Crime

THE EMERGENCY SERVICES were called out at 3.40am on Monday, 1st July by reports that there had been a collision on the westbound side of the Beckton flyover. Fortunately, when they arrived they found that no one had suffered serious ...

POLICE WERE called out at around 2pm this afternoon, Tuesday, 2nd July, to reports that a man had ben stabbed in the area of Willow Grove, Plaistow, E13 – near Plaistow Tube station. The police, London Ambulance Service and Air ...

ANOTHER STABBING victim lost his life in East London over the weekend – at 28 years of age. He was stabbed late on Saturday night, 29th June. His next of kin are aware, but no formal identification has yet been ...

ONE MAN, believed to be aged 25, died in the early hours of this morning, Monday, 1st July, after the vehicle he was driving collided with street furniture. The collision happened in Ripple Road, at the junction with the A12. ...

A BLACK BMW X6 collided with a minicab in Wick Lane, Homerton at approximately 5.20am today, Sunday, 30th June and police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. The occupants of the BMW rang away. The three passengers in ...

A TEENAGER is being treated in an East London hospital after being shot at around 11.40pm on Friday night, 28th June, in Loxford Lane, Ilford. Minutes after police were called out to the shooting, they received reports that shots had ...

THE STORY OF the murder of Stephen Lawrence isn’t over, as two detectives are now to be questioned in connection with apparent failings in the police investigation of the crime committed over 26 years ago. Stephen was standing at a ...

A COLLISION between a motor vehicle and a female pedestrian led to the death of the pedestrian, a 22 year old woman. Her next of kin are aware of the tragedy. The collision occurred just before 9pm on Wednesday, 19th ...

ARE THEY arson attacks? And are they hate crimes? These are the questions being asked as police investigate a series of small fires which have taken place across East London in recent days. •It began on Wednesday, 19th June, when ...

A MAN WILL appear at Snaresbrook County Court on Friday, 28th June in connection with the death of Steven Kennedy on 30th May. Mr Kennedy, 61, died after being assaulted in Plaistow Park. The man due to attend court is ...