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    Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a spate of five acid attacks during street robberies across east London late last night all thought to be connected. The Home Office is considering tough new restrictions on corrosive substances after a new string of acid attacks in London, amid calls from one London MP for tougher sentences for possession of harmful acids. Overnight, a 16-year-old boy was arrested as police launched a major investigation into a series of acid attacks that took place in less than 90 minutes across east London on Thursday night, with one victim said to have suffered life-changing injuries. The Labour MP for East Ham, Stephen Timms, said carrying acid should be made an offence and suggested licensing the purchase of Sulphuric acid, l...

    Three men have been acquitted of killing a talented martial artist. An Old Bailey jury found Abdallah Salaheedin, 29, of Blackboy Lane, Tottenham, Bobby Lawrence, 21, of Canonbury Street, Canonbury, and Billy Flynn, 24, of Laburnum Walk, Hornchurch, not guilty of the manslaughter of Jordan Bari and of possession of a firearm with intent. The 20-year-old, from Stratford’s East Village, was shot dead while answering the door of a flat in William Rathbone House, Bethnal Green, on October 3. A talented Tang Soo Do fighter, he had trained for many years at the London Black Belt Academy at Newham Leisure Centre. At the time of his death, the former Brampton Manor Academy pupil had recently finished a Level 3 BTEC course in sport at Barking and Dagenham College and was working si...

    Police are appealing for information to find an 16-year-old girl who may be in Whitechapel or Shadwell. Aneesa Bibi was last seen travelling from Shadwell to Aldgate East at approximately 11am on July 7. She is described as being of Bangladeshi origin, around 5ft 6ins tall, slim build with very long black hair. The teenager, who comes from Feltham, was last seen wearing a grey ribbed knee length dress with a square neck and white plimsolls with a lace pattern. She was also carrying a khaki floral Cath Kidston handbag. Anyone with information on her whereabouts should contact police 101 or Tweet @MetCC.

    Luana Gomes, 12, was treated for inhalation of the highly toxic gas after escaping the inferno which killed at least 80 people, according to BBC Newsnight. All the latest news, views and opinion on the Grenfell tragedy The schoolgirl fled the fire which tore through the 24-storey tower block with her parents Marcia and Andreia Gomes and her 10-year-old sister Megan. The two sisters and their mother were put into induced comas at King’s College Hospital where Mrs Gomes, 37, lost her unborn baby, already named Logan. Luana, who was unconscious for six days, was diagnosed with smoke inhalation injury and cyanide poisoning, discharge records seen by the BBC show. It also records that she received two doses of hydroxycobalamine for cyanide poisoning. All three women were treate...

    A consultation on the plans has opened and is set to run until September. Two options have been put forward for rerouting the 115 between Commercial Road and Aldgate, allowing it to call at Whitechapel station. Option one is via Jubilee Street, Stepney Way, Sidney Street and Whitechapel Road in both directions. Option two is the same as option one but running via Stepney Way westbound only and Ashfield Street eastbound. Another plan sees route 25, which runs from Ilford to Oxford Circus via Aldgate, Whitechapel and Mile End, run only as far as Holborn. For more information and to take part in the consultation, visit consultations.tfl.gov.uk/buses/elizabethline