THE CHARITY Sense International has raised £500,000 in an appeal called “My Turn to Learn”. The sum raised includes £216,000 contributed by the UK Government uner the Aid Match funding scheme. Lord Bates, Minister of State for International Development, visited ...

A MINI-CAB DRIVER suffered a serious assault from a passenger as they drove through Romford – which ended with the driver suffering life-changing injuries. The attack happened a month ago – but police have now released images of a suspect. ...

WHO IS this man? Police would like to interview him in connection with two sexual assaults – both carried out on buses in the Newham/Ilford area. The most recent attack came at around 7pm on Sunday, 21st January this year. ...

THE SEVEN men and women arrested in the major anti-drugs operation on 12th June have been charged with related offences. Six of the seven appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court the day after the arrests and were remanded in custody, to ...

CAMPAIGNERS FROM Save Our Nurseries tried to find a crumb of comfort in their campaign this weekend – by taking a giant cake to an event where John Biggs, Executive Mayor of Tower Hamlets, was due to speak. The campaigners ...

Emdad Rahman MENCAP RUN SERIES Manager Lucy Plumridge is cycling the Surrey100 for Mencap on 29th July – that’s 100 miles around London, down to Surrey and then back up to finish along The Mall. Lucy’s fundraising target is £450 ...

A MAN HAS BEEN charged in connection with the murder investigation in Dagenham which began after Gitana Matukeviciene, 50, died in suspicious circumstances. It is being conducted by local officers from the East Area Command Unit and the Metropolitan Police ...

Emdad Rahman LONGSTANDING community activist Arman Ali has been appointed the Secretary General of the Chhatak Education Trust.  On the same day, at a separate meeting of the Sunamganj Jela Welfare Association UK, Ali was also appointed Acting President of ...

A 13 YEAR OLD girl suffered a distressing attack on a bus last November – and police have now issued a CCTV still of a man they wish to question in connection with the incident. The attack took place at ...

POLICE LAUNCHED a number of raids last week aimed at cracking a “county line” drug supply line suspected of having ferried illegal drugs including heroin and cocaine from East London out to Essex and Suffolk. Five of the raids were on ...