AS AUGUST BEGAN, a group of thugs have been staging knife-point robberies at various sites along East London’s River Lea. Crimes have occurred in Hackney, Tottenham and Waltham Forest – and Detective Inspector Paul Ridley of Hackney CID is co-ordinating ...
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Barking Riverside gets the Overground
THE NEW development known as Barking Riverside, which is being built on the site of the former Barking Power Station, can go ahead now – with the Government agreeing that the London Overground can be extended to the new development. ...
Read More »Burdett Rd crash cop dismissed from the Met
Lying about a vehicle collision in Tower Hamlets landed PC Miladur Khan with a six months jailed sentence. PC Khan claimed he had been driving one of the vehicles – in order to protect his younger brother. PC Khan began ...
Read More »Where is missing Hayden Field?
HAYDEN FIELD IS just twelve years old – and has been missing since around 8.30pm on 31st July. He is described as white, approximately 5ft 4ins tall and of slim build. He lives in Newham, but he is known to ...
Read More »Man jailed after serial offences in Barking
A SERIES OF petty offences has landed Nathan Forsythe, 35, in jail. He began his latest spree by gaining a reputation as an “aggressive beggar” in Barking and Ilford town centres – and ended by assaulting a police officer. On ...
Read More »Can you help find Nerys from Ilford?
NERYS GARRETT from Ilford is just 15 years old – and she has been missing for nearly two months. Nerys is described as white, 5ft 5ins tall, of slim build, with long brown hair and pierced ears. Nerys was last ...
Read More »Barking: a young life cut senselessly short
POLICE WERE called out in the early hours of Wednesday, 2nd August. There were reports that there had been a stabbing at Movers Lane in Barking, at the junction with Ripple Road. When the police arrived they found a young man ...
Read More »FSA admits: UK did get toxic eggs
THE UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has admitted that toxic eggs did reach the UK earlier this year. They claim that the risk to the public is very low. Fears about infected eggs occurred recently when supplies of eggs coming ...
Read More »Sports coaches boost education project on marathon day
Md Ismael As Geoffrey Kirui of Kenya and Rose Chelimo of Bahrain came from behind to win London 2017 World Championship marathon gold medals on Tower Bridge, a group of volunteers who are helping build a school and sports academy ...
Read More »Aldi gets cracking on Germany egg ban
EGGS ARE IN short supply in Germany as the spotlight falls on Holland – where eggs have been found to contain traces of a dangerous insecticide. Aldi, a major supermarket in Germany, has removed all stocks of Dutch eggs from ...
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