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Met police issue nearly £40k of Covid fines in east London in one weekend

18 January 2021, 20:47 Met Police officers handed out over 140 fines over the weekend. Picture: PA Images More than 140 fines totalling £39,000 were issued in Tower Hamlets and Hackney over the weekend... Read more »
Barts Health Trust to administer 250,000th Covid vaccination

Barts Health Trust to administer 250,000th Covid vaccination

Barts Health is on track to administer its 250,000th Covid-19 vaccine by the end of the week. The trust, which runs Mile End Hospital in Mile End, Newham University Hospital in Plaistow and the... Read more »
Police discover huge cannabis farm worth £1m in Hackney warehouse

Police discover huge cannabis farm worth £1m in Hackney warehouse

The cannabis farm discovered by Homerton Police extends over two floors of an abandoned warehouse. Pic: Homerton Police The largest cannabis farm ever discovered in Hackney, containing more than 500 plants with... Read more »
Brockwell Park stabbing: Live updates as police descend on South London park after daylight knife attack

East London water live: Updates as Thames Water ‘fixes fault’ which left homes without water

Thousands of households in East London were left with no or low running water for hours before Thames Water said it managed to fix the problem. Residents across a range of postcodes... Read more »
East London man avoids jail after boy, 13, used to sell drugs

East London man avoids jail after boy, 13, used to sell drugs

An East London man has been convicted after a 13-year-old was used to sell drugs in a different part of the country. Abdur Rakib, 21, of Sclater Street in Shoreditch, was part... Read more »
Millennium Dome, Emirates Air Line

‘I rode East London’s Emirates Air Line cable car for the first time as Storm Christoph hit and thought I was going to die’ – Charlie Lawrence-Jones

I’ve lived in East London for years now but until this week I had never been on the cable car across the Thames. To be honest there had never been a reason... Read more »
Men remain in custody after Tower Hamlets rave

Men remain in custody after Tower Hamlets rave

Two men have been arrested after three police officers were assaulted at an illegal rave in Limehouse. Officers were called to the commercial premises in Yorkshire Road at 01:38hrs this morning (January 23)... Read more »
BBC, V&A and more offering youngsters week of career advice

BBC, V&A and more offering youngsters week of career advice

An online programme is offering youngsters tips on how to get on the career ladder in engineering, media and more. The initiative aimed at 15 to 18-year-olds is the result of a collaboration between the London Legacy... Read more »
The beautiful canalside walk in East London which makes you feel like you're in Belgium

The beautiful canalside walk in East London which makes you feel like you’re in Belgium

One of East London’s best kept secrets is its canals. This area doesn’t just have one, not two, but three canals. Plus, there’s the River Thames not too far away. Not very... Read more »

Woman in her 30s dies after being stabbed in East London as man arrested for murder

A WOMAN in her 30s has died after being stabbed in East London. Met Police have launched an investigation and arrested a man on suspicion of murder following the fatal knifing in... Read more »