William Bryan, 71, and Anne Castle, 74, had lived together at the flat on the Minerva estate in Bethnal Green, east London, for nearly five decades. It was first occupied by Anne and her husband, who bought it together in 1943. Two years later William, who became ill after the Second World War and worked …
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The 31-year-old brother of a boyband singer was stabbed to death in Wapping, east London, on 8 February 1997.
In the early hours of 3 April, 1888, Emma Smith staggered back to her home at a common lodging house at 18 George Street , Spitalfields. Her face and head were battered and bleeding and her ear was torn. She was also clutching “the lower part of the body.” Ms… You must be a paid …
Fifty-six-year-old Elizabeth Bartlett was known in her neighbourhood on the Isle of Dogs in east London as a hard working and industrious woman who ran a shop selling cakes and milk. By contrast, her husband Levi Bartlett had earned a reputation for eccentric and sometimes violent behaviour that deteriorated even… You must be a paid …
At 8.30pm on Sunday, July 8, a 22-month-old boy was playing on the pavement outside his home in Warner Place, Bethnal Green, east London. David Cavalier ought to have been safe. Further down the road two plain clothes policemen were patrolling. There was no traffic and all seemed quiet. Then… You must be a paid …
