Articles about East London

12 February 2013
East London gay pub faces uncertain future 15 London’s gay community is being urged to help save a popular gay bar from the threat of closure.
1 February 2013
London: Sixth arrest in anti-gay ‘Muslim Patrol’ investigation + A sixth man has been arrested over a video posted online showing a man being subjected to homophobic abuse by self-styled "Muslim vigilantes".
30 January 2013
UK: Government minister Sayeeda Warsi condemns anti-gay east London ‘Muslim vigilante’ groups 22 Faith and Communities Minister Sayeeda Warsi has condemned Muslim vigilante groups in east London – some of whom recently targeted a gay man with homophobic abuse.
28 January 2013
East London ‘Muslim vigilantes’ homophobia victim makes contact with police + A man who was subjected to homophobic abuse by a group of men claiming to be "Muslim vigilantes" has come forward to police.
25 January 2013
London: Police make fifth arrest in connection with anti-gay ‘Muslim Patrol’ probe + A fifth person has been arrested after a gang claiming to be Islamic vigilantes tormented members of the public, which included hurling homophobic abuse at a young man.
24 January 2013
London: ‘Muslim Patrol’ homophobia YouTube victim urged to contact police + A man subjected to homophobic abuse in east London by a group of men who said it was a “Muslim area” is being urged to contact the Metropolitan Police.
22 January 2013
London: Two men arrested in connection with anti-gay ‘Muslim area’ video + Two men have been arrested after video surfaced of a group shouting homophobic abuse at a man in east London.
22 January 2013
Video: East London man suffers anti-gay abuse from ‘Muslim Patrol’ gang 254 Video has surfaced of a group shouting homophobic abuse at a man in East London.
5 September 2011
Comment: Peter Tatchell on Saturday’s anti-English Defence League protest 356 Gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who joined Saturday's counter-demo against the English Defence League, argues that the Left must do more to oppose far-right Islamists.
18 July 2011
More extremist posters appear in East London 217 More extremist posters have been discovered in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets.
21 April 2011
Man, 18, arrested over east London anti-gay stickers 227 An 18-year-old man has been arrested in connection with homophobic stickers plastered around London's east end.
7 December 2010
Man accused of killing gay man Ian Baynham ‘was protecting friend’ + A 20-year-old man accused of the manslaughter of a gay man in central London last year says he hit him to protect his friend.
2 December 2010
Another gay couple barred from marriage in Greenwich 8 A second gay couple have been barred from applying to marry in Greenwich, south-east London.
23 November 2010
Teenage girls ‘kicked gay man as he lay unconscious’ + Two teenage girls taunted a gay man and then kicked him as he lay unconscious, a court has heard.
11 November 2010
Man stabbed 12 times ‘after youths thought he was gay’ + Four men have been accused of stabbing a London man 12 times because they believed he was gay, a court has heard.
9 November 2010
Gay TV presenter Kristian Digby suffocated in solo sex game 14 Kristian Digby, the 32-year-old BBC presenter, accidentally suffocated in a sex game, an inquest has heard.
14 January 2010
Man on trial over murder of gay pensioner + A 20-year old Polish man is on trial for the murder of gay pensioner Edward Highwood last July.
30 December 2009
The gay highs and lows of 2009 13 A look back at the best and worst moments for LGBT causes in 2009.
23 December 2009
Boy George barred from appearing on Big Brother 16 Singer Boy George will not be appearing on Celebrity Big Brother after a High Court judge dismissed his appeal.

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