OVER 250 WEAPONS were taken off the streets by three police forces working together across the capital over half term. The action, the latest phase of Operation Sceptre, was part of a national week of action across the UK. The ...

PRIME MINISTER Theresa May has admitted that there is a problem with funding higher education in the UK. She has decisively announced that she is going to think about it for a year or so and wonder what to do. ...

THREE POLICE forces in London are working together this week on reducing knife crime in London – the Metropolitan Police, British Transport Police (BTP) and the City of London Police. The week runs from Monday 12th to Friday 16th February. ...

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 ...

TOWER HAMLETS Council has launched its new Suicide Prevention Strategy 2018-21. The Strategy was launched on 1st February – national Time To Talk day, when people are encouraged to talk about mental health. The suicide rate in Tower Hamlets is ...

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE and Transport for London worked together in the last week of January on Operation Safeway – cracking down on dangerous driving. The joint operation saw over 1,500 people being stopped for traffic offences. The operation coincided with ...

A 73 YEAR OLD man died in a collision on the A12 on Wednesday, 24th January. The collision, which involved a number of vehicles, happened on the eastbound carriageway of the A12, between Ruckholt Road E11 and Whipps Cross. The ...

LONDON MAYOR Sadiq Khan has held a summit meeting with representatives from the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA) to talk about how they can work together to reduce motorcycle and scooter crime. MCIA was keen to bring Sadiq Khan up to ...

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE are running a week of activity to raise awareness of the law against using a mobile phone while driving – combined with enforcement of that law. The Roads and Transport Policing Command (RTPC) is leading the work ...

IT WAS THE early hours of Sunday, 21st January – round about ten to five in the morning – when the emergency services were called out to the A12, near the Leytonstone junction. They found that a black Ford Focus, ...