POLICE WERE quick to act when reports came in that a group of five teenagers were fighting in Listowell Road, Dagenham. Witnesses reported that the youngsters had knives and bats – and police were soon on site. The incident occurred ...

A MAN HAS now been formally charged in connection with the collision between a bicycle and a pedestrian in Bow Road on 3rd July. Local resident Peter McCombie was critically injured by the collision and died in hospital a few ...

POLICE INVESTIGATING the death of Peter McCombie, 72, have arrested a 22 year old man. Mr McCombie was critically injured after a collision between himself and a cyclist took place on Bow Road, near Thames Magistrates Court, on 3rd July. ...

A CYCLIST was left in a critical condition after being involved in a collision with a car at approximately 3.19am on Friday, 24th July. He was taken to hospital, where he died the following day. The incident occurred on Romford ...

TRAGIC NEWS came out just before 7pm this evening, 27th July, as reports came in that a toddler had fallen from a high rise flat. The condition of the poor child is not known. •STORY UPDATE:  Unconfirmed reports circulating on ...

WHILE TOWER HAMLETS Council runs down what used to be a flagship youth service, a new social enterprise has stepped in to offer a quality service to meet local need. The Council seems to have invented a new system – ...

Cllr Khaled Noor THE PRIME MINISTER has done another flip-flop and face coverings, which he once said were not proven to restrict the spread of Coronavirus, are now compulsory, for most people, in most enclosed public spaces in England. The ...

TWO TEENAGERS, aged 15 and 16, were sentenced at Stratford Youth Court last week for carrying out a racially aggravated common assault on a rabbi. The attack took place in Amhurst Park in November last year. The two youths received ...

POLICE ARE issuing a renewed appeal for witnesses to an incident near Thames Magistrates Court in Bow Road – or members of the public who may be able to identify a possible suspect – to come forward. At around 5pm ...

THREE PEOPLE appeared at Wood Green Crown Court last week and were sentenced for their part in a drugs ring which distributed illegal drugs around the N16 part of Hackney. The three were all from addresses in Hackney and were ...