- Latest crime figures make grim reading: a 17% rise in gun crime and a 20% rise in rapes over the past year
- In not unrelated news, police today arrested 140 people in a crackdown on youth and gang-related violence...
- ...and a pair of teenagers were found guilty of knifing to death a 15-year old outside a church in Plaistow back in January
- Damian Hirst isn't looking so hot on the annual art power list. All those millions in the bank will probably console him
- Bonus bonanza for 2012 construction staff. Not to rain on their parade, but shouldn't we be waiting for after the event before doling out bonuses?
- What to get the person who's got everything? How about a solid gold bar, now on sale over the counter at Harrods
- Stan Kroenke has padded out his Arse Eurostar sales are on the rise — a further sign of economic recovery?
