Police clampdown on smoking in cars with children
New legislation protects children from secondhand smoke Pic: eko Police in Tower Hamlets have been stopping cars with child passengers to remind drivers that smoking in cars with children is an...
View ArticleSports journalist in coma after Bethnal Green assault
Gary Carter and wife Gemma Pic: Gemma Carter A well known sports journalist remains in a critical condition after being assaulted in Bethnal Green in the early hours of last Friday morning. Gary...
View ArticleTeenager charged with attempted murder of Police officer
A police officer was stabbed in Tower Hamlets on Sunday night. A 16-year-old boy has been charged with the attempted murder of a police officer on Sunday. Police Constable Sinnott was nearing the end...
View ArticleInquest finds inadequacies in prison’s mental health services
Belmarsh prison complex where Douglas hung himself. Pic Anders Sandberg Serious failures by the official bodies involved in the care of a potentially suicidal 18-year-old from Tower Hamlets, who killed...
View ArticleOpposition to court charge mounts as defendants opt for guilty pleas to avoid...
Justice Secretary Michael Gove told MPs he would review the criminal courts charge. Pic: Andrew White A Hackney woman charged with theft has said this week that she would rather change her plea from...
View ArticleControversial criminal courts charge to be scrapped before Christmas
Overturning the criminal courts charge is the latest in a series of policy reversals. Pic: Wikicommon It has been plagued with controversy and faced fierce opposition. Now Justice Secretary Michael...
View ArticleAntisemitic crimes in Hackney almost doubled in a year
Anti- Semitic crimes in Hackney have increased by 87 per cent. Pic: Metropolitan police Antisemitic crimes in Hackney have increased by 87 per cent according to latest figures from the Metropolitan...
View ArticleHolocaust last survivors remember
Holocaust survivors Alfie and Miriam Buechler. Pic: Tara Dein ‘’My family had lived in the same house, in the same town for three generations. Suddenly we were told to pack up, forced to wear Jewish...
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