So everyone is safe, but four idiots are on the run after yesterday’s low rent sequel to the July 7th incident. Here’s how events seemed to unfold yesterday: 1225: Shepherd’s Bush Underground station on the Hammersmith and City line was evacuated after a man flees …
News of incidents at Warren St, Oval and Shepherd’s Bush, plus the no 26 bus in Hackney. No injuries reported but the tube network is down for the moment. Sky news: At Warren Street there were reports of a nail bomb explosion. Sky’s Crime Correspondent …
Despite yesterday’s round of headshaking regarding the idea that our involvement in Iraq may have provided just a little motivation for guys from Leeds to blow up parts of London, the New York Times is painting quite a different picture. It seems that an assessment …
The idea that somehow by running away from the school bully, then the bully will not come after you is… known to be completely untrue by every kid in the playground Ahh good to see that the government is finally cracking down on bullying in …
There’s an interesting article over on the BBC Magazine speculating on the best ways to help detect bombs on our transport system and we’re happy to read that the best option by far seems to be doggies. Security experts seem to agree that Beagles make …
Although the sympathy that London has received over the last three of four days is appreciated it has been noted that some Londoners are reacting to some of the more saccharine notes with typical British resolve. Warren Ellis (who we recently interviewed) noted: So DeathBoy …
Nothing major seems to have broken in the last few hours, but let’s take a moment to go over what we do know. The body count is fifty, but is expected to rise according to Sir Ian Blair, the Met’s Police commissioner, who also made …
The Underground: Services should be running on most lines, but there are no services on the Hammersmith and City and Circle lines. District line will not run between High St Kensington and Edgware Road or to Olympia and its Wimbledon to High St Kensington service …
Since our copies of The Earth from the Air and Exquisite Mayhem are now well thumbed and falling to pieces it’s time for Londonist to find a new book for its coffee table. And what could be a better subject than the Blitz? Nothing – …
The BBC is reporting that the British consulate in New York has been damaged following an explosion that happened around 7.30am our time (3.30am over there). Bomb fragments have been found. No one seems to have been injured, but windows have been shattered according to …
The BBC reports that London Underground has placed vintage posters around the tube network to announce the arrival of Spring. The posters were selected form the archive of the London Transport Museum and were originally produced to “encourage Londoners to use the Tube as one …
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