TWO TEENS, both 16, were on trial at the Old Bailey in connection with the murder of Baptista Adjei in Stratford last October. On Tuesday this week, one was found guilty of murder and wounding. The other was found not ...
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Tower Hamlets Councillors, popularity and getting answers
THROUGHOUT the month of July, our “thought for the day” spot featured individual Tower Hamlets Councillors – recording something they have said and giving their apparent position on the Tower Rewards dispute with the Council workforce. Now the month is ...
Read More »Government will appeal Shamima Begum return ruling
THE COURT OF APPEAL has today ruled that Shamima Begum should be permitted to return to the UK to contest the UK Government’s decision to revoke her British citizenship. The Government has responded to today’s Court of Appeal decision by ...
Read More »Knife crime up 7% in 2019
OFFICIAL FIGURES for England and Wales show that knife crime in England and Wales for 2019 showed a 7% increase on 2018 – creating a record high of 45,627 offences. The figures were released today by the Office of National ...
Read More »Starmer: total twerp on Corona exit
NEW LABOUR LEADER Keir Starmer has baffled Labour Party members and the wider public by coming up with a new demand for government action on the Corona pandemic. What is he calling for – in what is pretty much his ...
Read More »Corona crisis: solidarity with Gaza
WHILE THE PUBLIC tries to cope with a three month lockdown in the UK, spare a thought for the people of Gaza – a state that’s been in lockdown for 15 years, thanks to a blockade imposed by the Israeli ...
Read More »Four Corona cases in Tower Hamlets
FOUR residents of Tower Hamlets have been diagnosed as having the Corona virus, also known as Covid-19. At the start of the week, only one case had been reported: the 300% increase was revealed today, Tuesday, 10th March. One infected ...
Read More »Police officer survives Leyton machete attack
A POLICE OFFICER is in hospital in a serious but stable condition after being subjected to a violent attack by a man with a machete in Leyton. The incident occurred just after midnight this morning, Thursday, 8th August. Uniformed police ...
Read More »Seeing the wood for the trees
THE AUGUST issue of The Voice – online magazine of the East London Garden Society (ELGS) is out, bringing the area’s gardeners the usual mix of know-how and debate. The major news is a move to establish a five mile ...
Read More »Who is the man who died in Ilford fire?
A MAN DIED and a second man was critically injured in a fire in Ilford last Tuesday – and police believe they may have been sleeping rough, perhaps with a small number of other people, on scrub land near the ...
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