FOUR MEN from East London who all took part in trying to recruit a group of 55 children to carry out organise a massive terrorist attack on London were given long jail sentences at the Old Bailey last week. •Umar ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has announced its intention to organise its own Hajj and Umrah tours in the future, acting in partnership with established tour operators. However, until those are in place, the Mosque is asking those undertaking Hajj or ...

THE FAMILY OF Abraham Badru, who was murdered in Hackney last weekend, have paid tribute to their son and brother, saying they are “beyond heartbroken” and urging the public to help find his killer. His family has issued the following statement. ...

A YOUNG MAN who died in Hackney last Sunday has been named as Abraham Badru, 26, from Hackney E8. A post mortem has confirmed that he died from a shotgun wound to the chest. The emergency services received reports just ...

A MAN WITH A HISTORY of violent offending has been convicted of murdering Rodney Parlour, 51, at Parlour’s home in Hood Road, Rainham on 2nd October. The murderer is Marc Croxson, 47, of no fixed abode. Parlour was a friend ...

Emdad Rahman A team of 14 Londoners will climb Mount Snowdon next week as part of a mountain challenge to raise awareness of the plight of the Rohingya people of Myanmar. The team are fundraising for the Bangladesh Regeneration Trust ...

POLICE ARE looking for a “large 4×4 vehicle” which failed to stop after being involved in a collision in Redbridge at approximately 9.30pm on Friday, 23rd March. The collision happened on the sliproad leading from the A406 to the M11. ...

THICK BLACK SMOKE could be seen rising from Stansted airport for miles around on the evening of Good Friday – and the fire it came from caused severe disruption to passengers and airline schedules. On the one hand, the cause ...

A WOMAN has finally won some justice as she has seen the man who sexually abused her go to jail. The attacks were carried out just over 40 years ago – in 1976 and 1977, when the woman was just ...

Talha Rahman TWO ASSURED PERFORMANCES from Stepney FC saw the Reds power through to the final of the Inner London Football League TVL Cup.  Stepney began the knockout stages with a quarter final clash with joint League pacesetters SYA. A ...