Detective Inspector Glenn Butler said: “I need to hear from anyone who saw anything suspicious in the Plaistow area on Thursday night, or from anyone who has information about the shooting. Shootings on the streets of London are rare, and the ...

Emdad Rahman A crowdfunding campaign has begun for Weavers Kids Cafe, an enterprising community project in the north west of the borough. The Café is trying to get as many different people as possible to pledge what they can before ...

Emdad Rahman Scintilla CC were in no mood to take prisoners as Hawks were skittled out for 140 in 36 overs at the Jubilee Sports Ground. Top scorers for Hawks were Siddique (28) and Osman (24). Captain Shaha Riadh and ...

Emdad Rahman The latest Essex County Cricket League clash saw Ace Cricket Club host Scintilla CC at the Low Hall Sports Ground, Leyton. The home team won the toss and batted first. The game opened with a Scintilla blitz which ...

We are often told that Muslims are a potential danger to the UK, people who may cause death and destruction. Now a gang of five white men, all apparently from a Christian country, have been convicted of trying to smuggle a ...

Activists from environmental pressure group Greenpeace are scaling key monuments across London to place over-sized surgical masks on them to protect them from pollution in the air. Police, ambulance and fire crews attended the various scenes and cordoned off areas ...

In the old days, when you had a festival or a fun-day, your Council told you when and where it was and what was going on and you went their and did it. Now, under Boris Johnson’s free-market London, you ...

Two exciting Asian films are having their UK premieres in Tower Hamlets next week as part of the 18th Asian Film Festival. Chauranga (Four Colours), pictured above, is the debut feature from critic turned director Bikas Ranjan Mishra, takes its inspiration ...

Emdad Rahman On this side of the border, The Quality Street Gang may have a more notorious reputation – a band of criminals who operated in Manchester and who may or may not have locked horns with the Kray twins. However, ...

Emdad Rahman The famous city may host fashion royalty, but for me a weekend trip to Milan means anything but shopping for designer clothes. Honestly, I’d rather watch paint peel. Two days away from London, and I planned to visit ...