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Operation Trident seize £4.5m heroin haul in Finsbury Park 
Posted on  06-03-2010 01:25:23 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

Armed officers from Operation Trident have uncovered a near £5m haul of heroin in Finsbury Park.

The unit, which specialises in drug and gun crime in the Afro-Caribbean community, also arrested two men and a woman in the 100 kilo seizure.

Cops forced the suspects Renault van to ...


  
IPCC probe Met riot squad over Bromely teen smashed through window after "contact" 
Posted on  06-03-2010 12:35:22 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

The Independent Police Complaints Commission are investigating the Metropolitan Police's Territorial Group who arrested a boy on assault after coming 'into contact' with an officer and smashing through a window.

The 'riot squad' was called to Bromely High Street last Saturday afternoon when a large school fight broke ...


  
Zuma visits London neighbourhood to honour old friend 
Posted on  03-03-2010 10:11:36 AM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk

News Desk

The President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, who is on official state visit to the United Kingdom, visited the north London neighbourhood his old friend and Anti-Arpatheid campaigner Oliver Thambo lived for  many years, were a tree was planted in his memory.


  
"Epidemic" numbers on London housing lists - "Dramatic" increase in homes needed 
Posted on  26-02-2010 03:17:43 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

The number of people waiting on housing lists in London has reached "epidemic proportions", figures released this week reveal.

Social housing waiting lists rose in 22 out of 33 boroughs - meaning 880,000 are now in the queue.

Waltham Forest saw the biggest rise, 4,686 and Ealing saw ...


  
British Library plans to 'archive the internet' 
Posted on  26-02-2010 12:11:08 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

The British Library is planning a gigantic project to 'archive' the internet.

Currently, copyright laws prevent libraries recording a web page for research purposes  - several do have permission to produce printed copies. A BL spokesman said the world's second largest library wants the law changed.

Dead websites, ...


  
Security gap fears as EU blasts huge hole in Government's terror watch list claim 
Posted on  25-02-2010 04:54:06 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

The European Commission has destroyed the government’s new fangled terror watch list system, the Conservatives claim.

A letter to the Home Office says compulsory advance information can only be obtained by passengers arriving from outside the EU - leaving a huge security gap as information regarding suspects from ...


  
Thousands of dance fans protest Shoreditch superclub shutdown 
Posted on  25-02-2010 01:15:41 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk

More than 10,000 dance fans are protesting the threatened shutdown of one of East London's superclubs.

Long standing Shoreditch venue, Plastic People, could lose its licence because of action being taken by the Metropolitan police.

Police have asked Hackney Council to reconsider Plastic People's licence over allegations ...


  
Baby dies after lamp post tragedy - latest Council comments on roadworks 
Posted on  25-02-2010 12:02:37 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

The baby boy hit by a falling lamp post in Chiswick on Tuesday had died.

The one-year-old was pronounced dead at 5.30am this morning, police announced - the 62-year-old woman who suffered a back injury, who was not the child’s nanny, was released from Charring Cross hospital yesterday


  
Drunken Heathrow pilot receives suspended sentence 
Posted on  19-02-2010 05:19:10 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  declan@thelondondailynews.com

A drunken pilot who attempted to fly a Boeing 767 to Chicago has received a suspended sentence.

Erwin Washington was three times over the legal alcohol limit when he was arrested at Heathrow airport in November last year.

Today he was handed a ten month sentence, suspended for ...


  
Ruling against Daily Mail Gatley piece would have been a "slide to censorship" 
Posted on  18-02-2010 01:55:29 PM (GMT +01:00)
Published By  News Desk

The Press Complaints Commission says ruling against the Daily Mail over the Gatley article would have been "a slide towards censorship".

The watchdog rejected a complaint from the partner of Stephen Gately over a controversial column written by Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir last year.

But the PCC also ...


  
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