A YOUNG MAN from Leyton is in a Young Offenders institution, starting a 14 month sentence handed down at Snaresbrook County Court last week. He had been carrying a hunting knife on the Tube and then resisted arrest. The offences ...
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BigRide4Palestine comes to the East End
GEAR UP for the arrival of the cyclists! On 27th July, 200 cyclists will be welcomed to the East End at an open air event with food and entertainment at St John on Bethnal Green Church. The cyclists are part ...
Read More »Woman murdered neighbour in Chingford
THE BODY OF Mark Smith, 48, was found on 15th February 2018 at a flat in Warren Road, Chingford, E4. A post mortem examination two days later established that Smith had died from multiple injuries. The police went to the ...
Read More »The Thames Today
TODAY WE gaze north up the Millwall Inner Dock. Once a busy working dock, over the last 30 years what was once public land has been taken over by high rise blocks of flat. Most of them are for sale; ...
Read More »Rashid Ali is named new ILFL supremo
Emdad Rahman THE INNER LONDON Football League (ILFL) is pleased to announce that Rashid Ali has accepted the role of Chair of the Board and Committee. For over a decade the Beaumont FC legend has been a driving force within ...
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TODAY THERE WAS “fowl play” on the Thames as two members of our avian community came out to enjoy the early afternoon sun. •If you have a photo of the Thames which you would like to share with our readers ...
Read More »Ali takes over as ILFL supremo
Emdad Rahman The Inner London Football League (ILFL) is pleased to announce that Rashid Ali has accepted the role of chairman of the board and committee. For over a decade the Beaumont FC legend has been a driving force within ...
Read More »Crossharbour collision fatal: victim named
POLICE HAVE confirmed that the woman injured in a collision with a motor vehicle near Crossharbour DLR station, E14, died the following day. She has now been named as Charlotte Kenning, 26, from Goole in Humberside. Police and the London ...
Read More »Kiwis trounce the Tigers by a smidgeon
NEW ZEALAND scored a narrow victory over Bangladesh in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. The Kiwis took the game, played at The Oval in south London, by just two wickets. Bangladesh set a reasonable score of 244 all out ...
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THE ENTIRE southern boundary of Tower Hamlets runs alongside the Thames – London’s major river, which cuts our capital city in two. Sadly busy Tower Hamlets residents don’t always have time to admire the view – to watch the changing ...
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