IT’S A NEW YEAR – but there’s no let up on the knife crime on East London’s streets. One of the last victims, possibly the very last victim, of 2020 has now been named. Abiola Olalekan Akerele, 28, was stabbed ...

ONCE AGAIN, John Biggs and the Labour Group handraisers are cutting services to the borough’s most vulnerable citizens. This time it’s not just children in general who are in his sights: it’s children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). ...

TODAY WE return with a new series of The Thames Today. The Thames forms the southern boundary of four East London boroughs: Tower Hamlets, Newham, Barking & Dagenham and Havering. In one way it is a barrier, sealing off one ...

THERE WERE several reasons why 2020 was such a terrible year – and it delivered its final kick an hour before it ended, when the UK became a sovereign, independent state once more. After being a member of the European ...

IN OCTOBER we usually celebrate Black History. This month we are looking at how Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Councillors are making new history. “I was helping deliver food to the vulnerable residents of Spitalfields and Bangla Town with local ...

London Tigers look back on the club’s achievements. London Tigers has become one of the leading clubs in London cricket. The London Tigers adult cricket teams play on Saturdays in the Middlesex County cricket league and on Sundays with the ...

KHALED NOOR looks back over the Brexit process and provides a brief analysis of the Post-Brexit Trade Deal. ●Khaled Noor is a Barrister (N/P) and Solicitor. He is also a columnist, campaigner, and a Councillor in the London Borough of ...

JULIAN ASSANGE has been fighting extradition to the USA for the best part of a decade. If he were to be put on trial there, he would face a jail sentence, if convicted, of up to 175 years. The USA ...

THE CASE OF a man who was kidnapped in Newham is being investigated by police – who have appealed to the public to come forward if they have any evidence which can help them make progress. The story began on ...

IN OCTOBER we usually celebrate Black History. This month we are looking at how Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Councillors are making new history. “Appeared on Hawa TV today w/two of my esteemed colleagues (Cllr @hossain_ahbab & Cllr @THLP_ASMA). We ...