TENSION HAS broken out between mosque leaders and the police over how a suspected arson attack on the Nasfat Islamic Centre in Manchester should be classified. The Centre, in Droylsden Road, Newton Heath, Manchester, caught fire on Sunday night. The fire ...

A NEWHAM man has been charged with encouraging terrorism, contrary to Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006. Shafi Mohammed Saleem, 28, of Forest Gate, was originally arrested on 19th April. He was released on bail while police investigated the ...

A TEENAGE girl who lives in Ilford has been missing since Friday morning (14th July). Police believe she may have travelled to Whitechapel that morning. Ayesha Alohan-Eke, 16, is described as a young black woman, 5ft 5ins tall, of slim ...

Police are appealing for witnesses after a 28 year old man died from stab wounds at a block of flats in Straight Road, Romford, on 11th July. Police and the London Ambulance Service were called out to the address just ...

FOUR MEN are to appear in court after a Hackney Council Enforcement Officer was assaulted in Leaside Road, E5, on 16th January. Those summonsed are: •Osher Freidman, 30, of Wargrave Avenue, N15; •Mordechai Freidman, 31, of Fairholt Road, N16; •Benjamin ...

HE PLEADED guilty to two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault as well as a range of other linked offences – and that’s why Jahir Hussain, 37, of Morris Road, E14 is now in jail. The minicab ...

OFFICERS FROM THE Metropolitan Police Trident and Area Crime Command obtain a warrant to search the East London home of Endurance Omogun-Eichie, 20, in Cormorant Road, E7. The search was carried out in February. It was well worth the effort: ...

POLICE HAVE released the above photo of a man wanted for questioning in connection with an assault which took place in Brick Lane on 1st November 2016. A man and his girlfriend were walking down the Lane when a man ...

TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL has been running courses to train local residents to become champions who will tackle hate crime in the borough. A lucky 13 residents have just begun the latest course, which has been completed by 71 residents to ...

A TEN YEAR OLD girl’s quick thinking saved her from a becoming a victim after a man tried to encourage her to get into his van. Now the police are appealing for witnesses so that they can try to identify ...