POLICE LAUNCHED a number of raids last week aimed at cracking a “county line” drug supply line suspected of having ferried illegal drugs including heroin and cocaine from East London out to Essex and Suffolk. Five of the raids were on ...

A YOUNG MAN from Dagenham has been sentenced to 18 weeks in prison after committing a string of offences in connection with the theft of a scooter. Appearing at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, Abderrahman Hassan, 20, of Reede Gardens, Dagenham, admitted: ...

A DAGENHAM WOMAN stole over £10,000 from a vulnerable man who thought she was helping him through the kindness of her heart. The money was taken in a series of calculating cons – but the guilty woman saved her best ...

SO MANY TIMES a story about a knife concerns the harm it has done to a victim in the course of a stabbing incident. News has now come in about a knife that was captured over the weekend: its stabbing days ...

IS YOUR EUCALYPTUS about to explode? Or on the point of poisoning some four-legged friends? This month’s Voice, newsletter of the East London Garden Society (ELGS), warns the tree could pack a bigger punch than you might expect. Not many ...

A PIZZA TAKEAWAY outlet in Brentwood Road, Romford, was robbed by four men armed with knives on Wednesday, 14th March. The incident occurred around midnight. Police believe that three of the suspects entered the shop while one remained outside as ...

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 ...

Emdad Rahman THE HEDGECOCK Community Centre in Barking hosted a large gathering of locals as part of the official launch party of the Leftley Sports Club (LSC).   Guests in attendance included Council Leader Darren Rodwell and Deputy Leader Saima ...

DEVELOPERS Canary Wharf Group has announced the winner of their Sports Personality of the Year award. She is boxer Caroline Dubois, who was presented her award on 15th March at a ceremony at Canary Wharf’s plush East Wintergarden. Three local ...

IF YOU LIVE near the Docklands Light Railway (DLR), you have probably travelled on it. You may have walked past it, wishing the fares were lower. But have you ever day-dreamed about adopting a DLR station? That is what Transport ...