IN AN ISLAMOPHOBIC outburst, former Foreign Secretary Tory MP Boris Johnson has made fun of the burqa. Writing in his weekly newspaper column, Johnson said that women who wear traditional Islamic garments – burqas and niqabs – look like bank ...

TWO MEN FROM Hackney have been sent to prison after being found guilty of a range of charges arising out of incident which took place in Ilford on 4th August last year. Dogus Kaynakkan, 20, of Meadow Close, Hackney, was ...

POLICE HAVE asked the public to help find two suspects whom they wish to question in connection with a violent attack on a man in Barking – apparently carried out as part of an attempted robbery. The attack took place at ...

A SECOND young man has been charged in connection with the murder of Jordan Douherty. He is William Nayya-Welly, 20, of Shepherds Close, Romford. Nayya-Welly was arrested on 19th July and appeared at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court the following day, charged ...

A MAN HAS BEEN found guilty of attacking and killing a work colleague – and perverting the course of justice. The murder victim was Seyed Khan, 49. The murder took place in Ilford in January. Imran Muhammad, 31, was convicted ...

BREAKING NEWS: Reports are coming in of an accident on Mile End Road near the junction with Southern Grove – just before Mile End Tube Station. There is no information on what happened or whether anyone has been injured. Drivers ...

A MAN WHO committed robberies across East London, as well as carrying out two bomb hoaxes, was sentenced to life imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court last week – with an order that he serve at least seven years. Omar Farooq, ...

BURGLARY WENT wrong – but, even so, Paul Hensley, 57, of Code Street, E1, was given a six year prison sentence. Hensley appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court last Friday, where he was convicted of attempted robbery and possession of an ...

COUNCILLORS have asked Executive Mayor John Biggs to think again over his plans to close the borough’s last three remaining Local Authority Day Nurseries. The move came at a special meeting of the Council’s Overview & Scrutiny Committee (OSC), held ...

FOUR MEN suffered shotgun wounds – that’s what the police found when they arrived in Brady Street, Whitechapel, E1. It was 10.20pm on 15th July 2016 – and reports had come in of a shooting. There were no suspects to ...