THE ONLY fitting response to Cllr Rachael Saunders’s resignation is for John Biggs to follow her example says Cllr Oliur Rahman, Leader of the Opposition, The Independent Group of Tower Hamlets Councillors. “I have been calling for months for Cllr ...

IN A SHOCK announcement late this evening, 8th August, Cllr Rachael Saunders announced that she is resigning as Deputy Mayor and from her Cabinet position. She has also said that she will not stand again as a council candidate in ...

A PARTY ENDED in disaster on 23rd July, with one man suffering a stab wound and two men suffering gunshot wounds. Police are now appealing to the public for help. The party took place at a venue on an industrial ...

JOSHUA BWALYA lost his life – after just 16 years – in the early hours of 2nd August in Movers Lane, at the junction with Ripple Road, Barking. Police officers will be going out this evening in that area – ...

AS AUGUST BEGAN, a group of thugs have been staging knife-point robberies at various sites along East London’s River Lea. Crimes have occurred in Hackney, Tottenham and Waltham Forest – and Detective Inspector Paul Ridley of Hackney CID is co-ordinating ...

THE NEW development known as Barking Riverside, which is being built on the site of the former Barking Power Station, can go ahead now – with the Government agreeing that the London Overground can be extended to the new development. ...

Lying about a vehicle collision in Tower Hamlets landed PC Miladur Khan with a six months jailed sentence. PC Khan claimed he had been driving one of the vehicles – in order to protect his younger brother. PC Khan began ...

HAYDEN FIELD IS just twelve years old – and has been missing since around 8.30pm on 31st July. He is described as white, approximately 5ft 4ins tall and of slim build. He lives in Newham, but he is known to ...

A SERIES OF petty offences has landed Nathan Forsythe, 35, in jail. He began his latest spree by gaining a reputation as an “aggressive beggar” in Barking and Ilford town centres – and ended by assaulting a police officer. On ...

NERYS GARRETT from Ilford is just 15 years old – and she has been missing for nearly two months. Nerys is described as white, 5ft 5ins tall, of slim build, with long brown hair and pierced ears. Nerys was last ...