THE FORMER director of the Theatre Royal, Stratford, Kerry Kyricos Michael, has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London. The award was made in recognition of Mr Michael’s contribution to diversity in the arts and in particular for ...

THE MAN WHO threw acid over two cousins sat in a car in Beckton has been sent to jail for 16 years for each offence – with a further four years extended licence. The jail terms are to be served ...

“THE END OF the World is Nigh” warned the old poster: has Donald Trump put one up in the White House? He seems hell bent on turning an already fraught dispute into a military conflict which could destroy the world even ...

HERE THEY COME, Labour’s right wing – gunning for Corbyn, just as we predicted three days ago. Behind their current claims that Corbyn is soft on opposing anti-semitism is the recognition the only way the Right can regain control of ...

SHERRARD ROAD, Manor Park, was the scene of a vicious attack last August as Emil Asparuhov Hristov, 40, murdered his 29 year old housemate, Dimitar Petrov, who died at the scene from multiple stab wounds. Hristov was convicted at the ...

ENGLAND CRICKETER Ben Stokes is facing the possible end of his career tonight, as he has been sent for trial on the charge of affray. However, the 26 year old all-rounder is welcoming the prospect of a trial as an ...

TODAY – 7TH FEBRUARY – has the honour of being “Send a Card to a Friend Day” and, wait for it… “Wave All Your Fingers At Your Neighbours Day”. Who knew? Shall we turn it into “Friends are all very ...

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 ...

REKER AHMED left Iraq because it was dangerous – and came to leafy Croydon for safety. In Croydon, he was violently attacked by a crowd of racists while he was waiting at a bus stop. They nearly killed him. Police ...

IT TOOK Daniel Osborne a couple of minutes to kill Makram Ali and injure several bystanders. It took nine days to try him for murder and attempted murder. It took the jury less than an hour to convict him. Osborne ...