A NEW and serious reminder to people who have a peanut allergy comes from the Food Standards Agency (FSA): keep avoiding food which list mustard as an ingredient. It was way back on 20th September when the FSA first warned ...

BE VIGILANT if you are out and about over the Christmas period – that’s the message coming from the Met Police as the festive season begins. If you are out shopping or at events such as shopping or Christmas-related festivities, ...

SAFETY FOR residents and visitors; respect for our heritage; police resources; and road safety were the key concerns of councillors who rejected, for the second time, a planning application to build a new Chinese embassy at Tower Hill. The issue ...

WHETHER IT IS necessary or advisable to take dietary supplements is a controversial issue. But we can all agree that if we are taking supplements, we don’t want small stones and small pieces of metal in them. It’s bad luck ...

A MAN HAS been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 32 years, at Snaresbrook Crown Court. He was named as Vasile Gorghescu, 47, of Rayner Gardens, Southampton. Gorghescu was convicted at the same court of murdering Chaudhary ...

A UNITED pensioner community came out to welcome Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s winter fuel payment last week. The launch was held to mark fuethe day when letters were sent out to pensioners eligible to claim the Council’s payment. Mayor Rahman was ...

IT’S JAIL for three years and a decade on the sexual offenders’ register for Sobirjon Boltaev, 26, of Lawton Road, Leyton. That is the penalty for committing a sexual assault on a woman on the streets of Stratford. The assault ...

THERE’S LOTS of shopping opportunities on the Isle of Dogs – one major supermarket and small versions of others. The large one is crowded, with queues at the till most of the time. The small versions are often untidy and ...

LIANNE GORDON lost her life nearly a year ago. Now Joshua Alexander, 17 has been sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering the Hackney resident. The Judge ordered that he must serve a minimum of 29 years. The teen was sentenced ...

ANOTHER LABELLING mistake has led to another major product recall. The retailer is Waitrose. Their Waitrose Chinese Takeaway Bag for 2 contains molluscs – but this fact is not recorded on the label. Significant numbers of people have an allergy ...