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Monthly Archives: January 2017

Help find Romford robbers

POLICE ARE appealing for help in finding two men who are wanted for questioning in connection with a burglary. The incident took place at Next on Gallows Corner by the Southend Arterial Road at around 4am-5am on 14th December. Two ...

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Koran reading prompts storm in Scotland

AN ATTEMPT TO foster greater understanding between the faiths in Kelvinbridge, Scotland has backfired. The Very Reverend Kelvin Holdsworth, Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, invited local Muslims to attend Epiphany celebrations being held in the church. The epiphany, marked on ...

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Pre-Trump attempt at Mid-East peace

THE LAST DAYS OF US President Obama’s term of office have seen a sudden push to get peace talks re-started between the state of Israel and displaced Palestinians. Don’t hold your breath. Just before Christmas, the United Nations (UN) passed a ...

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Corbyn condemns “trade war Tories”

LABOUR LEADER JEREMY CORBYN has put forward his strongest criticism of the Government’s approach to Brexit yet – warning that Chancellor Philip Hammond could be leading the UK into a trade war. The UK referendum on whether to leave the ...

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Jealous man murdered Hackney friend

HUSEYIN AKKOYUN (47, above) has been found guilty of murdering Mehmet Degerli (49) in Hackney. The two men had been friends – but Akkoyun discovered that Degerli had met up with Akkoyun’s ex-wife and turned violent. Degerli (right) had met ...

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NHS: wriggling May appeals to GPs

THE NHS is still in crisis and Theresa May is still in denial. NHS professionals have been speaking out with one voice, clamouring for extra money, and opposition parties have piled on the pressure in the House of Commons in ...

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Find missing Volodymyr

POLICE ARE appealing for help to find Volodymyr Grybinchak, 49, from Hackney. The missing man was last seen at approximately 7pm on Saturday, 7th January outside the Twelve Pins Pub. His family say it is very out of character for ...

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Cop attack was attempted murder

ANDREW BEADIE, 20, of Basildon will appear in Court in April to answer charges of attempted murder. The charge arises out of an incident last November when an undercover police officer was attacked in an alleyway in Bow. A second ...

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