ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS, April becomes not just the month that begins with April Fool’s Day, but carries on as April Fool’s Month. We’ve already seen the traditional seasonal attacks on Jeremy Corbyn – now here come the allegations of ...

THE CAPITAL CONTINUES to clock up the killings. The toll for 2018 was already at 50 – but two deaths in Hackney yesterday, 4th April – have added to the misery of their loved ones and worried anxious parents across ...

MAY has spoken out – well, written out, in the Daily Telegraph – that the gender pay gap must be closed to tackle “burning injustice” in society and because “equality for women is a right”. Her criticisms are either hypocritical or remarkably ...

POLICE are offering a reward of £20,000 for information which leads to the conviction of those who murdered “local hero” Abraham Badru in Dalston on 25th March. Abraham Badru died – at the scene of the incident, Ferncliff Road, E8 ...

The London Lions basketball team are in third place in the BBL table – and a top of the table clash on Easter Sunday saw them beat first placed Leicester Riders. The Lions had played three games in four days ...

THREE MORE arrests were made over the Easter weekend as police search for the murderer of 18 year old Lyndon Davis – bringing the total number of arrests in the case to four. Police continue to appeal for witnesses. Police ...

LEYTON ORIENT FC has announced changes to two fixtures during April. •The away match against Macclesfield Town on 14th April will now start at the earlier time of 12.30pm. This is to facilitate the match being broadcast by BT Sport. •The fixture ...

IT WAS JUST AFTER 6pm on Easter Sunday that news came in to the police of another East End stabbing. The reports were of a young man having been stabbed in or near St Leonard’s Street, E3. Police arrive and ...

IT’S JUST OVER A YEAR since residents on the Isle of Dogs asked John Biggs to invite Sadiq Khan down to the area to discuss local planning policy. Like the characters in Samuel Beckett’s play, they are still “waiting for ...

Emdad Rahman Runners completed 5k, 10k and half marathon distances after taking over London’s oldest public park for Easter.  The run route saw participants take in Victoria Park on the borders of South Hackney and Bow – with the wide, flat ...