West Yorkshire Police have denied they were warned about two of the 7 July suicide bombers. The Prison Service and Feltham young offendors institution are expected to face harsh criticism in an 800-page report on the 2004 death of Zahid Mubarek, published today. Dawn raids …
After getting thoroughly soaked this morning on the way to work (TV Troll’s tolerance for H2O is somewhere around the level of the Wicked Witch of the West’s) , we are in need of a nice night at home in front of the telly – …
A couple of months ago, we wrenched open the doors of the Londonist Demo Dungeon and invited you keen musician types out there to fill our vaults with your tracks. If you missed that post, fret not – the Dungeon’s still open for submissions (amongst …
Peter Clarke, the national coordinator of terrorism investigations said something pretty worrying at a conference in Berlin yesterday – that London, and in fact, Britain in general, still has a high risk of suicide bombings. For most Londoners, like Londonist Nick (above middle, looking shifty), …
American police are searching for a woman who held two British girls as slaves for 13 years. The girls from Southall are now 22 and 18 – “When I was there, I never thought it was weird or bizarre… Now that I’m out I realise …
Raleigh’s blood flows through our veins. Summer’s on it’s way and that means a return to our heritage as thousands of us hurl ourselves into the nearest available sailing vessel for floating frolics ahoy. Most will do little more than get a little drunk, drive …
The Guardian reckons that Ian Blair is a bit of a lying scumbag: The commissioner of the Metropolitan police has repeatedly said that he was unaware that the victim was not a suicide bomber until 24 hours after the Brazilian was shot on July 22 …
One of the details coming out ahead of tomorrow’s Panorama investigation into the Stockwell shooting is an admission that the Met’s policy to deal with suicide bombers is “limited”. Limited. You mean by the fact that it leaves room for innocent people to be killed? …
This film has got the lot: Mahesh Bhatt (Murder, Kalyug) is introducing his 21-year-old son Rahul in the film industry and he has completed the power packed script of the film titled ‘Suicide Bomber’. The movie explores the mind-set and motivations of a would-be suicide …
We doubt that anyone is too surprised that Tony Blair needs a large crutch to support his bizarre decision making process, and fewer still were shocked that he decided to babble on about it now rather than say at the beginning of his leadership when …
We don’t really need an excuse to post videos of vampire girls running amuck, but the reason this one caught our eye is the nice use of some well trodden locations. Brand Violet – Sororicide: We can’t count the number of times we’ve wandered through …
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