LABOUR MP Tulip Siddiq was one of more than 50 people named in an arrest warrant issued in Bangladesh. The warrant was drawn up by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). The ACC has been investigating allegations made against Bangladesh’s deposed Prime ...

TUESDAY: that’s your next chance to get down to Stratford’s Copper Box and watch a basketball Easter Extravaganza as the Flyers travel across from Bristol to take on the mighty Lions. The Lions are ready to roar as they meet ...

SAINSBURY’S gas recalled its Taste the difference Belgian Mil Chocolate Honeycomb Pretzel because it may contain pieces of metal. It is not safe to eat this product. The product comes in a pack of 150g, showing the batch code L159922. ...

TWO SHOPLIFTERS put on their balaclavas and made for the Co-op store in Homerton High Street, Hackney, just before Christmas last year. But it was bad luck for the two thieves: police were watching on CCTV. The surveillance was part ...

A GROUP OF group of students and staff from London Enterprise Academy made a nine-day journey to Bangladesh from 13th to 23rd February this year. This was more than just a trip: it was an experience that would stay with ...

ON 1ST APRIL, Tower Hamlets Council was 60 years old. On 19th February, Eastenders – the popular BBC soap opera set in roughly the same area, had celebated its 40th birthday. Sometimes it’s hard to tell the two apart. Those ...

THE Metropolitan Police have seen 100 offenders convicted for crimes of violence against women and girls (VAWG) since it launched a new campaign – V100 – to tackle the problem. The V100 programme identifies the men who pose the highest ...

FIRST IT WAS football. Then it was cricket. And now the third sport has entered the Mayor’s Cup Family: it’s badminton. Tournaments – in the three categories of Juniors, Adults and Doubles – will take place over three weekends in ...

IT IS several years since the NHS decided to modernise the Royal London Hospital – triggering a wholesale redevelopment of the surrounding part of Whitechapel. But will the development bring improvements to the area? The opportunity to improve Whitechapel wasn’t ...

CAN THE LIONS make it 11 in a row? Head for the Copper Box on Sunday afternoon and watch London’s premier basketball team take on the Surrey 89ers. Surrey will be heading up to London this weekend quaking in their ...