Advanced plans for “simultaneous strikes” on London and other European cities have been foiled. Sky News sources reported last night that the threat of a “Mumbai-style” attack by militants based in Pakistan has been averted by Western intelligence sharing. Britain’s national threat level remains at …
Photo / Simon Wrigglesworth A pair of security men sparked a major operation yesterday when they left a pair of fake bombs on the back seat of their car. The twin devices, made of “artillery shell casings, mobile phones and Plasticine”, were spotted in a …
Photo / Mario Mitsis Police have released an image which they say illustrates how two officers prevented a terror attack in London. The CCTV image shows uniformed officers spotting a man filming crowd scenes on his mobile phone at Liverpool Street station last year. When …
Image by Peppermint Nightmare from the Londonist Flickr Pool In a quiet domestic garden, three terrapins sit under a hedge. One terrapin is particularly large and cross Big Angry Terrapin: You know I deserve more than this. I used to lord it over a whole …
Or: the idea that a terror attack helps pull people together. Scientists have discovered that, following 9/11 and the July 2005 bombs, the suicide rate in New York and London fell by 40%. According to Dr Emad Salib, the reason was “greater social cohesion”, though …
We know the various London freesheets aren’t exactly worthy of much attention on the commute home. But if you’re going to peruse your work on the journey, it’s wise to do as the announcer says and “take all personal belongings with you” when alighting – …
29. Phantom Assailants: Part One One hundred years previous to Jack The Ripper’s reign of ghastly terror, London was overshadowed by another spectral attacker – a phantom aggressor that, although seemingly dreadful and unique, would simply become one of many urban legends pertaining to mysterious …
28. Urban Legends Of The Underbelly! Urban legends are often vague, friend-of-a-friend tales (FOAFtales) similar to ‘Chinese whispers’, in that they are distorted, exaggerated and through generations of storytelling, they become myth, embedded in our society. For the last fifty or more years there has …
Media regulators Ofcom have finally come to a conclusion about one of George Galloway’s inappropriate outbursts on radio station TalkSport. As a sitting MP and representative of Bethnal Green and Bow, it was not acceptable for him to have hijacked the morning show for promoting …
With bonfire night just around the corner, Parliament must be getting a little nervous. Unblinking beady eyes will no doubt be focused on Southwark Crown Court today where Brian Haw takes on Sir Ian Blair over the removal of his placards way back in May …
22. The Thornton Heath Happening During the 1930s and 1970s several ghosts besieged residents of Thornton Heath, Croydon. The case was investigated in 1938 by researcher Nandor Fodor, who claimed that the victim of the poltergeist was in a sense possessed by the spirit of …
