When buying the fireworks, Kai Cooper, 19, told the shopkeeper he wanted 'something that is going to go far and quick' the court had heard. 

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former GP Manish Shah who committed 115 sexual offences against 28 women and girls as young as 15

Manish Shah, 53, abused his trusted position when he persuaded female patients to undergo unnecessary intimate examinations.

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Cetinay won ITV reality show Love Island in 2017 with his partner Amber Davis.

Love Island star Kem Cetinay 'helping police' after fatal Romford crash

Emergency services rushed to East London this afternoon after a bus crashed into a wall in a busy street. 
Officers from the Met were called to Main Road, Romford at around 1.55pm today (Wednesday, May 18) to reports of the crash.
Officers and London Ambulance Service attended and found that a bus had left the road and crashed into a perimeter wall. The Met told MyLondon they believe there are 10 to 15 casualties. Their injuries are not thought to be life threatening.
Cordons and closures remain in place and local traffic delays are expected. Motorists are advised to avoid the area if possible.
Anyone who witnessed the incident but has not yet spoken with police should call 101 or Tweet @MetCC quoting 4159/18MAY.
A spokesperson from the London Ambulance service confirmed five people have been taken to hospital for their injuries. They said: “We were called at 1.55pm today (18 May) to reports of a road traffic collision on Main Road, Romford."
“We sent three ambulance crews, a paramedic in a response car, an incident response officer, an advanced paramedic, and members of our hazardous area response team (HART), with the first of our medics arriving within six minutes."
“We treated 15 patients at the scene. We took five of these patients to hospital, and one further patient also made their own way to hospital. The remaining nine patients were checked over and discharged at the scene.”

Emergency services were called to Main Road after the 174 service collided with a wall close to a block of flats.

Bus crashes through wall in Romford leaving 'up to 15 injured'

Painted by artist Gnasher, the mural in Rise Park took a couple of hours to complete and has been described as the "perfect tribute". 

June Brown mural in Romford 'perfect' tribute to Eastenders' Dot Cotton 

The midfielder walked away uninjured after his car crashed into a tree but said he had a 'big scare'.

West Ham’s Manuel Lanzini thanks fans after Mercedes crash

Valentin Lazar, 21, attacked Maria Rawlings, 45, after a chance meeting and left her body in undergrowth in Romford, east London, in May last year.

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A man has admitted killing a woman who he followed off a bus on her way home from hospital, before dumping her body in bushes in East London.

Man admits killing mother-of-two on her way home from hospital 

Josephine Smith was pronounced dead inside her home in Romford last Thursday

Victim, 88, named after fatal house fire in Romford

Police and emergency personnel in Squirrels Heath Road, in Romford, in Feb 2020

Ballard had been driving within the 30mph limit until suffering a seizure and accelerating to up to 104mph in the seconds before the crash.

Driver jailed for killing two people in Romford pile-up while son was passenger

The statues have been stolen many times over the years. In 2018 they were returned after being taken three years earlier.

£5,000 reward offered to help find stolen Laurel and Hardy statues

Detectives investigating the murder of 16-year-old Daniel Laskos in Harold Wood have made three further arrests in connection with the investigation.

The teenager, who has been named as Daniel Laskos, died after being stabbed during an incident in the Harold Wood area of Havering on Friday.

Three more arrested in murder investigation of 16-year-old boy in east London

The mother-of-two was found dead in Little Heath on Tuesday by a man walking his dog.

Man arrested after after woman's body found in shrubbery in Romford

Undated handout photo issued by the Metropolitan Police of Maria Jane Rawlings, 45, whose body was found in shrubbery at Little Heath, Romford, east London on Tuesday. Police have launched a murder investigation after a post-mortem examination gave the mother-of-two's preliminary cause of death as neck compression and possible blunt force head trauma. Issue date: Friday May 7, 2021.


Maria Jane Rawlings, 45, who lived in Chelmsford, was found dead in Little Heath, Romford by a man walking his dog.

Murder investigation after woman found dead in shrubbery in Romford

man travelling on a 364 bus towards Dagenham

Detectives investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found in shrubbery have released CCTV footage and images of a man they would like to identify.

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