ENGLAND CRICKETER Ben Stokes is facing the possible end of his career tonight, as he has been sent for trial on the charge of affray. However, the 26 year old all-rounder is welcoming the prospect of a trial as an ...
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Last try for Wales
SIR ROBIN WALES, Mayor of Newham, has not been automatically selected to be Labour’s mayoral candidate in the election on 3rd May. The Party will now hold an open selection contest to choose their candidate. It is tempting to assume ...
Read More »Police announce massive upheaval across London
THE METROPOLITAN POLICE are taking a new model of organisation – piloted in East London – and rolling it out across the capital. No more will each borough have its own police force, as new Basic Command Units (BCUs) will ...
Read More »Metro Bank creates 120 jobs in Ilford
WHILE MANY companies in the UK are struggling with mounting company debt and wondering if they can manage to stay open, the Metro Bank has announced a programme of expansion and taking on extra staff. East Londoners will be particularly ...
Read More »Police devote a week to tackling knife crime
THREE POLICE forces in London are working together this week on reducing knife crime in London – the Metropolitan Police, British Transport Police (BTP) and the City of London Police. The week runs from Monday 12th to Friday 16th February. ...
Read More »City Airport shut as WW2 bomb found in Thames
THE DISCOVERY of an unexploded bomb, left over from World War 2, in the King George V Dock has seen residents and businesses evacuated and London City Airport shut down – all for safety reasons. London City Airport posted a ...
Read More »Council continues crack down on drugs
SEVENTEEN ARRESTS have been made since 1st January in a joint operation – “Operation Continuum” between Tower Hamlets Council and Tower Hamlets police. There is no explanation of what “Operation Continuum” is. In the second anti-drug operation held under Operation ...
Read More »Did you see serious collision in Hackney?
A 71 YEAR OLD MAN is in an East London hospital, in a critical condition, after being hit by a Mercedes C220. The car collided with the man, a pedestrian, at approximately 6.40am on the morning of Saturday, 10th February. ...
Read More »Hackney man recalled to prison disappears
POLICE ARE looking for Mark Christopher Woolley, 52, of Albion Road, Hackney. He had been released from HMP Ranby on 16th November last year – on licence. Woolley attended a probation meeting on 31st January – but he then breached ...
Read More »Piece together fragments of Jewish Whitchapel
THOSE OF US who bang on about the diverse cultural heritage of the East End are used to including “Jewish refugees” as one of the groups of people who have come to this part of London, built new lives – ...
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