Ham which saw a young man suffer life-changing injuries. The victim, 24, was walking along Burges Road, E6 at around 4pm on Monday, 12th ...

THE BBC HAS ALLEGED that the man who has been taken ill in the Salisbury contamination incident is Sergei Skripal, 66. The Russian national was convicted, in Russia, of spying for the UK. Skripal, then a colonel in Russian military intelligence, ...

THAMES WATER has asked customers to use as little water as possible while they recover from the effects of the recent big freeze. Part of the problem is leaks in Thames Water pipes – but another part is leaks on ...

NOTTINGHAM-BASED Radio Dawn has been fined by radio regulator Ofcom for a second time – this time for a serious breach of the conditions of its broadcasting licence. The radio station, which specialises in broadcasting to the Muslim community in ...

NEWHAM POLICE are concerned about the welfare of 13 year old Zahra Codsi, who has been missing since Monday, 26th February. She was last seen at around 3.40pm in East Ham. Zahra is described as 5ft 7ins tall, of slim ...

A TOWER HAMLETS police constable has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police – three and a half months since he was found guilty of harassment. PC Christopher Gilham was based at Tower Hamlets. He was convicted of harassment on 10th ...

EVER SINCE large numbers of Rohingya people started fleeing to Bangladesh to escape persecution by the Myanmar military forces, international attention has focussed on the refugee camps around Cox’s Bazar. International attention is all very well: what the Rohingya refugees, ...

A GANG OF FOUR East Londoners who wanted to inspire an “army of children” to carry out a terror attack in the UK were convicted of a range of terror-related offences at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2nd March. The ...