Domestic violence is not restricted to physical attacks: the crime of “coercive control” – where perpetrators subject their victims to mental torture – was introduced in 2015. This form of mental abuse was featured last year in The Archers, a ...

Kevin Crehan is dead – just months after he and three accomplices left raw meat sandwiches outside the Jamia Mosque in the Totterdown area of Bristol. The four tied bacon to the door handles of the mosque and tied a ...

A majority verdict from the jury at the Old Bailey just before Christmas saw James Roberts, 32, of Ambleside Avenue, Hornchurch convicted of murdering 60-year-old Aiden O’Mahony. The guilty man will be sentenced at a further hearing at the Old ...

Met police detectives from Havering have released a picture of a man they want to interview in an attempt to clear up an assault which took place over the summer. A minicab driver was seriously assaulted in the early hours ...

Black and Asian Muslim youngsters, particularly young women, “do worse for jobs”, even though it is white boys from poor families who “do worse” in school. The finding comes from the Social Mobility Commission – an independent but official body. ...

Lawyers representing up to 28 child refugees hope to be in the High Court next week, asking for the Home Secretary to explain why she has not granted them asylum in the UK. The case rests on a point of ...

As the UK’s top GP warned that GP services are the latest part of the NHS to reach crisis point, concerns are growing that the Conservative Government is losing its grip on this flagship public service. Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt ...

Emdad Rahman Revive FC have beaten off stiff competition to become champions of the Bangladesh Football Association Vets Cup 2016.  The ten team competition was played at Stepney Astroturf. Revive met Smash & Grab in a tight final. The game ...

Emdad Rahman Maybe a home is nothing but two arms holding you tight when you’re at your worst. It’s been a busy weekend for us. On Christmas Eve I visited Mujib’s Chill & Grill, who very generously agreed to donate 50% ...

Ismael Rahman The extreme 9ft jump towers are the highest in Essex and so with the Christmas holidays in full swing we visited Jump Evolution in Harold Hill, Essex to check out all the fuss people have been making about ...