FACE COVERING measures on public transport and hospitals are only the first step says the British Medical Association (BMA). Doctors have long been campaigning for more masks – and more public information about wearing them – to help slow down ...

POLICE HAVE issued a CCTV image of a man they wish to speak to in connection with an assault which took place in Newham on 17th April – but which began at Shadwell DLR station. Police are also trying to ...

A MAN HAS been identified, found, arrested and charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a collision in Dagenham left the driver of another vehicle dead at the scene of the accident. Police were called out just after 6am ...

POLICE ARE investigating two separate incidents of indecent exposure which took place on a bus in the Stratford area. Now a CCTV image of a male bus passenger has been released, and police have asked the public to help identify ...

AND ONCE we have celebrated – get ready to defend their jobs. That’s the message from Tower Hamlets UNISON, which has called a virtual May Day rally to talk about the down side of fighting the Coronavirus pandemic. The Coronavirus ...

NEW LABOUR LEADER Keir Starmer has baffled Labour Party members and the wider public by coming up with a new demand for government action on the Corona pandemic. What is he calling for – in what is pretty much his ...

THE UK GOVERNMENT’S response to the Corona pandemic has been ridden with all the establishment prejudice and discrimination of normal times – but the crisis has made it all just a little bit more obvious. The virus doesn’t discriminate: the ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has asked for volunteers from across London to come forward to help with the funerals of those who have died from COVID-19. The appeal is made in partnership with the Muslim Community Association. The request for ...

HEIDI ALEXANDER stands up for plastic. How strange. “PS – the plastic bike crate is the way forward. Forget wicker baskets.” Heidi Alexander, former Labour MP for Lewisham East and current Deputy Mayor of London for Transport (appointed by Sadiq ...

HUNDREDS OF runners, families and book lovers will dress up as the popular children’s book character Wally, from the Where’s Wally? books next Sunday, 15th March. They will be running, jogging or walking to raise money for the National Literacy ...