ONE hundred and fourteen people have been arrested in a Met Police crackdown on hate crime and domestic violence in the last two days. Operation Athena, which targeted rape, criminal damage and racially aggravated assault, was timed to coincide with
"All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players" a famous quote from "As You Like it" by William Shakespeare that The Globe theatre is taking literally as part of the Bard's birthday celebrations next month. On Saturday, April 23
A PRE-SCHOOL firm has paid £4,500 to a toddler who broke his leg while under the care of its staff. But the child's mother says she still does not know what happened. Three-year-old Jake Bonner was rushed to hospital in September 2003 after staff at
POLICE are appealing for the public's help in tracking the movements of a tipper van they believe was used in a fatal hit-and-run accident. A 29-year-old man from south London was arrested and questioned by police about the accident in Hatherley Road
CHILDCARE for London's poorest families is to be expanded after a £33million fund was unveiled. London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Minister for Children, Margaret Hodge MP, today announced details of the London Childcare Affordability Programme which will
GANGS are operating on bus routes through Leytonstone and have carried out a spate of muggings. Nasreen Akhtar said her 16-year-old son was grabbed round the neck and had his pocket searched by two men on the top deck of the number 257 bus. The Warwick
WALTHAM Forest had the highest number of deaths from coronary heart disease of any London borough. Research shows that death rates in the borough among sufferers of coronary heart disease are 26 per cent higher than the average for England and Wales.
THREE determined senior police officers have been recognised for helping to cut street crime across Newham by 37 per cent. Det Chief Insp Dave McKelvey, Det Insp Jim Guest and Insp George Trebess worked together to create Operation Siegfried last year
YOBS are making life a misery for staff and patients at a rehabilitation unit in Chingford. According to the husband of a recent resident at the Ainslee rehabilitation unit in Friars Close, youngsters are terrorising people recovering from serious
A GUNMAN forced a cleaner to the floor and searched a house in Loughton before fleeing empty handed, police have revealed. The 23-year-old Polish woman was confronted by the armed man when she answered the door at a five-bedroom detached house in Fallow
THE Government will bear the bulk of legal costs following the High Court challenge against a second runway at Stansted. The judge upheld the challenge by a coalition of five local authorities Essex and Hertfordshire County Councils and East Herts,
AN £85million scheme to overhaul special needs education in the county has been announced. The scheme follows Kent County Council's (KCC) pioneering review of the county's 27 special needs schools in 2002, with public consultations coming to an end.
Plans to link Kingston with Sutton, Merton and Leatherhead were ditched last year as they were not considered financially viable, but some believe a vision of providing Kingston with an extensive tram network is still achievable. Kingston Council's chief
THE council has stepped in to defend the Bexley Business Academy in the wake of a storm of criticism about city academies. The criticism, from the House of Commons education select committee, coincided with the latest test results for 13-year-olds in
INTERNATIONAL film star Jackie Chan has been made the official patron of AIM Action in Mental Health in the Epping Forest district. Chan was appointed UNICEF/UNAIDS goodwill ambassador last year and is founder of the Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation
SIX million pounds will be spent on the refurbishment of Chingford Assembly Hall, it emerged at a community council meeting. The financial figures were reveales when plans for the ground floor of the venue were sketched out at North Chingford Community
THE brother of Brian Cherry has spoken for the first time about his family's delight at cannibal killer Peter Bryan's two life sentences. Robert Douglas told how, in light of a judge's decision never to release Bryan from prison, he believes "justice
WALTHAM Forest had the highest number of deaths from coronary heart disease of any London borough. Research shows that death rates in the borough among sufferers of coronary heart disease are 26 per cent higher than the average for England and Wales.
A GROUP of High Wycombe residents is fighting "neighbours from hell" who they claim are making their lives a misery. The angry band from Cressex have set up an action group in a bid to lobby retail giants Asda and McDonald's over growing litter problems
