Ofsted inspectors have hailed an "improving picture" for Havering children’s services since being rated 'inadequate', but say there ...

The discovery of elderly Leyton mum Joan Turnell wheeling her dead daughter Tracey around in public has led to promises of improvements in ...

Lithuanian woman Daiva Antanaviciene, 57, found dead in Dagenham from alcohol poisoning, may have been there for days, East London Coroner's ...

Tower Hamlets Council has approved the redevelopment of the Stifford Community Centre site in Stepney Green, featuring 31 'affordable' flats and ...

Parents can sign up for the HMRC scheme and get 20 per cent towards nursery, childminders, wraparound and holiday childcare.

Police searching for a teen who has been missing for more than two months and is known to be in Rainham have launched an appeal.

A man has been jailed for attacking a woman outside Tesco in Hornchurch. Steven Ellis, 48, of Dunton Road in Romford, carried out the assault on Sunday, April 27. He appeared at Barkingside ...

Parents have just days left to apply for essential healthcare cover ahead of the school summer holidays, with Global Health Insurance Cards (GHIC.

A man killed his elderly neighbour in Covent Garden after a row about shutting a gate. Trevor Gocan, 57, gave his 74-year-old neighbour a fatal brain bleed and broke his ribs in a show of “casual, ...

Dance sessions have been developed to get young people in Barking and Dagenham qualified for leadership roles and help to reduce crime.

Two Essex mums have helped more than 200 children attend prom by hosting a free pop-up shop in Brentwood with more than 600 donated dresses, ...

More than 50 roads in Havering are closed for VE Day 80th anniversary street parties in May - here's the full list.