gangs

Witness safety threatened by ‘individual and systemic failings’ of CPS and Met.

Figures show less than 20% of those arrested were gang members, and instead point to a common thread of social deprivation.

What’s with this spate of pre-breakfast crime at the mo? Are they putting something in our cornflakes? This and more in our thrilling daily news round-up….

From missing teens to absent fathers: it’s not a very inspiring round-up for Wednesday.

A round up of Wednesday-shaped stuff. With some very silly news from Westfield.

19 are arrested following a bloody battle between gangs.

Whatever the potential moral objections behind such an initiative, mapping London’s gang allegiances is an impressive feat. It’s a rare person, we suspect, who intimately understands the shifting rivalries of London’s estates, yet has the tech wherewithal to map and publish it. But this is …

Compelling incentive: £20,000 has been offered to catch the killers of a Streatham teenager 3 years ago. Scary thought – is London becoming another LA for gangs? Irksome announcement: taxi fares are to rise 2.1% in April. Mayoral quandary: gypsy camps v. affordable housing. Cheeky …

.DOYLE. On Friday we reported that the Met was doubling its armed police presence on certain gun and gang crime hotspots north and south of the river. Today, the ES reports that Scotland Yard is apparently in ‘disarray‘ over the plans, having been accused by …

Unscary armed police via jo’nas’ Flickrstream under a CC licence Gang warfare and gun crime are getting so bad in parts of south London and patches of Turkish north London the Met are ramping up the presence of armed police. In June, a team of …