Cost Of Public Order Policing Revealed
Student fees protests cost £7.5m, but the Met also spent £6.5m protecting embassies and half a million bloody quid on Tony Blair.
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Monday Miscellanea
More trivia for a Monday morning.
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Councils are planning budget cuts of an average 24% over the next three years. Things are heating up in Albert Square tonight — will Peggy survive? …either way, it’s a good chance for the London Fire Brigade to warn people about the real thing. Westfield …
Tony Blair Cancels Tate Party
Though his book is selling well, it’s not turning into a great week for Tony Blair: the former PM has been forced to cancel a planned launch party at Tate Modern today. Blair said that he didn’t want to cause a hassle or feel threatened …
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Medieval & Renaissance gallery at the Victoria & Albert museum. Photo / Sinister Pictures After flirting with the idea, Tony Blair has decided to cancel his London book signing. Police are looking for two people in connection with the MI6 worker found dead in his …
Tony Blair Might Cancel Book Signing
Having discovered the hard way that the general public doesn’t hold him in high esteem, Tony Blair is considering whether or not to cancel his book signing at Waterstone’s Piccadilly this Wednesday. In a piece of clever doublespeak, Blair told ITV’s Daybreak show that he’d …
Blair Almost Ordered London Plane Shot Down On 9/11
Those who were in London on 11 September 2001 may recall the wild speculation flying around about potential attacks on our own city. Several hijacked planes were heading for London, the whole of Canary Wharf was being evacuated…anything might happen. Fortunately, we were hit by …
Tight Security For Tony Blair’s Book Signing
Any fans of Tony Blair hoping to get a signed copy of the former PM’s messianic new tome, A Journey, on September 8th had best be prepared for a rough ride. Security at the Waterstone’s Piccadilly signing will be tight: cameras, bags, and briefcases are …
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Tony Blair is costing London money. A man shot by police in Holloway yesterday is in a serious condition. It is ten years to the day since the Paddington rail disaster. Do you live in a dodgy tower block? You can find out here. Dangerous …
London Lives From The 1911 Census
George V, yesterday As predicted, the newly released 1911 census data proved very popular yesterday. By midday, curious genealogists had browsed 7.2 million pages. The press have unearthed ancestors of several famous Londoners. As well as Beckham’s scavenger origins, and Winehouse’s Russian pedigree, we also …
Star Glocks
Foreign visitors may be bemused by our relatively toothless bobbies with their funny hats and ineffectual truncheons, but the truth is they can’t always be trusted when packing heat. A female officer has been removed from operational duty after she left her firearm in an …
