Crime

A 36 year old man from Bromley-by-Bow, Sheikh Shahidul Islam, has been sentenced to life imprisonment,

She is 16 years old. She was on her way to college. She realised she had forgotten her phone

Residents had a chance to find out about how the police and Tower Hamlets Council are working to tackle crime in the borough at a public Q&A session on 8th November. Organised by Tower Hamlets Police and Community Safety Board, ...

An Osborn Street restaurant has been prosecuted and fined for premises license breaches over the use of touts to generate custom. Mr Ali Akbar of Locton Green, Ruston Street, E3 (director of the company that owns the Sajna Restaurant on ...

ELN: Isle of Dogs solicitor Mohammed Rahman, 32, was today given a life sentence for murdering his wife last Christmas,

A tougher approach to the way those convicted of dangerous dog offences are treated by the courts is contained in new guidelines from the Sentencing Council published earlier this month.  In recent years, there have been increasing numbers of convictions ...

Emdad Rahman: The organisers of the London Triathlon are facing a massive fine after a pensioner was killed while crossing the track. A pedalling cyclist crashed into 67 year old Alhaj Jain Ullah as he was walking on a supervised ...

On 6th February, Cllr Shelina Akhtar was jailed

James Frankcom: As the rumours surrounding the position of Tower Hamlets Councillor Shelina Akhtar circulate, East London News has spoken exclusively with Cllr Shelina Akhtar herself. Cllr Akhtar explained that legal advice has prevented her from countering the negative presumptions ...

Peabody commits Friday the 13th massacre. Cultural vandals! Peabody Housing Association used to believe in providing quality housing for those in need. The second week in January saw it showing its true colours as it trampled over the wishes of ...