The Independent Police Complaints Commission inquiry into the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes is appealing for witnesses to the incident. At the same time the police have also released a statement saying that the 27-year-old’s visa had expired two years ago, and the passport …
Yesterday we had quite a discussion in the comments sections of a couple of posts concerning the police action that resulted in the death of Jean Charles de Menezes (whose body was flown home earlier today). One of the participants in yesterday’s discussion pointed us …
There’s a thought provoking piece in today’s New York Times casting doubt on whether the four men who died in the explosions on the 7th of July were suicide bombers at all. “Technically they’re not suicide bombers,” said one police officer familiar with the investigation. …
Being edgy on the tube following the bombings and attempted bombings of a few weeks ago may be a new way of life for Londoners, but it seems that the police are just as jumpy. Or more so. In an interview on Channel Four News …
The news that another suspect has been arrested in connection with last Thursday’s bombing attempt has failed to make the headlines in the wake of Jean Charles de Menezes’ death. That alone is a gage of the public and media’s shock that the 27 year …
We don’t normally update Londonist over the weekend, but then again these are far from normal events happening in the capital at the moment. On Friday we followed the breaking news that a man had been shot dead at Stockwell and like the rest of …
Police are confirming the shooting incident at Stockwell. It seems that a man jumped the barriers at Stockwell underground station and ran for a Northern Line train. One witness on BBC News 24 says he saw the man go down and then police shot him …
We only just got around to seeing Peter Watkins’ Punishment Park – we figured we’ve waited for 35 years… what’s another week or so matter. Now we’re kicking ourselves for not getting along to the ICA sooner so we could recommend this to you guys …
We’d hate to attempt to get in and out of London right now as the M25 is still closed after a fire yesterday and the police reckon it won’t be fully open again until sometime this evening. Luckily the contract we were forced to sign …
It’s a tough life being a Hollywood star in the big smoke. You slog your guts out, honing your craft on the stage every night for these limey plebs who insist on keeping their ‘cell phones’ turned on the whole time. And all you want …
It’s probably the best excuse we’ve ever heard for handing in your A-Level media studies project a bit late: “Please Sir, the police seized my coursework”. Yesterday members of Scotland Yard’s special firearms unit “swooped” on a “a gang of young men in smart suits …
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