TWO CHILDREN have lost their mother after a series of medics failed to spot that she had a life-threatening condition – sepsis. The terrible story was revealed at an inquest into the death of Shahida Begum, which happened last July. ...
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The Thames Today
THIS BEAUTIFUL partnership of housing and water calms the soul and must be peaceful to live in. The homes, reflected in the water, create an air of symmetry and order. The water is a short outlet from Blackwall Basin that ...
Read More »Sounds on Sunday: 50 of 50/2
WHAT WERE WE listening to 50 years ago? Here’s a short series on the hits of 1969 – two years after the Summer of Love, the year that humans landed on our moon, the last year of the 1960s. Half ...
Read More »Machete menace in Stepney
A GROUP OF MEN disturbed the peace in Stepney… by launching an attack on a vehicle. The men were armed with machetes and axes. Fortunately police officers from the Metropolitan Police Response Team B turned out quickly. The driver of ...
Read More »Norway women beat Australia on penalties
NORWAY’S women footballers have beaten Australia by 4 goals to 1 and go through to the Quarter Finals – but the scoreline doesn’t give an accurate reflection of what an even-handed match this was. Norway took the lead in the ...
Read More »Chingford woman jailed for murdered
IT WAS A LIFE sentence for Carol Campling, 39, when she appeared at the Old Bailey for sentencing on 21st June. Campling, of Garenne Court, Warren Road, E4, had been found guilty just two weeks previously of murderering her neighbour, ...
Read More »Stratford stabbing: two appear in court
A MAN AND A WOMAN have been remanded in custody – charged in connection with with the killing of Giedrius Juskauskas in Stratford last Monday, 17th June. They will next appear at the Old Bailey on 27th June. Juskauskas was ...
Read More »Orient: renew season tickets by end of June
FANS WHO have a Leyton Orient season ticket will need to renew their tickets by the end of this week. Renewals close at a minute to midnight on Friday – and on Monday, 1st July any tickets not renewed will ...
Read More »Who is the man who died in Ilford fire?
A MAN DIED and a second man was critically injured in a fire in Ilford last Tuesday – and police believe they may have been sleeping rough, perhaps with a small number of other people, on scrub land near the ...
Read More »London Lions: tickets on sale for US visit
IT’S BEEN A sell-out at previous matches between the London Lions Basketball team and visitors from the States – so fans are urged to get their tickets for a special game in September as soon as they go on sale ...
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