Image / DeadMansPit Less floodlights, more Footlights: cops in charge of investigating the violence during West Ham and Millwall’s Cup match in September have admitted that images released this week of the suspects included actors from new hooligan-themed film The Firm. It happened after police …
The blighted site’s beleaguered owners promise that they’ll file a new planning request by the summer. Since the “eco-dome” design was tossed onto the scrapheap, Treasury Holdings is now planning a scaled-down version with smaller towers. Heck, they may as well throw in a roller …
When Waltham Forest council decided to get tough on a derelict and defaced house in Walthamstow, they issued a notice ordering the building’s detritus, cluttered in front of the graffiti-ridden, boarded-up eyesore, be removed on pain of a £2,500 fine. Problem was, the house is …
Tired of calls from the chronically clueless about “good stain removers” or “rats in the kitchen” clogging up the switchboard (those are actual 999 calls, folks), the Met has launched an alternative phone line for non-emergency situations. It is hoped the number, 0300 1231212, will …
There’s something about a certain kind of bigoted individual that compels them to air their privately-held opinions, no matter how ridiculous or inflammatory. When a BNP London Assembly candidate made some daft remarks earlier this year, he was villified: presumably the same fate awaits Rev …
The BBC is often accused of being London-biased and besmirching the country’s northern climes, but Auntie has nothing on a report which reckons that cities such as Liverpool, Sunderland and Bradford are ‘beyond revival’. Policy Exchange, a favoured think tank of David Cameron, believes that …
We know the various London freesheets aren’t exactly worthy of much attention on the commute home. But if you’re going to peruse your work on the journey, it’s wise to do as the announcer says and “take all personal belongings with you” when alighting – …
