Goodbye Ian Blair
Though we never knew you at all. As Sir Ian Blair ‘enjoys’ his last day as Met police commissioner, we feel we should take a look back at his time as London’s top cop. He was only in office for less than four years but …
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Keep ‘Em Peeled
That burly fella on the tube looking a bit shifty? The diminutive woman with a suspiciously large rucksack giving you the heeby jeebies? Got a funny feeling about that couple walking along Oxford Street? The Met want you to report it. A new campaign is …
Extra, Extra
Trying to end the year on a positive, if unglamorous note: Olympic demolition complete and Games declared on track West Ham United get behind campaign to stop young people killing each other, Home Office campaign criticised for not being strategic enough Winehouse arrested, bailed and …
20 Years After The King’s Cross Fire
Today marks 20 years since a dropped match started a blaze at King’s Cross tube station that killed 31 people. Smoking on the sub-surface portions of the Underground had been banned two years before the 1987 fire, but at the time smokers were still allowed …
It’s “Blair Out” Time Again
Anyone looking at this case for the first time would be dumbfounded. Were the Metropolitan Police Force in breach of health and safety laws when they shot an innocent man seven times in the head? Health and safety laws? Isn’t that like prosecuting Genghis Khan …
How To Get Away With Shooting An Innocent Man, Mislead The Public And Keep Your Job
What we now know about the killing of Jean Charles de Menezes- * The stories that Jean Charles acted suspiciously by running away from the police and jumping the barriers at Stockwell tube are untrue. * He was not wearing a bulky jacket or a …
Arrest That Man! He’s Wanted For Mayor!
The fight for London Mayor is seriously beginning to kick off. Our Ken, Greg Dyke, John Major, that the guy from the Big Issue – all have been fingered for the job. Now the latest candidate being touted is none other than Brian Paddick. Paddick …
Jean Charles de Menezes Movie in the Works
Well this was kind of inevitable: A drama about a Brazilian man killed by police in London is being filmed… Mango Films will focus on events before the death of Jean Charles de Menezes – mistaken for a suicide bomber – and the impact on …
How safe is SAS safe?
This is a tricky one. Do we really need a permanent SAS unit on standby 24/7 in London? Well, we’ve got one: The basing of a unit from the elite special forces regiment “in the metropolitan area” is intended to provide the police with a …
Extra, Extra
The trial of the Metropolitan Police, over health and safety allegations relating to the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, will not be heard until October next year. Sir Robert McAlpine has been chosen to build the £280 million Olympic stadium. We assume he’ll have …
Extra, Extra
In case you missed it earlier: The Met have pleaded not guilty to health and safety charges relating to the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. It’s a ‘test case’ apparently. Police patrols at churches and mosques in London have been stepped up following the …
