HACKNEY MP Diane Abbott has returned to the Labour front bench following a brief period of sick leave during the General Election. Diane was pilloried in the press for having fluffed a couple of interviews during the General Election campaign. ...

STEPNEY man, Shamim Ahmed (24), appeared at the Old Bailey on 10th May and admitted preparing for acts of terrorism. He returned to the Old Bailey on 14th June – and was sentenced to six years in prison. •Full story: ...

LESS THAN THREE weeks after a fatal collision involving a motorcyle on the A10 Great Cambridge Road in Edmonton N9, there has been – a second fatal collision involving a motorcyle on the A10 Great Cambridge Road in Edmonton N9. ...

THERESA MAY is still facing a barrage of criticism for the Government’s failure to act promptly as the fire broke out and in its immediate aftermath – and for its role in causing it. On Saturday, as estimates of the ...

SHAHIDUL ISLAM of Covelees Wall, E6, is only 23 years of age – but the rest of his 20s will be spent in jail after he was convicted on one count of kidnap and another of robbery. The kidnap took ...

Emdad Rahman SCINTILLA CC were in no mood to lose pace at the top of the table as the Barking & Dagenham outfit made quick work of Essex County Cricket League contenders Hawks CC at the Jubilee Sports Ground in Chingford. ...

DETECTIVES investigating the London Bridge terrorist attack have thanked the public for coming forward with information about the three pink knives used by the attackers to stab innocent victims. Police now believe they have identified where the terrorists obtained these weapons. ...

THE LATEST estimate of the number of fatalities in the Grenfell Tower fire is between 58 and 70. Londoners will feel that even 58 deaths is 58 too many – but there must be some relief that the eventual figure ...

STEPHEN WEBB, 57, of Weston Green, Dagenham, was convicted last week at Snaresbrook Crown Court of one count of a rape of a child under 16 and four counts of indecent sexual assault. The verdicts came after Webb had pleaded ...

THOSE OF YOU WHO can get yourselves over to the Saatchi gallery in SW2 will be able to see a compelling set of photos of Syrian refugees taken by photojournalist Edward Jonkler. Is it illuminating art, or patronising bandwagon-jumping? The exhibition ...