More fatal gun crime: Officers were called to reports of a shooting in Scrubs Lane at 1615 GMT on Sunday afternoon. The victim, a 21-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. A post-mortem examination is due to take place on Monday. In a separate …
Is the Freedom Pass as doomed as the elderly who depend on it? Is free travel for kids also doomed? Gary Frisch, founder of Gaydar died after falling from a balcony. Need to get to hospital quick sharp? Sometimes it’s quicker by bus. And well …
Police seem to be close to solving a 17-year-old murder case involving a ‘masseuse’, television celebrities and three crossbow bolts to the head: The 42-year-old worked at a massage parlour in Camden, north London, and saw clients from what police describe as the higher echelons …
In the trial of six men accused of plotting mass murder aboard London transport in July 2005, the prosecution showed photos of interesting objects in the flat of Yassin Omar, 26. These objects include a printout of Osama Bin Laden’s October 2004 address to the …
On Saturday The Times reported that police may have worked out who was responsible for the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko: The suspected killer was captured on cameras at Heathrow as he flew into Britain to carry out the murder. Friends of the ex-spy say that …
The Independent reports that the fashion sense of six men now on trial for conspiracy to commit murder on London transport in July 2005 had been frequently observed by police on several occasions. This week’s court proceedings show that the apparel of the men was …
More Russian intrigue in London as authorities in Moscow ask our police to have a good nose into the death of a Russian businessman: Authorities in Moscow plan to ask British police to ‘carefully look into all the circumstances of the death of Yury Golubev, …
Today began the trial of six African men accused of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to cause explosions likely to endanger life by bombing London public transport on 21 July, 2005. The six are accused of using flour, hydrogen peroxide and acetone to create …
This week – A Scottish doctor finds himself embroiled in Amin’s Uganda (The Last King of Scotland) and Affleck is rubbish again, (Smokin’ Aces). Four star ratings across the board (The Times, Guardian and Independent) for The Last King of Scotland, a film not about …
A London hamster narrowly escaped being crushed to death this week. The Roborovski dwarf hamster was hidden away in a recycling bin. Council workers found him gnawing his way out of a bag of sawdust whilst emptying the container in DuCane Road, in Hammersmith. Heh, …
The radioactive saga continues with news bouncing all over the Internet this evening, but none of it seeming to get us any closer to who done it. One person not spilling his guts (this side of Christmas at least) is Litvinenko himself according to the …
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