BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST has defended itself for carrying out ID checks on patients – pointing out that it is only carrying out government policy and trying to claim back money from patients who are not entitled to free treatment. ...

A SUSPICIOUS package which was left in a branch of Pret A Manger in Harbour Exchange on the Isle of Dogs was investigated yesterday afternoon. The package was soon found to be innocent – but not before nearby office workers ...

TWO POLICE OFFICERS received minor injuries last night as they responded to an emergency call for help from staff in the McDonalds fast food shop in Mare Street, Hackney. It was around 10.40pm on Bank Holiday Monday, 27th August, when ...

TWO MEN have appeared in Court in connection with a serious assault which took place at approximately 5.20pm on Friday, 24th August, at the Lynton House car park off High Road, Ilford. Police were called out at around 7pm. The ...

DISTURBING PRACTICES are going on within the NHS facilities run by Barts Health Trust, according to local campaigners in the Tower Hamlets branch of Keep Our NHS Public (KONP). Campaigners report that hospitals in the Barts Health Trust are asking ...

WHAT’S GOING ON in Bow? Two women have been stabbed over the Bank Holiday weekend – in similar circumstances. Attack 1: On Friday, 24th August, a woman in her 60s was stabbed in Chariot Close, Bow, E3. She needed hospital ...

A WOMAN IN HER 60s was stabbed in Bow on Friday, 24th August. Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward. It was shortly before 10pm when police were called to a residential address in Chariot Close, E3 – where ...

Emdad Rahman UNDERDOGS NOBIGANJ FC have been crowned the Greater Sylhet Upazila Cup Champions for 2018 – after defying all odds to lift Britain’s number one football trophy. Nobiganj beat four time finalists Osmaninagar in a dramatic penalty shootout to ...

JOHN BIGGS ARRIVED at the (belated) Eid Party in the Christian Street Community Hub and Gardens on Saturday – just before a cloudburst that saw local revellers and Save Our Nurseries petitioners scrambling for cover. The Executive Mayor did not ...

ATTEMPTED MURDER, dangerous driving, driving whilst disqualified and driving with no insurance are the crimes with which Michael Fasan, 28, of Kidman Close, Romford, has been charged. Fasan was charged last Thursday, 23rd August – having been arrested, along with ...