SEVENTEEN ARRESTS have been made since 1st January in a joint operation – “Operation Continuum” between Tower Hamlets Council and Tower Hamlets police. There is no explanation of what “Operation Continuum” is. In the second anti-drug operation held under Operation ...

A 71 YEAR OLD MAN is in an East London hospital, in a critical condition, after being hit by a Mercedes C220. The car collided with the man, a pedestrian, at approximately 6.40am on the morning of Saturday, 10th February. ...

POLICE ARE looking for Mark Christopher Woolley, 52, of Albion Road, Hackney. He had been released from HMP Ranby on 16th November last year – on licence. Woolley attended a probation meeting on 31st January – but he then breached ...

THE STREETS OF Dagenham are a tiny bit safer after police found a shotgun and ammunition in a property in Goresbrook Road – and four people linked with the weapon have received prison sentences. The operation which led to the ...

A VIOLENT and vicious attack was carried out on 21st December 2017 on an 18 year old woman in a shop on Cranbrook Road, Ilford. Police have been hunting the attacker and are now appealing to the public for help. ...

POLICE HAVE this evening (6th February) named the Barking teenager who died on Saturday, 3rd February in Abbey Road, Barking. The stabbing was reported to police just after 10pm on the Saturday, with the victim being formally pronounced dead just ...

TODAY – Monday, 5th February – #ItsNotOK2018 is a week of raising awareness of sexual abuse and sexual violence. The Metropolitan Police will be doing all it can to put across information on where victims can find help – and ...

THE NUMBER OF people who have lost their jobs as a result of the Carillion collapse is creeping up towards 1,000. Carillion went into liquidation on 15th January, revealing that the company had been juggling debt for a very long ...

A LOCAL CLOTHES RETAILER was sat in his parked car in Ford Close, Bow, E3 at 5.30pm on Monday, 15th January – when two men, wearing balaclavas, robbed him. The victim, 24, was dragged out of his car. One of ...

A MURDER HUNT is underway in Barking, after a 19 year old male was stabbed in Abbey Road, Barking. Police and the Ambulance Service were called just after 10pm on Saturday, 3rd February. Despite receiving emergency treatment, the teenager could ...