A GANG OF three con artists stage a distraction theft in the Natwest Bank on East Street, Barking in September – and police are trying to identify and locate the suspects. It was around noon on 16th September 2017 when ...

TORY GOVERNMENT should be “deeply ashamed” of the latest figures which show that record numbers of patients have been left waiting in ambulances, unable to gain admission to hospital A&E departments this winter – according to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party. ...

THERE WAS TRAGEDY in Barking Road, Newham, at 2pm this afternoon as a woman, 67, was knocked over by a lorry. The emergency services attended and she was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman’s next of kin have been ...

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE have confirmed that they will continue to prioritise tackling knife crime over the next year. Deputy Commissioner Sir Craig Mackey renewed this pledge after four young men were stabbed to death over the New Year. The Deputy ...

GET READY for a fantastic evening of football fun on Monday week – and support a good cause at the same time. •Read more about it: Footballers brave the cold for Beanibazar Hospital benefit Beanibazar does the soup kitchen   ...

ISLE OF DOGS Independent Group Councillor Maium Miah has spoken out in support of the Council taking action to curb acid attacks. The Canary Wharf ward councillor was speaking out after two attacks in his own ward. Cllr Maium Miah said, “There ...

A WOMAN HAS died after being stabbed in Ilford – and a man from Newham has been arrested in connection with the incident. The London Ambulance Service (LAS) received reports just after 7pm on Wednesday, 3rd January that a woman ...

Emdad Rahman Poplar Shahjalal Mosque worked in unison to deliver a hearty winter community meal for homeless citizens. Mahmud Choudhury co-ordinated the gathering, as several volunteers from the Mosque prepared, cooked and served dinner to the guests.  As part of an ...

TWO 16 YEAR OLDS were hospitalised with gunshot wounds on 29th December after a gunman opened fire on a fast food restaurant in Plaistow. The incident occurred in Terrace Road, just after 8.30pm. The emergency services were called, with both ...

INDEPENDENT GROUP Councillor Ohid Ahmed has called on Tower Hamlets Council to create a “Tower Hamlets Acid Register”, to be used on a voluntary basis by local retailers who sell corrosive substances. Cllr Ahmed says that a voluntary register would ...