News for the community, by the community.
The Ben Kinsella Trust, a leading charity tackling knife crime in the UK, is thrilled to
announce a unique knife crime awareness event entirely designed and hosted by young
people from Barking and Dagenham.
Detectives investigating a shooting in Dagenham are appealing for anyone with information or footage to come forward.
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Officers undertook a stop and search on a vehicle near Bateman Close and as a result, two knives were removed.
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This is a public health crisis that must be addressed by all communities and all aspects of the community need to work together to tackle it.
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In Dagenham, a 19-year-old man was found with life-threatening stab wounds, shortly after reports of gunfire in the area. The Metropolitan Police responded swiftly, and a suspect has been taken into custody. The investigation is ongoing, and anyone with information is urged to contact the authorities.
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I hope Daniel’s community now supports this family. Their loss is indescribable. We must all unite against these crimes and show those who are willing to carry out attacks like these, that they are not wanted in our society. Stop murdering our children.”
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A Gofundme page has been set up to help support the recuperation of two East Area police officers brutally injured in Tuesday’s Hainault sword attack.
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Yesterday’s awful and tragic events once again highlighted just how brave our frontline officers are.
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“We need someone who will actually tackle knife crime, someone that will begin to work with us, campaigners and our communities right across London to stop this knife crime epidemic on the streets of the capital. We have had nothing but eight years of fake promises here in London and still the stabbings continue.”
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The man who brutally attacked and killed an 87-year-old man as he travelled home on his mobility scooter in west London has been brought to justice
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The Office of National Statistics latest figures for 2023 have shown an increase in shoplifting, violent crime and robbery. Sadly this will not be a surprise to many, especially here in London.
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A murder investigation has been launched after another man was fatally stabbed in Dagenham in the early hours of Saturday 20 April.
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A local Met officer has been stabbed while responding to reports of a man armed with a knife in Mandeville Road, Enfield yesterday, Tuesday 16 April.
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A man brandishing a knife threatened staff at a post office/store in Hornchurch, leaving with a quantity of cash.
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“Well look at just how successful they were. They spent more years in prison than out. Is that what you want?” says Chris Lambrianou who stood in the dock alongside Reginald and Ronald Kray in the country’s biggest murder trial in 1968.
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Yes knife crime is not a new problem, however what is a new problem is that children and let me repeat that, children as young as 12 years old are packing knives in their school bag instead of books and your views of normalising knife crime is exactly what has led us to the horrors that we see on our streets today.
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The youth was arrested and charged with four offences and is due to appear in court later this month.
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This was another successful operation which resulted in an arrest of one adult male for cultivation of cannabis, one arrest of an adult male for possession of a point and bladed article in Millard terrace following a stop and search, who was charged and remanded for court
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There were some excellent points made around reporting barriers, communication and what our communities can do to support the police.
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Havering anti knife crime campaigner and bereaved mother Sue Hedges has won Barking and Dagenham’s ‘Woman of Courage’ award. Sue was part of the ninth’s Women’s Empowerment Awards hosted by Barking and Dagenham Council and handed the special award on Monday evening.
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