THREE MEN were arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life last month – and after questioning all three were released on bail until 15th June. The arrests were made as the police executed warrants ...
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Three injured in Rainham collision
DRIVING could be the cause of a collision in Rainham on Tuesday that injured three pedestrians – including a toddler. Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward – especially some members of the public who stepped in to help ...
Read More »Police return to Hackney scene of Badru shooting
POLICE CONTINUE to investigate the murder of Abraham Badru, 26, who was shot in Ferncliff Road, Hackney, E8 on 25th March. A month after the murder, detectives returned to the scene to try to job memories and add to their ...
Read More »Imitation gun – but real jail sentence
IT’S NOT CLEAR why Peter Brown, 29, of Stanford-Le-Hope thought it was a good idea to wave an imitation firearm at a group of youngsters out on Wellington Road, Newham – but it won him a ten year, nine month ...
Read More »Corbyn calls for aid and talks, not raids and threats
LABOUR LEADER Jeremy Corbyn wrote to Tory Prime Minister Theresa May after she had sent UK aircraft to bomb Syria in retaliation for President Assad’s alleged use of chemical weapons against the Syrian population in Douma. Corbyn set out his ...
Read More »Trump takes a step towards World War 3
THE US HAS bombed Syria. UK and French forces have joined in. The three claimed that this was a punishment of the Syrian Government for allegedly using chemical weapons in an attack on its own population in Douma. The three ...
Read More »Corbyn opposes May backing for Trump warmongering
“THE END OF the World is Nigh” warned the old poster: has Donald Trump put one up in the White House? He seems hell bent on turning an already fraught dispute into a military conflict which could destroy the world even ...
Read More »Grenfell: questions over cladding from 2014
MYSTERY SURROUNDS the safety of the cladding used on Grenfell Tower after a BBC investigation revealed that tests had failed to prove it reached safety standards as early as 2014. Grenfell Tower caught fire in June 2017. A small fire ...
Read More »April Voice warns of eucalyptus tree danger
IS YOUR EUCALYPTUS about to explode? Or on the point of poisoning some four-legged friends? This month’s Voice, newsletter of the East London Garden Society (ELGS), warns the tree could pack a bigger punch than you might expect. Not many of ...
Read More »Hackney man dies in mystery shooting
A YOUNG MAN who died in Hackney last Sunday has been named as Abraham Badru, 26, from Hackney E8. A post mortem has confirmed that he died from a shotgun wound to the chest. The emergency services received reports just ...
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