A MAN has been charged with arson after a number of fires were started in London Fields, near Lansdowne Road in Hackney. The story began just after 5am on Saturday, 15th August when the emergency services received reports that a ...

AS EXPECTED – not least by him – Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK, has won the Clacton by-election. The by-election was called because the previous MP for Clacton, Nigel Farage, resigned and then stood again. It was less a ...

COMMUNITIES in Tower Hamlets have apparently been expressing concern about increasing levels of online hate – and attacks on Tower Hamlets by people who don’t live here but are keen to create division and tension in the borough. In response, ...

A CYCLIST who was seriously injured after being hit by a car in Stepney Green has died, three days after the collision. The accident happened in Aylward Street just after 11pm on Thursday, 6th August. The cyclist who died has ...

A CYCLIST is fighting for his life after colliding with a car in Aylward Street in Stepney Green. The driver of the car has been arrested. It was late on Thursday, 6th August when the emergency services were called out ...

THERE HAVE been warnings all summer: the rivers, the canals and the docks are dangerous – don’t go into the water. And now a 14 year old boy has drowned in Millwall Outer Dock on the Isle of Dogs. The ...

IT’S BEEN A short honeymoon.  Andy Burnham became Prime Minister on 20th July 2026. His initial message of hope – and a few eye-catching policy announcements – led to good ratings in the opinion polls for Labour. Just two weeks ...

WHO IS this woman? British Transport Police are asking members of the public to help them find her. They wish to speak to her in connection with an assault which took place at Whitechapel Underground station. The assault took place ...

THE COLLISION took place at 9.15pm on Whalebone Lane – the A12 – in Romford. A car had collided with a motorbike. The emergency services responded quickly. The London Ambulance Service, the Air Ambulance and the London Fire Brigade all ...

Hafsa Noor WHAT WAS meant to be a joyful family outing turned into a tragedy when a mother and daughter lost their lives at West Mersea Island in north Essex. The pair died after entering the sea in an attempt ...