Crime

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 ...

AN ARREST came in less than a week after Shea Gordon, 17, was murdered after a public disturbance in Bow. A young man was arrested on Friday, 9th September on suspicion of murder. He was also just 17 years old. ...

ONE TEENAGER died; another remains critically ill.  That is not the kind of news that usually greets residents of Bow on a Sunday morning. This much we know. It was just after midnight on Sunday morning, 4th September, that residents ...

NEWHAM, BARKING AND DAGENHAM all saw stabbings in the last week of August. Police have moved quickly to deal with the incidents, but they are still appealing to members of the public to help them crack the crimes.  ●Newham At ...

IT WAS A petty fight about an alleged drugs debt, but it led to one man losing his life and another man being convicted of murder and expecting to receive a life sentence when he returns to court next week. ...

Emdad Rahman THE INAUGURAL Nahid Charity Cup took place on Sunday in Enfield in memory of Nahid Ahmed. In 2020 Nahid was stabbed to death on Holbrook Road, Enfield. He was treated by the London Ambulance Service. Sadly, the 26 ...

WE ALL WANT the Metropolitan Police to become more aware of what kind of service women and girls living in London want from their officers. For their part, we know the Met are keen to regain the trust of the ...

LAST SEPTEMBER the Home Office launched a scheme called StreetSafe in an attempt to make London’s streets safer for the public. Just eight months later, the Metropolitan Police have had 3,272 reports of unsafe areas – nearly 75% of which ...

HE’LL BE detained for a decade, after Snaresbrook Crown Court sentenced him to seven years in prison and three further years on licence thereafter – for a series of stabbings carried out at random in Hackney. The jailed man is ...