WOULD YOU pay £800 to go to a party?  Maybe if it was a very special party you might consider it. But if it was a makeshift rave in a derelict railway arch in Tidworth Road, Bow, E3, would you ...

THE VOLUNTEERS OF the indomitable Island Network are delivering over 400 Easter Eggs to elderly residents on the Isle of Dogs. The eggs have been funded by the Canary Wharf Group. The Easter treats are an addition to the food ...

POLICE HAVE made a renewed appeal to the public to help them find out what happened to a woman who disappeared in Barking in September 2017. Stefana Otilia Malinici, who is known as Otilia, has not been seen since 6th ...

SATURDAY WILL see the public launch of a major initiative to investigate Islamophobia in the judicial system and legal profession of the UK – and make recommendations on how to challenge and eradicate it. The project is the brainchild of ...

MOST POLICING in London is carried out by human officers in the Metropolitan Police. Sometimes they receive assistance from four legged friends, who make a unique contribution to the fight against crime. Three incidents last month show how dogs help ...

Muhammad Talha THE KIND COUNTER, a new community social support and networking platform, has been launched in Tower Hamlets. It is a wellbeing communication platform which will be used to share books, food, clothes, stationary and bespoke items with anyone ...

A FOURTH MAN has been sentenced for the murder of Abdulrahman Nassor Juma (known as Mani), who was chased and stabbed to death in the street near his home in Barking in May 2018. The fourth man is Warrick Carson, ...

Maruf Ahmed THROUGHOUT the pandemic – as people fell ill, as the community rallied round to help those in need, and as we sheltered in lockdown – Mosques across East London have been at the heart of community support. Mosques, ...

AS POLICE entered the front of the property in Dereham Road, Barking, IG11, Dritan Muja went out the back. With the assistance of a drugs dog, officers quickly caught up with him and detained him. The raid took place on ...

NO CHILD should go hungry! That was the aim of the Island Network as they carried out a mega delivery of food parcels to primary schools on the Isle of Dogs, E14, last weekend. Not only was there a delivery ...