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Emdad Rahman Safayat Amin was the difference as Scintilla CC Bangladesh saw off MJL Thunder in the latest round of games of the Last Man Stands League at the Gymnasium Fields in Dhaka. Amin was the pick of the crop after ...

AN 18 YEAR OLD who lost his leg in a stabbing incident has seen his attacker sent to prison for nine years and ten months. The attacker is Ce-jay Furzer, 17, of no fixed abode, who came from the Dagenham ...

TWO MEN WERE stabbed last weekend during a disturbance at the 9Zero bar in Cranbrook, Road, Ilford. The emergency services were called. The London Ambulance Service took one 44 year old man and one 38 year old man to separate ...

AT LAST, after weeks of trailers, Prince Harry – fifth in line to the throne – took over as Guest Editor of BBC Radio 4’s flagship morning news programme, the “Today” programme. He took a hands-on approach. He lined up ...

OVER FIFTY London MPs and Assembly Members (AMs) joined local police officers out on the beat in their constituencies before Christmas. The outings were part of the #WalkTheMet initiative which seeks to make politicians more aware of what police officers ...

A NUMBER OF night-time burglaries took place in Hackney over the summer. With the conviction of Claudius Leroy Francis, 49, a number of them have now been resolved. Francis, of no fixed address, appeared at Wood Green Crown Court on ...

POLICE ARE appealing to the public for help in finding Jessica Famuyiwa, 17, from Grays. She was last seen at around 12.30pm in the area of Linton Road in Barking. Jessica is described as a light-skinned black teenager. When she was ...

IT WAS JUST around midnight on Saturday, 16th December when an argument broke out in the Vertigo Lounge in Station Lane, Hornchurch. The emergency services attended and found a 33 year old man suffering from head injuries. The injured man ...

Emdad Rahman THE BARKING & DAGENHAM Parkrun on Christmas Day saw ultra marathoner Paul Martelletti break his own course record to add an extra touch of festive cheer to the fun group get together. The previous record attendance at Barking ...