Crime

THE MAYOR led politicians, the police and council workers on a Day of Action against drugs last week. The team had a van and posters outside the Town Hall and workers spread out around the vicinity to help where they ...

CAN YOU help police identify and locate the man in this picture? Police who are investigating a homophobic hate crime which took plase in Hackney would like to speak to him. The crime took place in the early hours of ...

LESS THAN a week after Masum Miah was found dead in Newham, a man has been charged with murder. The man charged has been named as Sergiu Leahu, 40, of no fixed aggress. Mr Miah was found with gunshot wounds ...

A NEW approach is helping to cut drug- and drink-related Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB), says Tower Hamlets Council. The Council attributes this improvement to “a new partnership” – but is that the whole story? The Council press release reports that there ...

AS POLICE continue to investigate a murder in St Bartholomew’s Road, Newham, the victim has been named as Masum Miah, 42. Gunshots were heard in St Bartholomew’s Road at around 3am on the morning of Tuesday, 18th August. The emergency ...

A MAN in his 40s, with gunshot wounds, was found in a car in St Bartholomew’s Road, Newham at around 3am on Tuesday, 18th August. He was found by police, who had been called out by members of the public ...

A MAN has been charged with arson after a number of fires were started in London Fields, near Lansdowne Road in Hackney. The story began just after 5am on Saturday, 15th August when the emergency services received reports that a ...

A CYCLIST who was seriously injured after being hit by a car in Stepney Green has died, three days after the collision. The accident happened in Aylward Street just after 11pm on Thursday, 6th August. The cyclist who died has ...

A CYCLIST is fighting for his life after colliding with a car in Aylward Street in Stepney Green. The driver of the car has been arrested. It was late on Thursday, 6th August when the emergency services were called out ...

A MOTORCYCLIST in his twenties lost his life on Aspen way on the afternoon of Wednesday, 5th August. He was involved in a single vehicle collision. Now the Metropolitan Police are appealing for witnesses to ome forward. Police were called ...