THE METROPOLITAN POLICE have confirmed that they will continue to prioritise tackling knife crime over the next year. Deputy Commissioner Sir Craig Mackey renewed this pledge after four young men were stabbed to death over the New Year. The Deputy ...

GET READY for a fantastic evening of football fun on Monday week – and support a good cause at the same time. •Read more about it: Footballers brave the cold for Beanibazar Hospital benefit Beanibazar does the soup kitchen   ...

ISLE OF DOGS Independent Group Councillor Maium Miah has spoken out in support of the Council taking action to curb acid attacks. The Canary Wharf ward councillor was speaking out after two attacks in his own ward. Cllr Maium Miah said, “There ...

A WOMAN HAS died after being stabbed in Ilford – and a man from Newham has been arrested in connection with the incident. The London Ambulance Service (LAS) received reports just after 7pm on Wednesday, 3rd January that a woman ...

Emdad Rahman Poplar Shahjalal Mosque worked in unison to deliver a hearty winter community meal for homeless citizens. Mahmud Choudhury co-ordinated the gathering, as several volunteers from the Mosque prepared, cooked and served dinner to the guests.  As part of an ...

TWO 16 YEAR OLDS were hospitalised with gunshot wounds on 29th December after a gunman opened fire on a fast food restaurant in Plaistow. The incident occurred in Terrace Road, just after 8.30pm. The emergency services were called, with both ...

INDEPENDENT GROUP Councillor Ohid Ahmed has called on Tower Hamlets Council to create a “Tower Hamlets Acid Register”, to be used on a voluntary basis by local retailers who sell corrosive substances. Cllr Ahmed says that a voluntary register would ...

POLICE ARE reviewing CCTV footage and following up other leads in their investigation into an acid attack which took place just after Christmas near the South Quay DLR Station. It was just before 7pm on Wednesday, 27th December when someone ...

POLICE ARE APPEALING to the public for help in identifying a woman who was involved in an altercation in Ilford concerning a taxi. The woman was caught on CCTV and police have released a short section of the footage. The ...

THE EAST LONDON MOSQUE has been inviting the wider community in for some time – but it wants to boost the level of this kind of activity with a wider audience of Muslims and non-Muslims alike. In recent years, the ...