FOLLOWING THE recent terror attacks in Barcelona, Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, the UK lead for Counter Terrorism Policing, has issued the following statement asking anyone who was in Spain to assist the authorities. “Our thoughts are with Spain, the victims, ...

THE EVE OF the much anticipated Greater Sylhet Cup at Mabley Green in Hackney we took to our soup kitchen with homeless friends at Stratford City.  People who see them Think the homeless have no shame What they don’t realise ...

THE NATIONAL Crime Agency (NCA) has released figures which show that the incidence of modern slavery and human trafficking (MSHT) in the UK is on the up. NCA figures how that there are currently over 300 live policing operations falling ...

Emdad Rahman Essex County Cricket Club, in partnership with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), hosted a community forum at Hainault & Clayhall Cricket Club to allow fans, players, coaches, volunteers, cricket aficionados and the media to air their ...

Investigators will look into why a young man died after police chased him, caught him and pushed him to the ground. The incident took place in Hackney in the early hours of Saturday morning. Chief Superintendent Simon Laurence, Hackney Borough ...

“OH NO – not a second one.” That was the immediate reaction of thousands of East Enders on hearing that another little boy has died at school after suffering an allergic reaction to dairy food. It was bad enough that ...

Hanna-Mariam Chowdhury BBC Radio 4 will be commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India in 1947. This will include an exciting dramatic revival of Salman Rushdie’s award-winning Midnight’s Children, which is due to be broadcast on the birthday of Partition ...

Many words have been spoken about the terrible events at London Bridge. Here’s a collage of news and quotes from across East London. Police investigations after the attack have focussed on Barking. The first raid came on a flat in ...

JEREMY CORBYN has announced that he will be appearing in person on the TV General Election debate to be held this evening. Corbyn had initially indicated that he would not appear on the TV debates, as Theresa May had refused ...

THERESA MAY goes into the General Election able to confirm that since she has become Prime Minister, net immigration has begun to fall. It didn’t fall while she was the Home Secretary responsible – but she may not want to ...