ONE TEENAGER died; another remains critically ill.  That is not the kind of news that usually greets residents of Bow on a Sunday morning. This much we know. It was just after midnight on Sunday morning, 4th September, that residents ...

IT WAS A petty fight about an alleged drugs debt, but it led to one man losing his life and another man being convicted of murder and expecting to receive a life sentence when he returns to court next week. ...

LONDON BANGLA COMMENT: A spirit of constructive governing broke out at Tower Hamlets Council on 27th July 2022 – the first scheduled full Council meeting since the election (the AGM in May dealt only with formalities). It was so different ...

Muhammad Rahman THE GRAPPLE HUB, based at Team MC headquarters in Whitechapel, has opened its doors to the public. The Hub’s facilities will offer space to both new and experienced enthusiasts of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu martial arts.  The word “jiu jitsu” ...

STALKING – that’s just a celebrity thing, isn’t it? When a fan gets carried away? No: often those guilty of stalking are ordinary people who become obsessed with someone they know or a stranger and are trying to manipulate and ...

POLICE HAVE issued an appeal to the public to help establish whether Asif Afzal, from Newham, is safe – or if he is in danger. Asif was last seen at his home in East Ham at 10am on Saturday, 16th ...

Emdad Rahman Sadrul Amin is using April to take part in a solo charity feat to raise awareness and also funds for charity. The 35 year old from Newham has only been running for three years and started doing so ...

HE’LL BE detained for a decade, after Snaresbrook Crown Court sentenced him to seven years in prison and three further years on licence thereafter – for a series of stabbings carried out at random in Hackney. The jailed man is ...

A HACKNEY MAN has been charged with the murder of Yasmin Begum, 40, who died in Bethnal Green on 24th March. The man who was charged has been named as Quyum Miah, 40, of High Street, Homerton. He was also ...

BREAKING NEWS: Police and the London Ambulance Service went out to a residential property in Globe Road, Bethnal Green, this afternoon after receiving reports of concerns for the welfare of a woman in the property. They found a 40 year ...