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A Charlton footballer has been arrested on suspicion of raping an underage girl in Greenwich.

Jordan Cousins was questioned by Metropolitan police after the 12-year-old claimed the player had bought her a pair of trainers and then attacked her.

Detectives investigating the murder of Danny O'Shea in Canning Town have made another arrest and are also appealing for information about a minibus they believe was connected to the crime.

A 46-year-old man was arrested last Friday morning on suspicion of murder. He was bailed to return to an east London police station in early April. He is the 12th man arrested in connection with the investigation.

Police are looking for an 18-year-old on the Isle of Dogs in connection with a stabbing on Commercial Road last year.

They would like to speak to Brandon Hutchinson about the stabbing outside a shop on September 7. They believe Hutchinson is living on or near the Island.

A man was arrested following a suspected arson at an address yards away from Ian McKellen's pub The Grapes.

The police and fire brigade were called to Barleycorn Way in Poplar at 5am on Tuesday morning after reports a fire had started. The property was evacuated and no injuries were reported.

Two more men have been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Danny O'Shea in Canning Town last December.

The men, aged 33 and 39, were arrested at Heathrow Airport yesterday before being taken to an east London police station. They have both been bailed until late March pending further enquiries.

A murder investigation has been launched following the death of a woman from the Isle of Dogs.

Jasmine Choudhury, 33, of Stanliff House in Cassilis Road died at the Royal London Hospital on Monday. Police had been called to the property at around 7.30pm last Saturday and discovered Ms Choudhury suffering from head injuries.

A teenager from Greenwich missing since Monday afternoon is believed to still be in the area although he may have travelled to Ipswich or Northamptonshire according to police.

15-year-old Spencer Musika was last seen at 4pm on November 12 and was wearing a black jacket, black trousers and black trainers.

Murder squad detectives have arrested a man in connection with the killing of Danny O'Shea in Canning Town.

Mr O'Shea, 18, died last Friday evening after being attacked in Gill Avenue, E16, possibly after being chased by a group of men. Officers arrested a 43-year-old man yesterday. He is in custody at an east London police station.

A teenage arsonist has been sentenced to four years in prison for setting fire to a Woolwich pub during the August riots.

The 16-year-old, from Abbey Wood, cannot be named for legal reasons. He was sentenced at Inner London Crown Court today after pleading guilty to setting fire to the Great Harry pub in Wellington Street on August 8.

A body has been pulled from the River Thames following a search for a man who fell in close to the Royal Docks on Tuesday evening.

The Met Police's Marine Support Unit recovered the man's body from the Newham stretch of the river at 1.43pm yesterday. Police said they know the identity of the man, in his 20s, but have yet to make a formal identification.

Witnesses are being sought following a shooting of a teenager in Poplar over the weekend.

Police were called to East India Dock Road just before 2am on Sunday morning after the 17-year-old victim was shot in the back. He is currently in a stable condition in hospital.

Police in Tower Hamlets made 13 arrests from a morning of dawn raids on Wednesday.

Sniffer dogs from north London were brought in for the action, which began at 5.30am. It saw 14 warrants executed across the borough. It included eight simultaneous raids on a communal lodging at Whitechapel Road.

The anti-capitalist protests in The City spilled into Canary Wharf this morning when a group of activists held a small rally in Reuters Plaza.

Around 50 campaigners turned out to listen to speeches from economists and to try and engage with the banking community in the Wharf about the economic problems faced by society.

Drastic cuts to police numbers in East London will mean safer neighbourhood teams in some boroughs will have to share a sergeant.

London Assembly member for City and East John Biggs said this was a cut too far by London Mayor Boris Johnson.

Police searching a suspected drug dealers' flat for evidence looked like they were out of luck.

That was until the brazen suspect, Nassir Ali, gave away the location of drugs while talking in Bengali to a friend in front of police - among which was a Bengali speaking officer.

A policeman was left with a broken leg following an early hour incident with a suspected drug dealer.

It came after officers spotted a black VW Golf go through a red light in Bermondsey at 1am on Friday

A motorcyclist has died following a collision with a car in Rotherhithe.

The 67-year-old man whose identity is awaiting confirmation died on Saturday (October 8) after being readmitted to hospital more than a month after the crash on September 2.

Drug dealers and violent criminals were among those targetted in a police operation in Tower Hamlets last week.

Officers teamed up with council workers and enforcement officers for the day of action on Thursday.

Property seized by Tower Hamlets police during raids in East London and Essex is being posted on photo sharing website Flickr in an attempt to reunite it with its owners.

Over 400 items were recovered including expensive jewellery, antiques and silverware as well as air rifles and a pump action shotgun in a haul valued in excess of £500,000.

A mother who abandoned her new-born baby boy after giving birth at Newham General Hospital a week ago is being urged to contact police.

The 25-year-old woman who gave her name as Katalena Sctarra left the child at the hospital just before midnight on Wednesday (September 14) after leaving to have a cigarette and was last seen walking towards the car park.