TODAY WE continue with our occasional series The Thames today. The Thames forms the southern boundary of four East London boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering. In one way it is a barrier, sealing off one direction ...

POLICE INVESTIGATING the stabbing of a man in Stratford have appealed to the public to come forward with information which may help them establish what happened and bring the perpetrator to justice. The day – Saturday, 6th March – was ...

FIFTY YEARS AGO the Charts recorded the best-selling “singles” of each week. Have the hits of 1971 stood the test of half a century of time slipping by since they were released? Sadly, in most cases the top selling singles ...

SIX TEENAGERS have now been charged with murder after the death of Gabriel Bringye, 37, a private hire vehicle driver whose death sparked protests from his colleagues and calls for better safety measures to be taken to protect them. Police ...

PRIVATELY OWNED parts of Tower Hamlets, which like to style themselves as “Docklands” for marketing purposes, present themselves as pristine areas – new and better looking than parts of East London run by public local authoirities. However, in real life ...

A MOTHER HAS made an appeal for the public to come forward with information that may help police find the men who killed her son Ricardo. Her plea comes as police have released photos of suspects they wish to find ...

Khaled Noor, Principal of Blackstones Solicitors, continues his commentary on how to make a will which will satisfy English law and Islamic principles. Islamic law Under Islamic Law, a wasiyyah (will) is a gift of property by its owner to ...

IT IS A ten year jail sentence for a man whose initial wrongdoing was leaving the scene of an accident but who was later found to be in possession of a large amount of illegal drugs. Shofiqul Hussain, 33, of ...

IT IS NEARLY four years since Evha Jannath died. Her school trip to Drayton Manor Park in Staffordshire was supposed to be a day of fun – but it ended in tragedy, as Evha drowned after falling out of a ...

TEN PEOPLE appeared at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court earlier this month charged with conspiracy to possess a firearm with intent to endanger life and conspiracy to cause Grievous Bodily Harm with intent. The arrests follow an operation in which firearms warrants ...