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A PALLET OF BRICKS fell from a crane in Burdett Road, Mile End, this morning – critically injuring a young woman who was passing by. Witnesses said that the pallet landed on her as she walked along the pavement. The ...

AS LOCAL health campaigners prepared to demonstrate in Chrisp Street Market on Thursday lunchtime, they have issued a new warning about why “on-line GPs” are bad news for patients. “There’s no place in East London for GP at hand,” they ...

Emdad Rahman THE NEWHAM LEISURE CENTRE hosted a unique football festival as East London Bus Drivers united to take part in a charity football tournament for the Rohingya people of Myanmar. A twelve team tournament ended with Leyton Ballers of ...

LOCAL HEALTH CAMPAIGNERS are planning a demonstration against the unwelcome arrival of “GP at Hand” – an “online GP” service which has rented rooms in a surgery where the NHS has just shut down a conventional GP service. The health ...

HE WAS A patient in the Royal London Hospital, but at around 4.15pm on Monday, 19th March Callum Christopher Kinsella left the hospital – and disappeared. He had been receiving treatment for a serious injury and was on regular medication. Mr ...

THE AL MIZAN Junior School is inviting everyone to come to a Family Funday on Saturday, 24th March at the London Muslim Centre. The event begins at noon and entry is free. Information about the Al Mizan School will be ...

Emdad Rahman The Bath Haus Spa in Barking is hosting a special Inner-Beauty workshop to empower women through the use of natural products.  The popular session will be delivered by Nassaba Guiba, who will teach about creating personal face rituals ...

Emdad Rahman The second coming of the Beast from the East still could not freeze the spirits – as determined runners defied the extreme cold weather to take part in their weekly Parkrun. As part of a mass awareness drive, ...

DID YOU SEE a collision on Royal Docks Road, at the junction with Claps Gate Lane, E6 on Monday, 12th March? The incident happened just after noon, near a branch of McDonald’s. A black Audi A3 collided with a car ...

POLICE ARE ASKING for witnesses to a fatal collision in West Ham to come forward. It happened on Boxing Day, and led to the death of Julio Silva, who was 89 years old. Mr Silva was walking across Upton Lane, ...