#BlackLivesMatter This month we shall be recording responses made to the killing of George Floyd on 25th May. Too many black people have died at the hands of state racism, institutional racism – and individual racism stoked by the first ...

ANOTHER young man has lost his life after being shot in Hackney’s notoriously gun-prone postcode E5 – and police continue to appeal to the public to come forward with information. Police received reports at around 11.30pm on 5th June that ...

#BlackLivesMatter This month we shall be recording responses made to the killing of George Floyd on 25th May. Too many black people have died at the hands of state racism, institutional racism – and individual racism stoked by the first ...

IT WAS just after 2pm on 4th June when the emergency services received reports that gunshots had been heard in Wilmington Gardens, Barking. Police, the London Ambulance Service and the London Air Ambulance attended. They found two injured men. One, ...

POLICE ARE offering a reward for information that leads directly to a conviction in respect of the killing of Grineo Daka, 27, from Stratford, who was fatally shot on 7th July last year. The shooting took place in Lea Bridge ...

ONE UNFORESEEN side effect of the Coronavirus Lockdown has been an increase in the incidence of domestic violence. The Metropolitan Police have been keen to point out that they are playing a part in rescuing victims and apprehending alleged perpetrators. ...

THE POLICE have confirmed that a number of arrests took place at the end of last month under the umbrella of Operation Sceptre, which seeks to tackle violent crime across the UK. The biggest breakthroughs came in Hackney, with the ...

A MAN FROM the Clapton area of Hackney has been sent to prison for life after shooting at police officers – who had come to his house to arrest him in connection with an incident of armed car-jacking. No officer ...

THE RICH GET RICH with the help of the poor, who subsidise their businesses. “You built a factory out there, good for you. But I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads that the ...

DANIEL HORTON, 29, of no fixed abode appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court today – Saturday, 22nd February. Horton was arrested at the Regent’s Park Mosque on Thursday, 20th February after an incident during which the muezzin Raafat Maglad, 70, was ...