Day: July 15, 2017

    A 31-year-old man has been stabbed to death by two attackers on a moped during an early-morning altercation in south-east London, police said. The victim was fatally wounded during a clash in which shots were also fired in King William Walk, Greenwich, the Metropolitan Police said. He had first been approached by the pair at 12.15am on Saturday. The assailants, both male, then fled the scene on the moped and emergency services arrived to find the man with stab injuries. Despite the efforts of the police and the London Ambulance Service, he was declared dead at the scene. The victim's next of kin have been informed, police said. Detectives have launched a murder investigation and said they retain an open mind as to the motive. With the killers still at large, anyone with in...

    Witness appeal after spate of acid attacks in east London street robberies. A second arrest has been made by detectives investigating five linked acid attacks in east and north London late last night, Scotland Yard has confirmed. Hackney Road traffic light junction with Queensbridge Road... scene of first of five acid attacks. Picture: Google Officers called at an address this-morning where a 15-year-old youth was taken into custody on suspicion of GBH and robbery. It follows the earlier arrest of 16-year-old on suspicion of the same offences after being identified near the scene of one of the attacks by local authority CCTV operators. Both youths are in custody. This is a fast moving investigation and we have made two arrests today, Chief Insp Ben Clark said. These hideou...

    The stabbing took place in Brick Lane this afternoon. A police investigation is underway after a young man was stabbed in Brick Lane this afternoon. The victim, who is believed to be in his late teens or early 20s, was knifed in the busy street at around 4.20pm. Police and paramedics were called to the scene and the victim was rushed to hospital. His condition is unknown.

Service users took part in the official opening of the Reset Drug and Alcohol Services on a 'Recovery Walk' event on Monday 3 July. Previously, services were split across several points of contact but now anyone requiring help with their drug / alcohol use can access support from a single point of access. Divisional Director of Community Safety at Tower Hamlets Council, Ann Corbett and Marie Gabriel, Trust Chair of the NHS East London Foundation Trust opened the Reset Treatment Service at Beaumont House, Mile End Hospital. The recovery walk started outside Beaumont House and concluded at the Reset Recovery Support Service, 183 Whitechapel Road, where staff heard stories from clients on their recovery journey. Around 50 service users were in attendance throughout the day and visitors were a...

Tower Hamlets pupils cooked up a veritable feast for their school community and special visitors, from produce they had grown for the official opening of their edible playground project. The children created canapes and dips from the fruit and vegetable garden they have cultivated themselves. Mayor of Tower Hamlets, John Biggs, was on hand to open the edible playground spaces. He said: "Helping local children grow their own nutritious food can bring so many benefits to their health and well being and it was wonderful to see how enthusiastic and involved the children were in this project. I'm also happy to say it all tasted fantastic – a real tribute to their new found skills". Officially launched on Friday, the project is designed to provide schools in urban areas the opportunity to grow f...