A 16 year old girl shot at a Hoxton takeaway has died. And yet another lady cyclist has been killed, this time in Oxford Street. Oona King is pondering a political comeback…as Mayor. Police have warned women to be careful after two Soho rapes. Crossrail …
137. The Thing That Came In The Night! In folklore, the incubus and succubus are male and female demons said to prey on sleeping victim’s. Such beliefs have often been perceived as nothing more than vivid nightmares, or ‘night terrors’, usually involving a person who, …
A man has been arrested in connection with a St. John’s Wood flat fire which killed 2 children. The Met have charged 2 ten year old boys with rape. Er? Mehmet Goren has been jailed for life for the ‘honour killing’ of his daughter. Meet …
Hackney may be the 2012 borough, but it seems that the council still can’t afford floodlights for the London Fields Lido. That’s probably ‘cos they’ve sent 20 teachers to Arizona to learn about poverty. Chunkiness is costing Lewisham and Greenwich councils in excess of £70 …
It was one of Boris Johnson’s election pledges to bring in mobile weapons scanners and knife detector arches and today saw them appearing at tube stations and on London’s streets as a very public and visual response to the knife crime murders of the past …
The stats continue to astound: 1 in 6 women has been raped 2 women are murdered each week by a partner or ex-partner 98 percent of domestic violence goes unreported 50 percent of women seeking asylum in Britain are fleeing rape U.S. researchers estimate that …
There have been many suggestions for women’s safety at night: travel in groups, don’t get minicabs, always walk facing traffic, carry a rape alarm, make sure you’re home before it gets dark and stay indoors until daylight. All really helpful – for putting sexual equality …
Crickey, what does it say for us mere unarmed mortals when top cop Inspector Glen Smyth is too scared to travel solo on trains late at night? Admittedly, Smyth’s fear has been provoked: a failed attempt to arrest a drunk, unruly train passenger in Feltham …
A new exhibition opens this week in Trafalgar Square. For one week only the Journey installation will be wowing visitors to the square. But there’s good wow and bad wow, and this is definitely in the latter category. For the exhibition is portraying the misery …
We all know that in case of an emergency, you dial 999 and emergency services will come rushing to your aid. Apparently though, there seems to be some confusion on what exactly constitutes an “emergency”. Examples of things you should not call 999 for include: …
Report: public ‘misled‘ over Menezes shooting. Murder, murder, murder, rape and murder. BBC London sure is a depressing place today. And their Crossrail story isn’t too optimistic either. Robbers use digger to raid cash machine. They fail. Our old friend Andrew Hudson-Smith has built some …
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