AS MILLIONS OF Muslims around the world celebrated Eid, violence was escalating in the strife-torn country of Yemen – and the Islamic Relief charity was stepping up its relief operations to meet the humanitarian consequences. Fighting intensified around the port ...

Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn has issued the following message to mark Eid. Assalamu’alaikum, I would like to wish Eid Mubarak to Muslims in the UK and all around the world celebrating Eid-al Fitr. Eid is a wonderful time for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...