THE METROPOLITAN POLICE has announced the formation of new team to tackle violent crime, weapon-enabled crime and serious criminality. It will be staffed by full-time officers who will be selected for work in this squad. The Met hopes that the ...

POLICE HAVE worked quickly in the case of the 13 year old male stabbed on 5th April – the day which saw six stabbings take place across London. The boy was found just before 7pm in Gainsborough Avenue, Newham, suffering ...

A NEW APPEAL has come from the police to the public to work together to root out extremist messages from the internet. The message comes after four East Londoners were jailed for trying to groom 55 school students to help with ...

A TOWER HAMLETS candidate was attacked and seriously injured yesterday, 6th April, while out campaigning ahead of the Council elections on 3rd May. Abdullah Al Mamun is a candidate for the ASPIRE party, standing in St Katharine’s & Wapping ward. ...

WEDNESDAY, 4TH APRIL was a bad day for Hackney – with two people being murdered on the streets. The police are making progress in their investigations – and they are now appealing to the public for further help in finding ...

DANIEL FREDERICK died on 8th January in Hackney – another young life cut short by a stab wound. Police have now confirmed that a fourth person has been charged with this murder. He is a 16 year old male who ...

LONDON HAS experienced one of its highest incidences of knife crime in a single night as six young victims suffered knife attacks across the capital – with five of the victims being hurt in incidents in East London. •First came ...

THE CYCLE OF street violence has moved up another notch with news that three teenagers have been stabbed just by the junction between Roman Road and Grove Road – in broad daylight, just before 6pm tonight, 5th April. The emergency ...

ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS, April becomes not just the month that begins with April Fool’s Day, but carries on as April Fool’s Month. We’ve already seen the traditional seasonal attacks on Jeremy Corbyn – now here come the allegations of ...

THE CAPITAL CONTINUES to clock up the killings. The toll for 2018 was already at 50 – but two deaths in Hackney yesterday, 4th April – have added to the misery of their loved ones and worried anxious parents across ...