West Yorkshire police have announced that Thomas Mair, aged 52 and of Birstall, has been charged with the murder of Jo Cox MP.  He has also been charged with other offences, including grievous bodily harm, possession of a firearm with ...

Three honours winged their way to Tower Hamlets as the Queen issued her Birthday Honours List. The first two awards recognise work in the local public sector – by two women who work with the borough’s young people. Deborah Weston, Director ...

Moses Fadairo, 25, of Hackney was killed last September. At the Old Bailey this week, Christopher Erunse, 28, of Greenwich – who had been his “friend” – was sentenced to serve 18 years in prison for killing him. The story ...

Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley & Spen, was shot and stabbed in Birstall, in her constituency, early this afternoon, just before she was due to begin an advice surgery in the town’s library. Ms Cox was aged just 41 ...

The Metropolitan Police have announced that they arrested a 15 year old boy, who lives in east London, on suspicion of encouraging terrorism in contravention of Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006. He was arrested at his home, which ...

Former Sports Minister Richard Caborn has admitted that the performance of the sports element of the Olympic legacy is “disappointing”. London’s Olympic bid had promised to “inspire a generation” to get active. However, figures show that the number playing sport ...

Top Labour figures today carried on their drive to put across to the electorate good reasons for voting “remain” in next week’s referendum. Deputy Leader Tom Watson was first in the queue, stressing the potential for creating jobs that comes ...

Air pollution is once more becoming a very serious issue in the UK. We expect to see some action about air quality in London, after new London Mayor Sadiq Khan made election campaign promises to improve matters as soon as ...

Hackney North MP Diane Abbott spoke up in favour of the effectiveness of UK aid on Monday. She told the House of Commons: “I saw evidence of the drought that is sweeping across eastern and southern Africa. Anyone who says ...

Emdad Rahman Despite a rain-washed pitch, Scintilla CC eased through to the second round of the National Cricket League Cup after a blistering batting performance from Ashraful Islam sealed a ten run victory. With heavy downpours at intervals, the 20 over ...