Moses Fadairo, 25, of Hackney was killed last September. At the Old Bailey this week, Christopher Erunse, 28, of Greenwich – who had been his “friend” – was sentenced to serve 18 years in prison for killing him. The story ...

Jo Cox, Labour MP for Batley & Spen, was shot and stabbed in Birstall, in her constituency, early this afternoon, just before she was due to begin an advice surgery in the town’s library. Ms Cox was aged just 41 ...

The Metropolitan Police have announced that they arrested a 15 year old boy, who lives in east London, on suspicion of encouraging terrorism in contravention of Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006. He was arrested at his home, which ...

UK politicians came up with a variety of responses to the Orlando hate-killings. They all expressed shock and extended sympathy to those directly affected. Only some went further and spoke out against the hate crime and expressed solidarity with the ...

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 ...

Shampan Restaurant Limited, the company which runs the Shampan restaurant on Brick Lane, has been fined £3,757.50 – and one of its directors, Rukeya Haque, has been fined £1,220. The penalties arise out of a charge of “exposing and selling ...

Muiddin Mire has been found guilty of attempted murder following an incident which took place at the end of last year. Mire staged a frenzied attack in the Tube station’s ticket hall, during which two passengers were injured and a ...

Readers of a certain age will know that the being with the greatest need ever of making a phone call was ET, the little alien in the eponymous film of the early 1980s. Only by making telephonic connection could he ...

Yet another case of police behaviour which has always aroused public suspicion may be about to come under scrutiny. Coroner Louise Hunt has ruled that inquests into the deaths of 21 people killed in what have come to be known ...

Police are appealing for witnesses to a serious road traffic accident which took place in the early hours of Sunday, 29th May on Barking Road, London E6. A collision took place between a car and a motorcycle at approximately 00.15am. ...