POLICE CONTINUE to seek three men in connection with an incident in a restaurant in Pan Peninsula Square, E14 – one of the developments of luxury flats on the Isle of Dogs. The incident occurred just after 11pm on Saturday, ...

OVER THE last five years, child poverty in Tower Hamlets has increased by just over 5,000 – that’s around an extra 20 children a week, nearly three children a day, living in families that just can’t make ends meet. During ...

A WHITE BMW was stolen in Priory Street, Bow, earlier this month – in a strange theft which involved the use of threatening weapons including a knife and a gun. A man was parking his car, a white BMW 3 ...

WHILE LOCKDOWN drove many East Londoners indoors for much of the last year, the slow and staggered path to a new life has introduced some of us to a new, two-wheeled friend. What is it about Conservative governments? In the ...

NOISY PARTIES can be annoying for neighbours who are kept awake in the early hours of the morning. If they take place on a boat, they will annoy even more residents, as the boat chugs down the canal. The boat ...

IF UK DEMOCRACY is a shining example for the rest of the world to follow, then someone needs to help the rest of the world.  Two institutions crucial to the functioning of a democratic society have been found wanting today: ...

S. Mallik looks at the work of Sushant Chattopadhyaya – “Safeer”. Life is a constant exploration to seek oneself in the frames of time. Art though an outward display is more a journey within. The layers of expression in art ...

IT’S A HISTORIC deal – apparently. The Finance Ministers of the G7, meeting in London, have agreed a new system for taxing multinational companies.  They are hoping this new system will provide a cash windfall for governments which have borrowed ...

SEVERAL GROUPS have joined together to organise protests at and about the G7 summit which is to be held in Cornwall next weekend. One of the main issues protestors wish to raise is the G7 countries’ support for the Israeli ...

A MAN WHO persistently stalked and preyed on a woman in East London has been sent to jail for two and a half years. He has been named as Charles Thomas Cox, 28, of Medway Road, E3. Cox developed an ...