POLICE HAVE confirmed that Babatunde Sijuade, 29, of Western Avenue, Dagenham was arrested on Monday, 25th June and taken into custody at an East London Police Station. On Tuesday, 26th June he was charged with offences arising out of a ...

FOLLET STREET, E14, and the underpass leading to the A12, were the scenes of an argument which led to a stabbing in the early hours of Tuesday, 19th June. A man suffered serious, but not threatening, knife wounds and police ...

JOHN BIGGS HAS backed down in the face of a campaign by Unite the Union and agreed that young people working in Council leisure facilities run by GLL should receive he full London Living Wage (LLL) – but he hasn’t ...

FIVE YOUNG men will go on trial on 13th August at the Old Bailey, charge with the murder of Lord Promise Nkenda. Promise was stabbed on Valentine’s Day, in Goldwing Close E16. He was just 17 years old. Four teenagers ...

THAMES WATER worked throughout the night to fix the burst water pipe in the Fairfield Road area of Bow. They were able to restore the water supply by early Saturday morning. Bow Road re-opened at around midday on Saturday, with ...

TWO TEENAGERS have had their pedal bikes stolen in Mayesbrook Park, Barking. The incident happened at approximately 7.45pm on Tuesday, 26th June – and police are appealing for the public to help the investigation. A group of five men came ...

AT JUST 15 years old, Jordan Douherty from Romford. lost his life – apparently during a massive fight which broke out after a birthday party in a community centre in Clockhouse Lane, Romford on Saturday, 23rd June. AT JUST 16 ...

A MAINS WATER pipe has burst in Bow – leaving a large area under several inches of water tonight (6th July). Water is currently covering an area between the Bow roundabout and Fairfield Road. The emergency services are in attendance. ...

TWO MEN were arrested at a property in Willoughby Drive, Dagenham at the end of last month. The arrests came after the police obtained search warrants and conducted an early morning raid on the property. The police found a shotgun, ...

WORRIED MOTHERS are asking where the Council consultation on closure of the Local Authority Day Nurseries (LADN) is – not least because the Cabinet report proposed to begin formal closure in “late July 2018”. “We’ve had a week already,” said ...