Redbridge councillor Michael Stark has been branded a "Nazi" and an "ignorant pig" during a live radio debate. Presenter Jon Gaunt was suspended over the jibes made on his national Talksport show, in reference to the decision to ban smokers from fostering
Three men have been charged with the murder of a Mauritian teenager at the weekend. Nabeer Bakurally, 19, from Forest Gate, east London, was stabbed in the heart at 2.30am on Saturday in Ilford High Road. The teenager was the 28th to
A payoff deal for controversial Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair has come under fire after reports he is to receive £295,000. The sum is understood to be his wage until February 2010, when his contract was due to expire. Sir Ian will
The mother of a terminally ill four-year-old has spoken of her relief of an expected multi-million pound settlement from West Herts Hospitals Trust. Rosie Snell, now living in St Albans, was born at Watford General Hospital in October 2004 but was
Twenty children from a Southall primary school have been taking part in a course designed to help them think about health and fitness. The Active at School programme gave the 10-11 year-olds from Beaconsfield Primary the chance to try out new sports
Students in Uxbridge put on their gowns and mortar boards to celebrate achieving university level qualifications. Students of all ages at Uxbridge College graduated in Higher National Certificates (HNCs), Higher National Diplomas (HNDs) and Foundation
Residents have been left temporarily homeless and businesses are struggling after a fire in Kenton yesterday. The blaze is thought to have started at the back of a parade of shops in Woodcock Hill, spreading up the stairwell and damaging some of the
Woodford station is the most crime-ridden tube stop in Redbridge, new figures have revealed. During the past year, over 150 offences have been reported at the transport hub, in comparison to an average of just 33 crimes in the borough’s other tube
Park officials have denied a bigfoot-like creature is on the loose in Wanstead’s woods after a “strange and hairy” bear-like animal was spotted by a fisherman. Trainee fitness instructor Michael Kent said he was “stunned” when he saw the “hairy, dark
Pensioners delivering a petition to the town hall were left waiting in the cold for an hour because no council officer would come outside to collect it. The residents of Walton House care home delivered a 3797-signature petition against the proposed
Ooohs and aahs were replaced by screams of terror at the Blackheath fireworks display last Saturday (November 8). A mother feared her three children were going to be crushed as hundreds of people pulled down barriers near Montpellier Vale trying
Commuters to London on the Chiltern Line will be getting a musical treat on their way home from work this Thursday. Funk Off, Italy's famous funky marching band will be performing at Marylebone Station from 5.30pm . Rail users from Wycombe, Beaconsfield
A pensioner has died after being struck by a car in Elmers End. The 79-year-old, from the Beckenham area, was in collision with the blue Alpha Romeo in Elmers End Road, near Birbeck Station, at 9.35pm last night. She was taken to Lewisham Hospital
A four-year-old boy who was left brain damaged when he fell from a changing table in a nursery is suing for more than £5m in compensation. James Pitcher, of Woodmere Gardens, Croydon, was just nine months old when the incident happened at the nursery
A mother has told of her horror at seeing her husband being attacked in broad daylight in front of their three-year-old daughter. The 34-year-old man was on his way to a fundraising meal for victims of the recent Pakistan earthquake at TKC Chaudhry's
Police raided a West Norwood flat last week hunting for suspected Afghan illegal immigrants who had taken part in a gang fight. Special Branch, immigration officers and police swooped on the flat in Truslove Road last Wednesday as part of a series
Remembrance Day offers a time to reflect on the hundreds of thousands of British servicemen and women who have died defending their country. Numbers alone are often just meaningless statistics, but when they are put into the context of war or conflict
Environmental activist John Stewart has said the Government’s claims that Heathrow’s expansion would lead to more jobs are a “cruel trick.” Mr Stewart, chair of campaign group Hacan, said the Department for Transport’s own figures showed the number
A teenager who was high on cocaine drove the wrong way down a motorway and killed two Thornton Heath pensioners in a crash, an inquest has heard. The 18-year-old driver, Christopher Beresford, also died in the smash along with two passengers following
