IT WAS ANNOUNCED at 3pm this afternoon that Michaela Boor died in hospital this morning. Ms Boor had taken her son to primary school on Tuesday and was returning home when a pallet of bricks fell from a crane, knocking ...

A MAN HAS BEEN sentenced to nine years in prison, with four years extended licence because of the danger he poses to the public, after being convicted of a range of offences in connection with an attempt to abuse a ...

IT WAS A jail sentence of seven years for seven offences of holding a person in slavery or servitude for Leyton man David Lupu, 29. The sentence was handed down at the Inner London Crown Court, along with a slavery ...

AN EAST LONDON man has been jailed for three years, after being convicted of “attempting to take a child so as to remove him/her from a person having lawful control”. The convict is Tariq Qayyum, 61, of Chadwell Heath. The ...

A PALLET OF BRICKS fell from a crane in Burdett Road, Mile End, this morning – critically injuring a young woman who was passing by. Witnesses said that the pallet landed on her as she walked along the pavement. The ...

A PIZZA TAKEAWAY outlet in Brentwood Road, Romford, was robbed by four men armed with knives on Wednesday, 14th March. The incident occurred around midnight. Police believe that three of the suspects entered the shop while one remained outside as ...

A POPLAR MAN has been found guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent after an incident at Alice Shepherd House on the Isle of Dogs which took place last October. There was a dispute at a flat in the block ...

POLICE HAVE confirmed that the disturbance in the Stratford shopping centre in the Stratford Broadway at around 9.30pm last Tuesday was caused by a man being stabbed. The victim later died. The emergency services attended the incident but, despite their ...

TWO YOUNG MEN were shot outside Mile End Tube Station late last night, 23rd March. Both were in their 20s and were shot as passengers walked past, going in and out of the Tube station. The incident occurred at approximately ...

REPORTS started coming in late on Friday night that there had been a shooting at Mile End Tube station. Eye witness accounts were being posted on Twitter – but with little detail of what had actually gone on. The first ...