Baby P

There be new developments on the Ali Dizaei front, as a witness’ real ID is questioned. The Baby P inquest is deemed unnecessary. Fire strikes for a second time on the Sceaux Gardens Estate in Camberwell. Seems Londons’ cycle superhighways aren’t quite as super as …

Image by Simon Crubellier Baby Peter lodger Jason Owen wins appeal over jail sentence; he’ll serve six years Think the Tube’s bad now? It’ll be truly grim in 2026 if improvement work is cancelled A girl died after falling from a window whilst fleeing from …

HSBC boss says the City should apologise to “real world”. They could start by buying us all a beer. Baby P chief Sharon Shoesmith suicidal, financially ruined, and unemployable, Court hears. Police release CCTV images, seeking witnesses with information on the homophobic assault of a …

The attorney general is considering the leniency of the Baby P. sentences. A black man has been beaten up by BNP supporters in Eltham. Runs in the family: now Abu Hamza’s sons admit dodgy car dealings. Kids living in poverty in London are at greater …

Photo by dermotreeve; see the incredible detail on the hi-res version Wishing a warm welcome in prison to the three jailed over Baby P’s death Swine flu is still skulking around the capital The Big Gipper is to get a nice memorial — just in …

Here’s what we’ve learned whilst you’ve been scoffing kedgeree and buns: Police delays contributed to Baby P’s death. Cockroaches and mice are firmly off the menu at a Kensington Chinese. Bojo and Jacqui having-a-really-bad-month Smith are Quick to bicker. From Lords to Everest: meet the …

Park for 20p an hour in Westminster. Sometimes. When the wind is blowing in the right direction. London Scottish Bank has come a cropper. Suicide by cop at Guildford Cathedral. The acting Met chief may be having second thoughts about applying for the post full …

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been writing your Christmas cards: A Greenwich mother is making lots of blue ribbons for poor Baby P. Something about a protest march and an internet campaign. A woman who was mugged in Camden goes into premature …

Boris’ Outer London Commission now has a face. Gone to the great London bus garage in the sky: Reg Varney dies at 92. It be a good time to rent in London. Citigroup are shedding 52,000 staff (that’s an awful lot), 12,000 of which will …