We’ve all heard that race hate crimes have increased since the “Brexit” vote in the referendum – and now the British Transport Police have confirmed the trend. The Transport Police recorded 119 incidents which included allegations of racist abuse on ...

A woman was left with substantial injuries after being hit by a car in Thornham Grove, Stratford, London E15. The collision occurred at 03.39hrs in the early hours of Saturday morning, 20th August and the vehicle did not stop at ...

On 1st August, a Rotherham mosque received a bomb threat.  Less than three weeks later a man has been arrested and is being questioned. The bomb threat arrived by post in a letter – not so much a letter as ...

Simon Danczuk MP, who was suspended by the Labour Party after admitting he had sent inappropriate texts of a sexual nature to a young woman, is reported to have been arrested in Alicante, Spain after an incident involving his wife. ...

An Imam and his assistant died in a cold-blooded shooting on the streets of New York in the early afternoon of 14th August (local time). Reports indicate that the two men were walking down a road in the Queens district ...

A number of young black men have been shot by police in the USA in recent years – leading to the emergence of “Black Lives Matter”, which styles itself as “not a moment, but a movement”. This distinction comes because ...

Reports coming out of Turkey far into the night indicate only that the picture is still very confused. Many of the reports are tweets from eyewitnesses: although these give an immediate picture of episodes happening on the ground, it is hard ...

Emdad Rahman The One Third soup kitchen team finished the last shift of Ramadan 2016 with a biriani belter at Stratford City. The night’s team consisted of a mix of adults and kiddos, all determined to serve their community. Homeless ...

Muhammad Ismael Rahman In celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Limehouse Festival, the Limehouse Community Forum (LCF) teamed up with Franklyn James, Limehouse Marina Elite and Online Inventories to hold the inaugural LIMEfest Almost 5k Fun Run – a ...

Police in Barking and Dagenham are appealing for the public’s help in tracing Paul Hoque, aged 22. He is originally from Dagenham and now has no fixed abode, but is thought to spend time in Barking and Romford. Paul Hoque ...