The heartbroken sister of a teenager who was fatally shot is still waiting for a brave witness to come forward to bring his killer to justice.

Hanna Adelagun lost her big brother Samuel when he was just 16-years-old after he was gunned down walking with four friends in Plaistow.

A 21-year-old university student accused of throwing acid in a shop assistant’s face was ordered to stand trial in court today.

Mary Konye, from Custom House, who also worked at the shopping centre, appeared at a short preliminary hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court accused of attacking Naomi Oni with sulphuric acid in Lodge Avenue, Dagenham on December 30.

Prepare for a clash of cuisines at the Stratford Centre this Saturday from 11 am where singing Rastafarian entreprenur Levi Roots rustles up a dish with eastern European supermarket Lituanica.

A Muslim family are in shock after their fried chicken shop was viciously attacked last night by vengeful thugs following the murder of a soldier in Woolwich.

Two men entered Dixy Chicken on Green Street, Upton Park at 9.30pm where staff claim they banged on the serving counter, shouting, “You killed one of our soldiers, we’ll kill you” before vandalising the shop.

Prison officers, police, and former offenders spent a day educating students at Newham College about the realities of a life of crime. Around 270 teenagers aged 16 to 19 took part in workshops at the college’s Stratford Campus on May 16 with charity Prison Me No-Way!, Serco, and Newham Action Against Domestic Violence.