Crime

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 ...

Arrests were made and one man was hospitalised after a fight broke out between a small group of EDL supporters and local men close to the East London Mosque on Saturday, 14th January. Metropolitan Police were alerted at around 5pm ...

More than 12,000 people have signed the e-petition urging the UK government to stop the extradition of British detainee Babar Ahmad to the U.S and put him on trial in the U.K instead. It is currently the highest ranked e-petition ...

Tower Hamlets started the month with a crackdown on street drinking. For two weeks

ELN: A female was sentenced on Tuesday (27th September 2011) at Southwark Crown Court to 32 weeks imprisonment suspended for two years and 130 hours community service following a theft and fraud that took place in Commercial Road, E14. Ketsia ...

A bomb blast has rocked the centre of the Turkish capital, Ankara, killing 2 wounding more than a dozen people. Turkey’s deputy prime minister said “there is information that a bomb was planted” on a vehicle. Thick smoke could be ...

On the morning of Tuesday 13th September, officers from the Community Safety Unit

Officers from the Partnership Task Force discovered a Cannabis Factory in Bow yesterday