Because there may be police officers on the way down: Armed police abseiled down a building to foil an armed robbery just as the thieves were breaking into a bank. The officers then set off stun grenades to distract the gang who were arrested as …
And with a C-list celebrity to boot: Big Brother star Jade Goody was involved in a brawl at a cinema, it emerged today. A popcorn fight between two groups of movie-goers descended into a punch-up and police were called. Grandmother Brenda Sparks, 51, said Goody …
Sounds like Gazza’s going to be back in the tabloids: The 39-year-old midfielder was held in South Kensington, west London, in the early hours. He was arrested after a 43-year-old man alleged that he had been assaulted at a nightclub in the area. It is …
We know New Yorkers can be brash, but this is ridiculous: “They were armed with two imitation guns and a meat cleaver, and bound the youngster’s mother hand and foot and gagged her.” He said that despite searching the place for cash, they could find …
Riding on the success of Air Traffic, London based Circuits played at Oxford Street’s 100 Club last Tuesday and we were there to see what the band billed as “one to watch in 2006″ by Nokia are all about. With influences such as The Police, …
City of London Police have released CCTV footage of a man swimming in the Thames. Never a good idea that, but this guy ended up in the water after jumping from London Bridge: He is believed to have leapt 40ft off London Bridge in central …
The Scatman’s reign of terror is over: A man has been charged with causing more than £20,000 worth of criminal damage by defecating in train carriages across the south-east of England. Bonney Eberndu, 36, of no fixed address, was arrested at Camberwell Green bus garage, …
Let’s take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for? Austinist was in an entertainment state of mind as they covered the dickens out of the …
At around 6:45pm yesterday evening a rucksack was stolen from a businessman at Euston Station. So far, so boring. But the one detail that sets this story apart from every other petty theft report is that this particular rucksack happened to contain £265,000 in jewellery. …
Si_GK‘s photo (Stop… Police) shows just how far the Met’s TARDIS program has to go…
Something we covered a while back has finally been resolved with a win for the faithful: A Gay Police Association (GPA) advert which linked a rise in homophobic attacks to religious belief breached advertising rules. The advert showing a Bible and a pool of blood …
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