POLICE ARE reviewing CCTV footage and following up other leads in their investigation into an acid attack which took place just after Christmas near the South Quay DLR Station. It was just before 7pm on Wednesday, 27th December when someone ...
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Read More »Police seek Ilford attacker
POLICE ARE APPEALING to the public for help in identifying a woman who was involved in an altercation in Ilford concerning a taxi. The woman was caught on CCTV and police have released a short section of the footage. The ...
Read More »East London Mosque seeks Projects Officer
THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has been inviting the wider community in for some time – but it wants to boost the level of this kind of activity with a wider audience of Muslims and non-Muslims alike. In recent years, the ...
Read More »Police seek Ilford gang in pensioner robbery
POLICE SEARCHING for three suspects who robbed a pensioner in Ilford last summer have now released CCTV footage in the hope that the public can help them identify and find the suspects – before they harm someone else. The theft ...
Read More »Bethnal Green man jailed for conning elderly
THREE YOUNG MEN who had been conning vulnerable elderly people appeared at Blackfriars Crow Court just before Christmas – where they were convicted of various offences relating to fraud. All three received prison sentences. The three included Shaheedul Abedin, 20, ...
Read More »Rabina calls for stronger anti-knife crime strategy
WRITING IN The Independent, Cllr Rabina Khan has outlined the need for a bottom-up, community led strategy against knife crime. Her remarks came just after a 16 year old boy who killed local student Syed Jamanoor Islam, 20, in Mile ...
Read More »Body found at Canary Wharf
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS returning to work in Canary Wharf after the Christmas and New Year break discovered the body of a man. It is thought the body had been there for several days. The body was found shortly after 8.30am in ...
Read More »Last try to halt Sadiq Khan vandalism at Fish Island
CAMPAIGNERS ARE making a last ditch attempt to stop London Mayor Sadiq Khan giving the go-ahead to the redevelopment of bridges leading to Fish Island in Tower Hamlets. The Save Hackney Wick campaign group is calling on the public to ...
Read More »Baby Harry – still looking for mum
BABY HARRY was found in a park in Plaistow back in September. He was immediately taken to hospital, where staff named him Harry – and appealed for his mother to come forward. Harry is now in local authority care – ...
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