OFFICIAL FIGURES for England and Wales show that knife crime in England and Wales for 2019 showed a 7% increase on 2018 – creating a record high of 45,627 offences. The figures were released today by the Office of National ...

THE ENGLAND Women’s Football Team – known as the “Lionesses” – will have a new manager from next summer to lead them through two important tournaments which have been postponed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Current manager, Phil Neville, took ...

THIS TETCHY QUOTE didn’t quite make it into the US Declaration of Independence. Fortunately, someone rescued it from the cutting room floor so that we can remember how strong the pressure from warmongers is to keep up hostilies. Ironically, Jefferson ...

THE MORE YOU think about peace, the more you realise what an important concept it is – because it is the other side of the coin of freedom. It is only when we accept the universal human right to an ...

RAMADAN IS traditionally, as we know, a time for family, friends and communities to come together. This year it will be different across the world, as so much of the world’s population is in lockdown. Or is it? While in ...

HE WAS MURDERED a year ago. Eleven people have been arrested: ten males on suspicion of murder; one woman on suspicion of assisting an offender. All eleven are currently out on bail, in the community. The police investigation into the ...

THERE’S NO quick fixes when it comes to campaigning for peace, not war. It’s a cause which must be built into campaigning for all sorts of national and international demands.  In April, we remember the anti-nuclear weapons Aldermaston march: our ...

HOW ARE WE going to feed our animals? That is the question which staff at Stepney City Farm are asking. They have now decided that the only answer is an appeal to the public for financial help. The City Farm ...

AN EAST LONDON resident has appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court, charged with dissemination of terrorist material contrary to Section 2 of the Terrorism Act 2006. He has been named as Shehroz Iqbal, 29 of East London.  His address has not ...

IT’S HARD to argue with this argument about how we fight for the cause of peace.  In April, we remember the anti-nuclear weapons Aldermaston march: our “Thoughts” this month will concentrate on aspects of peace. “Peace is not merely a ...