Police were alerted to a stabbing in Hoxton this afternoon at 12.50 pm this afternoon, at the junction of Hoxton Street and Filkirk Street, where they found a male aged 17, suffering stab wounds. He has been taken to an East London Hospital. Three people have been arrested. Enquiries are ongoing.
Four fire engines, 21 firefighters and officers were called to a flat fire on Cropley Street in Hoxton on Saturday morning. The fire badly damaged a flat on the fourth floor of the eight storey block and one man left the property before the Brigade arrived. The Brigade was called at 11:26 am and the […]
Vietnamese restaurant, Loong Kee, 134G-F Kingsland Road, was closed down by Hackney Council on Friday 12 April. At Stratford Magistrates Court on Tuesday 16 April, District Judge Hamilton upheld the Council’s decision to close the building after a customer complained of seeing a cockroach whilst dining. He agreed that there was a health […]
UPDATE 13/11/2012 The film production company that’s producing Top Boy released a statement this afternoon: “The producers of Top Boy, Cowboy Films held an open audition specifically for 13 – 16 year olds. The auditions were attended by more people than had been anticipated and was closed early for safety reasons. The situation was extremely […]
Padge Victoria Windslowe, 42, also known as the “Black Madam” has been charged with third-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old student Claudia Aderotimi, formally of Geffrye Court, Hoxton. Police say Claudia Aderotimi and a friend flew from London to Philadelphia, after hearing of Windslowe’s buttock enhancement via chats on the internet. According to an […]
Veteran justice campaigner Paul May was asked to help out by friends of Hallam following conviction in 2005
Hallam was jailed in 2005 for the murder of trainee chef Essayas Kassahun but has always protested his innocence
The London Bike Kitchen in Hoxton only recently opened its doors but is already catering for a loyal fanbase
Police in Hackney raided an underground car park on Crondall Street in Hoxton and found 270 kilos of Cannabis with street value of £1 million. Yesterday (Monday 9) plain clothes officers entered the underground car prk after a tip off from “a concerned member of public” and as a result of enquiries, a […]
An Old Bailey judge has sentenced Leon Dunkley and Mohammed Smoured to 32-year minimum terms. After six days of deliberation, both were found guilty this morning of murdering Agnes Sina Inakoju. Dunkley 22 and Smoured 21, were both members of the notorious London Fields Boys gang and were out to attack a member of the […]
