Hackney police have just released this statement: “On the afternoon of Thursday, 20 October a 17-year-old female was walking towards a bus stop in Lea Bridge Road, E5. She was approached by two males who forced her into an area in Millfield Park where one of the males raped her while the other stood watch. […]
Saturdays gun shot victim in Clapton has been named as 25-year-old Moses Fadairo, of Bow, a father of twin baby boys born earlier this year and a four year old. A post-mortem examination took place at Poplar Mortuary on Sunday, 27 September and gave the cause of death as a gunshot wound to the chest. […]
A police investigation has been launched following a shooting this afternoon on Chatsworth Road. The victim, described by police as a 25 year old man, was found suffering gun shot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Police say they were called at 1:14 pm today (26 September) to reports of gun shots on […]
Keeping it real in Clapton and showing them how it’s really done at ChatFest. Shame the video isn’t longer. Someone’s gotta do it @chatsworthroad #chatsfest pic.twitter.com/cpInuhOWdz — FD Events London (@flopidolle) September 5, 2015
Officers in Hackney are appealing to witnesses to a stabbing on Chatsworth Road last night. Police arrived at 11.30pm Saturday night following reports of a stabbing and found an 18-year-old man suffering stab wounds to his upper body. He was taken to an East London hospital where his condition is serious but not life threatening. […]
The Bonneville, a new French bar and brasserie on Lower Clapton Road tweeted something others in gentrified Hackney think but would not have the balls to utter in public or online. It was not well thought out or executed and their apology was very begrudging which threw a spanner into their damage control. By all […]
Simon Cowell and his ZFactor menagerie of wannabes may be be aiming for another Christmas hit, but so too are the children, their parents and staff of Millfields Community School. Accompanied by an infectious video made by two parents, the school has released a Christmas song. Infectious because other than the adorable cherubs, some of […]
Police were alerted at about 5.30pm yesterday after two teenagers were attacked in Lower Clapton near the Pembury Estate and found two boys, 15 and 16 year old, both suffering from stab wounds. Both teenagers were taken to a hospital, where the 16 year old is said to be in a serious but stable condition […]
Today will mark a week since 19 year old Joseph Burke-Monerville was violently shot, as he and his two brothers, including his twin sat in a parked car at about 8: 20 pm on Saturday, 16 February. Joseph was pronounced dead at a hospital a short while later. His twin was not hurt and their […]
A Prayer vigil in memory of Joseph Burke-Monerville who was shot last weekend, has been organised by St-John-at-Hackney for Saturday, at 4:30pm on the corner of Hindrey and Clarence Road in Clapton. The vigil has been arranged with the approval of Josephs parents. Joseph, 19, a Metropolitan University student, was sitting in a parked car […]