Crime

THREE PEOPLE have now been arrested by Counter Terrorism police investigating the small fire in Nelson Street, Whitechapel, E1 on 5th May. The fire was lit outside a building which used to be a synagogue and is in the process ...

HE THOUGHT he was buying a gun from fellow right-wing extremists. In fact, he was buying a gun from two undercover detectives – who were part of a joint investigation by London Counter Terrorism Police (CTP) and MI5. The two ...

FOUR MEN have been arrested following the death of a young man in Leyton. He was stabbed. The Metropolitan Police received reports shortly after midnight on Thursday, 23rd April that a group of people were fighting in Saint George’s Road, ...

ONE PERSON has died and two others are injured after a collision between two vehicles in Limehouse. The collision occurred at approximately 3.30am on Sunday, 5th April. The accident occurred at the junction between Commercial Road and East India Dock ...

ONE DISGUSTED customer – disgusted because the crisps he had bought had been gnawed by mice – reported his discovery to Tower Hamlets Council. And the Council sprang into action to follow up the complaint. The purchase was made two ...

HE DIED in 2023 – and that’s when the investigation into allegations of sexual assault and rape were finally investigated. Now police have interviewed three women under caution in connection with trafficking women and facilitating these assaults. Mohamed Al Fayed ...

POLICE WERE called out to a residential address in St George’s Square, Newham, E7 last week after reports came in that someone had died. Police officers attended immediately and found a woman. They attempted to administer first aid, but she ...

MYSTERY surrounds a collision involving a single motor vehicle in Rainham last October – which was followed by police finding the body of a man. There are two facts that police know. •A collision happened at about 8.30pm on Thursday, ...

IT IS life imprisonment for Trevelle Rowland, 34 – with a minimum term of 22 years. The sentence comes after Rowland was found guilty of murder, dangerous driving and two counts of attempted Grievous Bodily Harm. In March 2024, Rowland ...

A JURY HAS now found Trevelle Rowland, 34, guilty of murder, dangerous driving and two counts of attempted grievous bodily harm after two incidents – one in East Ham and another in Barking. It was the early hours of Sunday, ...