Crime

POLICE WERE called out to Thorne Close, near Rogers Road, E16 at just after 2am on Saturday morning as reports came in that someone had been shot. Police and the London Ambulance Service attended. They found two young men, aged ...

THE EAST END was shocked to read that a woman and two young children were stabbed in Dagenham last week. All three were taken to hospital – fortunately none of them had life threatening injuries. The man arrested at the ...

THREE PEOPLE were injured yesterday, Friday, 25th October, in First Avenue, Dagenham. One victim was a woman who is thought to be in her 30s. Two children were also hurt: a girl and a boy who are thought to be ...

AHMED DEEN-JAH was stabbed to death in Freemasons Road, Custom House, Newham, back on 2nd April 2017. Now two men have been arrested and charged with murdering him. They are: •Lekan Akinsoji, aged 26, of no fixed above; •Sundjata Keita, ...

A MOSQUE at Manor Park was one of eight mosques which lost cash in a burglary last year. The sums stolen are thought to amount to a substantial haul. Now police have released details of a man they wish to ...

HOW MANY times have you walked past youngsters on the street and seen them sharing round those small, silver cannisters of nitrous oxide? Or gone out in the morning and tutted over a pile of empty cannisters left in the ...

Emdad Rahman EIGHT TEAMS took to the field at Southbury Leisure Centre in a bid to be crowned champions of the Nahid Cup. This is the second time the memorial has been played. It began last year to commemorate the ...

Emdad Rahman IN RECENT WEEKS an individual has been going to mosques in Newham and the wider London area and stealing personal belongings while people were engaged in prayers. The most recent incident was on Saturday, 13th May at Anjuman-e-Islamia ...

PRINCE HARRY? Your next door neighbour? A work colleague? There’s nothing more fun than a good gossip, is there? Whether it’s finding out the latest secrets or spreading the news, it’s a favourite passtime in the community. Where’s the harm? ...

Muhammad Talha TO ADDRESS KNIFE CRIME on the Isle of Dogs and in the Borough of Tower Hamlets, volunteers at the Docklands Community Initiative (DCI) have formed a coalition to shed light on the horrendous impact this form of crime ...