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A tale of sabotage, Eko Nigerian Restaurant, Hackney Police and the Hackney Gazette

A tale of sabotage, Eko Nigerian Restaurant, Hackney Police and the Hackney Gazette

  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.…

Man charged with murder of 34 year old Homerton woman

Man charged with murder of 34 year old Homerton woman

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…

Body of missing Homerton man found in River Colne

Body of missing Homerton man found in River Colne

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…

Man stabbed and killed in Homerton

Man stabbed and killed in Homerton

[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…

No longer ‘illegal’: Homerton hotel wins planning permission appeal

No longer ‘illegal’: Homerton hotel wins planning permission appeal

  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…

Homerton multiple shooting update: Two men arrested

Homerton multiple shooting update: Two men arrested

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,…

Five injured in multiple shooting in Homerton High Street

Five injured in multiple shooting in Homerton High Street

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…

Boy 15 stabbed in Homerton

Boy 15 stabbed in Homerton

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…