I moved back to Hackney in 2009 after nearly two decades of living in North America,well 18 years to be exact and four years living in another borough. It’s changed a helluva lot and soon will be unrecognizable from the place I couldn’t wait to leave in the 1980′s.…
A man has been charged with the death of 34 year old Gaynor Bale, who was found dead in her Anderson Road home, last Thursday 22nd November. Douglas Samuel 34, of Mariam Court, Link Street, will appear in custody at Thames Magistrate Court today Monday 26 November. A post mortem…
Police involved in a missing person inquiry in Watford, Hertfordshire yesterday (Saturday November 24) have found a body. It is believed the body is that of 50-year-old Kevin Wilkinson, from Homerton, who had been reported missing on Saturday morning. The 50-year-old was walking along a path with friends near Wiggenhall…
[map style="width: 400px ; height:300px ; margin:20px 20px 20px 20px; border: 1px solid black;" address="Buxhall Crescent london e9" marker="yes" maptype="OSM"] A murder investigation has been launched in Hackney, after a man stabbed yesterday morning, Wednesday 10 June, died last night. Police and ambulance service personnel found a 21 year old…
The owners of the beleaguered Silk House hotel on Hassett Road, won their appeal to operate as a hotel. The decision over rules an enforcement notice issued by Hackney council in July 2011. The former convent known as Sacred Heart Lodge and now grade II listed building, was used…
Following Sunday mornings shootings in Homerton High Street, Police say two men, a 21 year old and 20 year old have been arrested on suspicion of GBH and possession of a fire arm. The 21 year old man was one of the shooting victims who took himself to a hospital,…
Police and London ambulance where called to Homerton High Street at about 5.40 am this morning (Sunday), after gun shots where heard in the area near Digby Road. Shortly after, 4 men arrived at an east London hospital on their own with another man presenting himself at another hospital. A…
Police responded to reports of a stabbing outside Rivermeade House on the Kingsmeade Estate at about 2.30 pm today, but discovered that the victim, a boy thought to be 15, had made his way to Homerton Hospital. He has since being transported to the the Royal London Hospital, where his…
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