Author: Blake Foster

Leonna Ruka was visiting family in the area on Saturday, where she travelled to Chalkwell Park to enjoy the warm summer weather. Shortly before 3pm, a tree in the park partially collapsed, with several children caught beneath it, including Leonna. Leonna was taken on to hospital with serious injuries where she died. Essex Police continue to provide support to her family. A six-year-old girl remains in hospital in a critical condition and three other children received minor injuries. Leonna’s family have since released a statement as well as a photo of their daughter to the police as they paid tribute…

Emergency services were called to Kilburn High Road near Netherwood Street at around 8.30pm yesterday (June 30). Officers arrived alongside paramedics and an air ambulance team to find the 16-year-old boy injured. The teenager was taken to hospital with injuries that have been assessed not to be life-threatening or changing. There have been no arrests but an investigation is ongoing and officers are asking anyone with information to make contact. A Met spokesperson said: “At around 20:30hrs on Monday, 30 June police were called by the London Ambulance Service to reports of a stabbing in Kilburn High Road, NW6. “Officers…

National Rail confirmed all services from Vauxhall to London Waterloo were disrupted at around 4pm today (July 1).  The incident is expected to cause major disruption to trains to and from Waterloo until 10pm.  ⚠️NEW: Disruption on some routes to / from London Waterloo expected until 16:00 #Vauxhallℹ️More information can be found here:https://t.co/To1zFtz5x6 — National Rail (@nationalrailenq) July 1, 2025 The power on the lines were initially switched off as the incident was dealt with, however, it was restored shortly after.  Commuters have been advised to check before they travel and to find alternative routes where possible. Alternatively, tickets will be accepted…

Abu Ubaid, director of Nuha & Aidah Limited, pleaded guilty to the offence at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, June 17, following a test purchase carried out by Waltham Forest trading standards. The sale took place at Joey’s Discount Store in Lea Bridge Road on August 22, 2024. The store owner told the court he had left a trainee in charge due to a family emergency. The trainee told officers she did not realise selling a knife to a minor was illegal. Councillor Khevyn Limbajee, Waltham Forest’s cabinet member for community safety, said: “Leaving an unattended trainee in charge of a business…

Coach driver Lalit Gohil, of Buckingham Road, Edgware, broke both his legs in a catastrophic accident after his niece’s birthday dinner in Leicester last June. A year on from his injuries he regularly has to go to Northwick Park Hospital for physiotherapy. Lalit’s mother is also an inpatient at the hospital. On a recent visit, Lalit found out there are only two bariatric wheelchairs in the whole Watford Road site – and he said it could be “nearly impossible” to get one. Bariatric wheelchairs differ from normal models as they come with wider seats to comfortably accommodate larger users. Northwick Park Hospital NHS Trust…

The footage was recorded during a party being held in the Brent park yesterday (June 30). It shows a woman holding what appears to be a knife, as she approaches someone in the crowd and holds it near to them. One person is heard yelling “she backed out a shank” – meaning that she brought out a knife – while others are screaming and running away from the woman. Police were called to the scene, however no one was found matching the description of the woman in the video. A woman pulls out a knife at a party in Gladstone…

The police were called to the junction of Noel Road and the Newham Way section of the A13 around 8.30pm yesterday (June 30). Officers arrived to find a car had crash into a bollard, street furniture, a tree and finally turned over. Despite the 24-year-old driver managing to escape the car before the emergency services arrived, he sustained “serious” injuries. He was rushed to hospital where he is in a life-threatening condition. Pictures of the scene show the silver car had crashed through a fence separating the dual carriageway from Beckton District Park and bent a billboard. The A13 was…

The ‘domino’ challenge at Wohl Ilford Jewish Primary school was a creative idea to support families in need. Every pupil brought a box of cereal to school to donate to the Chabad Aid charity to distribute to families in need. They collected 225 boxes which were carefully lined up, stretching from the top of the school stairs and along the corridor. The entire school gathered to watch as Rabbi Aryeh Sufrin, the charity’s director, set the ‘Chesed’ kindness challenge in motion by toppling the first box for the cascading domino effect. “What a way to involve pupils and the parents…

The limited-time menu will be available at Shake Shack in Covent Garden on Friday, July 11 from 12pm until it is sold out. Chef John Chantarasak, co-founder of the award-winning AngloThai restaurant in Marylebone, has created unique versions of the classic burger and fries for the day, the AngloThai burger and laab spiced fries. The AngloThai burger includes an Aberdeen Angus beef patty, fried in red curry paste, topped with ox tongue, wild garlic, green olive purée, som tam-infused pickles, and served on a potato bun. The fries, on the other hand, are seasoned with an AngloThai spice blend and topped…

Under HMRC rules, most cold food, including sandwiches, is zero rated for VAT, but many sweet treats are counted as luxuries, and the 20 per cent levy is added – and must be paid to HMRC by businesses. The £2.80 “game-changing” limited edition Red Diamond Strawberry & Creme Sandwich is filled with the fruit and light whipped cream cheese on fluffy sweetened bread, the retailer said. And that’s where the issue gets tricky, says Rachel Harris, on her Instagram account accountant_she: “Most food, including sandwiches, is zero rated for VAT, meaning that we as customers don’t pay VAT, and the businesses…