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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 – ...

YET ANOTHER massive hike in rail fares is threatening government plans to gentrify inner London and push low paid workers out to the cheaper suburbs. Fare rises averaging 3.4% came in with the New Year – the biggest increase in ...

A CONVICTION FOR common assault has led to PC Ajay Singh, who had been working with the East Area Command Unit, being dismissed from the Metropolitan Police at a special case hearing just before Christmas. The conviction arose after PC ...