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NEWHAM POLICE are appealing to the public to help them find Zilvanas Kareiva, who has gone missing from the Newham Centre for Mental Health. A warning comes with the appeal: Kareiva could be dangerous. Anyone who sees him is warned ...

THE STORY OF the murder of Stephen Lawrence isn’t over, as two detectives are now to be questioned in connection with apparent failings in the police investigation of the crime committed over 26 years ago. Stephen was standing at a ...

TODAY we look south west from the bridge in the middle of Millwall Dock. It’s a curious mixture of the old and the new. The once proud cranes which towered over the docks, helping to haul the cargo to shore, ...

TOWER HAMLETS police are feeling the pinch of Tory Government cuts – and Limehouse Police Station is now closed to the public, making it much harder to report non-emergency crime. The Limehouse Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is trying to keep ...

THIS BEAUTIFUL partnership of housing and water calms the soul and must be peaceful to live in. The homes, reflected in the water, create an air of symmetry and order. The water is a short outlet from Blackwall Basin that ...

Emdad Rahman THE HEDGECOCK Centre will be hosting a special Eid Fun Day for the community in Barking. The community event is open to everyone and will take place tomorrow: Saturday, 15th June. The event runs from 3pm to 7pm ...

TODAY WE look out over a Thames at high tide to what we now know as the O2 Arena – one of East London’s most popular entertainment venues. The building was originally constructed to hold the Millennium Exhibition, one of ...

GEAR UP for the arrival of the cyclists! On 27th July, 200 cyclists will be welcomed to the East End at an open air event with food and entertainment at St John on Bethnal Green Church. The cyclists are part ...

TODAY WE gaze north up the Millwall Inner Dock. Once a busy working dock, over the last 30 years what was once public land has been taken over by high rise blocks of flat. Most of them are for sale; ...

TODAY THERE WAS “fowl play” on the Thames as two members of our avian community came out to enjoy the early afternoon sun. •If you have a photo of the Thames which you would like to share with our readers ...