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Knife attacker under police guard
5Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Knife attacker under police guard

Knife attacker under police guard News Desk: A crazed knife attacker who beheaded an 82-year-old grandmother after killing a pet cat remains in hospital under police guard as officers wait to question him. The 25-year-old murdered Palmira Silva in Edmonton, north London yesterday, after going on the rampage through back gardens ranting about cats. Police were forced to stage a dramatic evacuation operation to save neighbours, and an armed squad Tasered the knifeman as he struggled against officers, leaving one with a broken wrist. Today staff in shops near the cafe that the Italian pensioner ran were stunned by news of her death. Silva's Cafe in Church Street, near Edmonton Green station, was shuttered up as local people tried to come to terms with the tragedy. Dilek Solma, 19, w...
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Man shot dead by police in London
5Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Man shot dead by police in London

Man Shot Dead By Police In Knife Incident Police have shot dead a man who was threatening a woman with a knife at a house in London, Scotland Yard said.The incident happened at a property in Islington and it is understood the man and the woman knew each other.A statement from the Metropolitan Police said the woman was unharmed and is being treated for shock. The man was treated at the scene in Shepperton Road but died on the way to hospital. Police had sent a negotiator to the scene at 11.19pm on Thursday following reports the man had broken into a house. Rosa Whiteread, 28, a primary school teacher who lives in the street, said: "I was asleep and I heard shouting - it woke me up. It must have been around 12.30 at night. "I looked out of the window and I saw lots of ...
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London’s narrowest home on market for £235k
4Sep By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

London’s narrowest home on market for £235k

The narrowest home in London has a £235,000 price-tag It's a bit of a squeeze! By Lana Clements ( McHugh and Co/PA Wire ) - ( McHugh and Co/PA Wire ) As the shortage of homes in London continues to bite, places to live are being jammed into nooks and crannies across the capital.A property now thought to be the narrowest home in London has gone on the market for more than £200,000.Built on a driveway between two other homes, and measuring just 83 inches wide, the house squeezes in two bedrooms, a reception room, kitchen and bathroom.Located in Harringay, north London, the two-metre-wide terrace house is to be sold at auction on 1 October. It has been given a guide price of at least £235,000 by marketing agents McHugh & Co. "It's a very unique house, to say the least, in...
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Russia should be axed as World Cup hosts, says Clegg
28Jul By Sumon AdminNo Comments
Featured, London

Russia should be axed as World Cup hosts, says Clegg

World Cup - Clegg urges Russia 2018 axe Nick Clegg has joined calls for Russia to face the axe as hosts of the 2018 World Cup as part of tougher sanctions over the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine. Nick Clegg said it was unthinkable at present that the 2018 World Cup could be held in Russia The Deputy Prime Minister said it was "unthinkable" at present that the tournament could go ahead in the country blamed by the West for supplying arms to the separatist rebels accused of causing the deaths of all 298 on board. Football's world governing body FIFA this week ruled out calls from some German politicians for Russia to be boycotted, insisting the tournament could be "a force for good". But Mr Clegg told The Sunday Times that allowing it to go a...
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9Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Probe into ‘stolen’ Barclays files

An investigation is under way after c onfidential files relating to customers of Barclays Bank were allegedly stolen and sold on to rogue City traders. The Mail on Sunday said highly sensitive information, including customers' earnings, savings, mortgages, health issues and insurance policies, ended up in the hands of unscrupulous brokers. The leak was exposed by an anonymous whistle-blower who passed the newspaper a memory st ick containing files on 2,000 of the bank's customers, it said. He claimed it was a sample from a stolen database of up to 27,000 files, which he said could be sold by shady salesmen for up to £50 per file. Each report is about 20 pages long, and among the victims are doctors, businessmen, scientists, a musician and a cleaner, the newspaper said. All the custome...
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Business as usual on Brick Lane
7Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Business as usual on Brick Lane

"Business as usual on Brick Lane" says Mayor Lutfur Rahman after meeting with restaurateurs Labour curfew claims dismissed as "nonsense" Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman and Spitalfields and Banglatown ward councillor, Gulam Robbani met with Brick Lane restaurant owners yesterday (6 February) to reassure them following claims by the Labour Party that a midnight curfew had been imposed without consultation. After the meeting Mayor Lutfur Rahman said: "I was pleased to meet the restaurateurs and reassure them that it's business as usual for Brick Lane. The area is London's curry capital and a vital hub for the local economy. We're working closely with the traders to see how we can provide additional support and boost businesses." Cllr Gulam Robbani who called the meeting with the t...
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Mayor Rahman: ‘Vigilante patrols will feel the full force of the law’
4Feb By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

Mayor Rahman: ‘Vigilante patrols will feel the full force of the law’

Following the attempt of Far Right activists to provoke civil disorder in Tower Hamlets at the weekend, Mayor Lutfur Rahman said: "The appearance of fascist sympathisers on our streets, masquerading under the banner of ‘Christian Patrols’, was designed to provoke community division and disorder. The East End has a long and honourable tradition of opposing those who preach hatred. I fully endorse the statement of my friend, Rt. Rev. Adrian Newman, Bishop of Stepney, that there is no place for vigilante patrols on the streets of Tower Hamlets. I can reassure the community that the council and police are taking these incidents very seriously. Those involved in vigilante patrols will feel the full force of the law." -Press Release
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London new year fireworks welcome 2014 (video)
1Jan By Sumon AdminNo Comments
London

London new year fireworks welcome 2014 (video)

Sumon Ahmed: Millions across the UK are celebrating the start of the new year, with parties, music and fireworks. An estimated 250,000 people watched an eight-minute firework display at the London Eye, which was set to music for the first time. An estimated quarter of a million people converged on the banks of the River Thames in London to watch a spectacular firework display set to music. Crowds also gathered in central London for the free annual fireworks, which were launched from barges on the Thames and the Eye itself. Peach-flavoured snow and edible banana confetti fell on revellers during the capital's "multi-sensory" show. Hundreds of thousands of revellers have welcomed in the new year at open-air parties across the UK. Showers of brightly coloured fireworks shot into the sky to a...
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