TENSION HAS broken out between mosque leaders and the police over how a suspected arson attack on the Nasfat Islamic Centre in Manchester should be classified. The Centre, in Droylsden Road, Newton Heath, Manchester, caught fire on Sunday night. The fire ...

A NEWHAM man has been charged with encouraging terrorism, contrary to Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006. Shafi Mohammed Saleem, 28, of Forest Gate, was originally arrested on 19th April. He was released on bail while police investigated the ...

A TEENAGE girl who lives in Ilford has been missing since Friday morning (14th July). Police believe she may have travelled to Whitechapel that morning. Ayesha Alohan-Eke, 16, is described as a young black woman, 5ft 5ins tall, of slim ...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 28 year old man died from stab wounds at a block of flats in Straight Road, Romford, on 11th July. Police and the London Ambulance Service were called out to the address just ...

THERESA MAY has come up with a new trick to try to cover up the Government’s lack of concern for state funded schools. Unfortunately for the Tories, the trick is so transparent that no one is going to be impressed ...

FOUR MEN are to appear in court after a Hackney Council Enforcement Officer was assaulted in Leaside Road, E5, on 16th January. Those summonsed are: •Osher Freidman, 30, of Wargrave Avenue, N15; •Mordechai Freidman, 31, of Fairholt Road, N16; •Benjamin ...

The East London Mosque will be holding its 5k community fun run in Victoria Park on Sunday, 17th September. The main objectives of the run are to promote healthier lifestyles in the community and also to help Muslim charities raise ...

THE GOVERNMENT has just released a new Tobacco Control Plan – an updated strategy for reducing the number of smokers in the UK. The Plan has been welcomed by the charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) – but with ...

HE PLEADED guilty to two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault as well as a range of other linked offences – and that’s why Jahir Hussain, 37, of Morris Road, E14 is now in jail. The minicab ...

A LEADING doctor has calculated that the increase in life expectancy – which the UK has experienced for 100 years – has begun to slow. The rate of increase has nearly halved since 2010, and government austerity policies may be ...