BARKING & DAGENHAM resident Emdad Rahman has been spreading a little happiness with the London Relay 2019. He has also had an eventful week in his quest to achieve two milestones. The Dagenham 88 runner was joined by family, friends ...

ANDREW MURRAY and Serena Williams have won their first mixed doubles at Wimbledon, as Murray takes his first steps in the tennis comeback he feared he may never see. Injury had caused him so much pain he couldn’t play with ...

THE ENGLAND Women’s Football Team has finished in fourth place in the Women’s World Cup. It was a tournament that promised so much and ended well, but without a medal. England were not at their best in the first half ...

IS THE USA about to launch another military attack on a Middle Eastern country? Rational people around the world have been baffled as to why US President Donald Trump is goading Iran – and are fearing the consequences. Iran had ...

ABILITY BOW provides a wonderful service – and it’s always struggling to stay open as funding for public services declines. The company runs a gym which provides exercise opportunities for a very special audience: people with long or short term ...

JUST OVER a year ago, on 17th May 2018, Abdulrahman Nassor Juma was stabbed in Crows Road, Barking. A post mortem gave the cause of death as 18 stab wounds, delivered by more than one blade. Abdulrahman, known as Mani ...

THERE HAVE been various announcements about Leyton Orient’s coming fixtures. •The team was due to play Hornchurch FC in a pre-season friendly on 16th July. That is now the date on which the memorial service for Justin Edinburgh is due ...

THE EMERGENCY SERVICES were called out at 3.40am on Monday, 1st July by reports that there had been a collision on the westbound side of the Beckton flyover. Fortunately, when they arrived they found that no one had suffered serious ...

POLICE WERE called out at around 2pm this afternoon, Tuesday, 2nd July, to reports that a man had ben stabbed in the area of Willow Grove, Plaistow, E13 – near Plaistow Tube station. The police, London Ambulance Service and Air ...

CHELMSFORD CATHEDRAL will host a memorial service for former Leyton Orient Head Coach Justin Edinburgh. The service will be held on Tuesday, 16th July. The service will allow those who knew and admired Justin to pay their respects, following his ...