HE KEPT a gun, wrapped in plastic bags and stuffed inside a gift bag, under his bed. Acting on intelligence, police came to his home in Bethnal Green, found the gun – and nine days later he was arrested and ...

AS WORLD leaders look for a way to repair a global economy deeply injured by the first wave of Coronavirus, we look this month at the struggle between the wealthy and the workers – and what has been said about ...

POLICE STOPPED a minicab as it went through Epsom on 19th March this year – a stop that was part of an operation against firearm offences. Immediately, one of the two back seat passengers admitted he had a gun in ...

AS WORLD leaders look for a way to repair a global economy deeply injured by the first wave of Coronavirus, we look this month at the struggle between the wealthy and the workers – and what has been said about ...

A SET OF early morning raids were carried out in Waltham Forest in the early morning of 6th August. Warrants for the raids were issued after a three month police effort named Operation Beamond, designed to target violence and drug ...

THE DEATH TOLL is at least 100. The injuries are almost more horrific: an estimated 4,000 have needed hospital treatment, some in a critical condition. The health service, already struggling to cope with Coronavirus, is overwhelmed. Throughout the night, humanity ...

A HUGE explosion has occurred in Beirut, capital of Lebanon. Details are still emerging, but the explosion seems to have happened in the port area. It is thought that there may have initially been a fire, which was then followed ...

TOWER BRIDGE, 10pm, Saturday, 1st August. It’s an unexceptional Saturday night in lockdown-eased London: people going home, people going out; traffic at a crawl – and a crowd of Algerian football fans celebrating their heads off. It’s hard to piece ...

A TALL CRANE has collapsed in Gale Street, London E3 – just north of the Limehouse Cut, near Watts Grove. The London Fire Brigade has reported that the crane was 20 metres tall.  It was on a building site in ...

A CRANE LOCATED on a building site in Gale Street, Tower Hamlets, E3, has toppled over onto a block of flats and two houses in Compton Close.  There are reports of injuries and the Fire Brigade is carrying out a ...