The London Bike Kitchen in Hoxton only recently opened its doors but is already catering for a loyal fanbase

Police today have charged Gemma McCluskie’s older brother Tony, 35, with her murder. Gemma aged 29,  of Pelter Close, Bethnal Green, was reported missing 2 days after she was last seen on Thursday 1st March. Her headless and limbless torso was found floating in Regents Canal, near Broadway Market on Tuesday 6th March. Tony McCluskie [...]

Police have positively identified the torso pulled from the Broadway Market end of Regents Canal on Tuesday 6 March to be missing Gemma McCluskie. The 29 year old, one time East End actress was reported missing to police two days after she was last seen on Thursday 1st March. On Tuesday 6 March a member [...]

  Update:  8/3/12 Forensic tests are still being carried out to formally identify the torso. No new developments regarding arrested man expected today. He remains in custody. Officers have launched a murder investigation after the discovery of a female torso found in the Regents Canal close to the Broadway Market stretch of the canal at [...]

  Two men who kidnapped and tortured two brothers in Stoke Newington five years ago, were convicted yesterday (Tuesday 6 March) at Snaresbrook Crown Court. Ex-para trooper, Anthony Malone, 40,  who served in Ulster, was found guilty of two counts of kidnap, two counts of false imprisonment and two counts of actual bodily harm against [...]

Police have confirmed a body was pulled out of Regents Canal at 2:40 pm this afternoon, near Broadway Market. However, they have not confirmed if the body is male or female. Emergency personel are at the scene and a forensic team have erected a tent.  It is thought the body was found in a lock. [...]

Hackney Citizens Advice Bureau has moved to new and improved offices. For more than 40 years Hackney CAB has advised residents on their legal, money and other issues. The organisation works in partnership with the Council, statutory and private sectors, housing associations and other voluntary organisations. Mayor of Hackney, Jules Pipe and Cllr Jonathan McShane, [...]

Page Victoria Windslowe, a 42 year old transgender in the death of Claudia Rotimi of Hoxton, was arrested on Wednesday in Philadelphia, as she prepared to host a “pumping party” in Philadelphia, said police. She is being held on $10 million bail. Windslowe,  a hip hop singer also known as the “Black Madam”, had been [...]

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, before emergency services got to [...]

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 spokesman said “all victims [...]