Redbridge Council has been accused of “chipping away at local democracy” by scrapping monthly meetings where the public can ask direct questions. During the pandemic the council held monthly ‘local forums’ online,... Read more »
A man has been charged over an alleged plot with a wealthy Nigerian politician to harvest a man’s kidney. Obinna Obeta, 50, from Southwark, south London, is charged under the Modern Slavery... Read more »
Cycling instructors have accused Transport for London of ‘breaking promises’ after it quietly suspended funding for councils to deliver cycle training. TfL’s decision to immediately and indefinitely cut the funding – a... Read more »
Union bosses are accused of ‘bullying’ tactics over letter sent to worker who refused to go on strike RMT union bosses were accused of ‘bullying’ members into going on strike Aa threatening... Read more »
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court accused of raping a woman in the sea off Brighton beach. Sergeant Laurence Knight, 33, who lives in Waltham Forest, is said to... Read more »
By Jacob Phillips, Local Democracy Reporter The Met Police has been accused of Islamophobia and racism in the immediate aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire. Alison Munroe QC, a lawyer acting on behalf... Read more »
Three Metropolitan police officers have appeared before a misconduct hearing accused of sharing racist and offensive messages, including likening the Duchess of Sussex to a golliwog toy and calling a black boy... Read more »
Russian agent Dmitry Kovtun, who was accused by the U.K. authorities in the poisoning death of former spy Alexander Litvinenko in London in 2006, has died at 57 MOSCOW — Russian agent... Read more »
A 33-year-old west Dublin man is in custody in London after he is suspected of going on a spree of stealing high end cars from dealerships in Dublin and Kildare this month.... Read more »
Published: 1:13 PM May 18, 2022 Two people from east London have been charged as part of an investigation into the supply of Class A drugs in north Essex. Essex Police say... Read more »
