The trial of a New Cross man charged with murder and arson has been rescheduled to September this year. Richard Coore, 52, was due to appear at the Old Bailey this morning for a preliminary pre-trial hearing.

A fire which broke out early Thursday morning gutted a restaurant and office block in East London.The blaze broke out at about 4 am at the Sosho restaurant on Tabernacle Street, on the border between Shoreditch and the City of London.

Tucked away down Deptford High Street you might be surprised to find a brightly painted train carriage, home to the Deptford Project Café.

An artist’s impression has been released by police of a man who was found dead in the River Lea in a bid to identify him.

Police have released CCTV images of potential witnesses to the murder of a Stoke Newington teenager.

Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a man was murdered in South Norwood on Valentine’s Day.

A teenager was found guilty yesterday at the Old Bailey of murdering the manager of a Matalan store in Dalston.

Tower Hamlets is divided over whether to have a directly elected mayor instead of the current council cabinet system. The ‘yes’ lobby have already won the right for a referendum,

Kisses, flowers and chocolates abound on Valentine’s Day, but for some the occasion is far bleaker. Tower Hamlet’s