A LOUND “BANG” was heard on a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) train just after 11am this morning, 19th February. Worried commuters thought it sounded like a bomb had gone off and rushed to evacuate the train at Pontoon Dock station. ...
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East London teen guilty of terror offence
IS JUST 18, but East Londoner Arbias Thaqi has pleaded guilty to charges related to terrorism at Westminster Youth Court on Friday, 16th February. The charges followed an investigation by the Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command and relate to various material ...
Read More »Earthquake hits south west England
TREMORS FROM an earthquake centred on Cwmllynfell, just to the north east of Swansea in Wales, have been felt throughout the west of England – and even up to the edges of London. The quake came at 2.31pm and measured ...
Read More »Two arrested after Barking teen stabbed to death
TWO TEENAGERS have been arrested, less than two weeks after Barking teenager Hasan Ozcan,19, died from multiple stab wounds. It was 3rd February when the emergency services were called to Abbey Road and found Hasan, who died at the scene. ...
Read More »Zainab Ansari: killer gets death sentence
THE MAN who raped and murdered six year old Zainab Ansari in Pakistan and left her body on a rubbish dump has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani court. He had kidnapped the little girl from her aunt’s house. ...
Read More »Reward offered after brutal attack on pensioner
ONE OF THE most brutal attacks in East London last year was carried out in East Ham in August. Three men attacked Ahmet Dobran, as he was peacefully going about his everyday life. One of the men grabbed Mr Dobran ...
Read More »Canning Town stab victim named
THE POLICE have named the 17 year old who suffered fatal stab wounds in Canning Town during the evening of 14th February. He is Lord Promise Nkenda, who used the name Promise. He was from Newham. Formal identification is still ...
Read More »Teen dies after stabbing in Canning Town
VALENTINE’S DAY was not a day of love in Goldwing Close, E16: it was a day of death, as another young man has lost his life in an East London stabbing. It was still early evening – just after 8pm ...
Read More »Wanted in connection with Ilford murder
SANDEL SERBU died in Ilford on 12th November last year. Now police from the Homicide and Major Crime Command have released the names and pictures of two men they wish to question in connection with his death. The London Ambulance ...
Read More »Jail for man who promoted Daesh
AN EAST LONDON MAN has been jailed for two years for encouraging terrorism. Shafi Mohammed Saleem, 28, used over 20 Twitter and Instagram handles to pump out images and messages promoting Daesh over several months. Metropolitan Police detectives investigated the ...
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