FORTUNATELY, it’s not the US President himself who will be visiting the Royal Borough. Over 1.8 million people signed a petition against Donald Trump being invited to visit the UK – enough to force a debate in Parliament but not ...
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Tower Hamlets to tackle record tobacco use
IF YOUR NEW YEAR’S resolutions included stopping using tobacco – by smoking or by chewing – Tower Hamlets Council is offering the support which could be crucial to helping you to quit for good. With Tower Hamlets having one of ...
Read More »Donald Trump regrets he’s washing his hair
DONALD TRUMP probably didn’t use the flimsy excuse “I’m washing my hair” when he decided not to come to the UK next month – but he has ducked out of the chance to open the new US embassy. When Trump ...
Read More »Latest Hackney murder: man arrested
DETECTIVES conducting a murder hunt following the killing of Daniel Frederick have made a fresh appeal to the public for information – as they make their first arrest. Frederick, 34, was found in the evening of 8th January, outside Burns ...
Read More »Cricket Kids get a new logo
Emdad Rahman CAPITAL KIDS CRICKET (CKC) brings cricket to children across London – boys and girls, children who just haven’t accessed the sport and those who need extra help so they can play. Now the organisation has a new logo. It ...
Read More »Man sought after sexual assault on bus
POLICE ARE looking for Parminder Thindh, 36, who is described as 5ft 8ins tall and of medium build. They want to speak to him in connection with a sexual assault which took place on a bus in Manor Park, Newham, ...
Read More »Ilford murder victim named
A WOMAN WHO was found fatally stabbed in Norfolk Road, Ilford on 3rd January has been named. She is Elizabeta Lacatusu, 44, a Romanian national who was living in Ilford. Ms Lacatusu was formally identified on 9th January. Genu Armeanu, ...
Read More »Brexit could devastate London warns Sadiq Khan
NEW RESEARCH commissioned by London Mayor Sadiq Khan has warned that a “hard Brexit” could subdue economic growth for ten years – handing London “a lost decade of lower growth”. The warning comes from Cambridge Econometrics, a company commissioned by ...
Read More »Hackney: another stabbing turns to murder
IT WAS JUST before 6pm on Monday, 8th January when the emergency services were called out to Shakespeare Walk, N16 – to deal with a man who had been assaulted. When they arrived, they found the victim had been stabbed. ...
Read More »Sir Geoff Hurst lives for the memories
Sir Geoff Hurst talks Sunseeker, World Cup, West Ham and Dementia at London Boat Show 2018 Emdad Rahman The 2018 LONDON BOAT SHOW opened to a host of celebrities, global launches, hundreds of stunning boats and historic sporting silverware. The ...
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