Last night, Turkish and kurdish shopkeepers along Kingsland High Road and in Stoke Newington wasn’t having any of it, when confronted by rioters trying to gain access to their shops. They took them on and saved their businesses after seeing the response from emergency services to riot hot spots. It began at about 9.30, within [...]
Groups of gangs are setting wheelie bins, recycle bins and cars in various spots over Hackney. Reports of gangs of youths mugging people for their bikes in London Fields but not limited to. For up-dates and photos please visit the forum
After a morning of what started of as rumours, it appears parts of Hackney is shutting down and with police on stand by. It began this morning, when police began advising shop keepers along Mare Street, Narrow Way and Amhurst Road in Hackney Central. However a drive through Hackney from Victoria Park to Stamford Hill [...]
Police are already gearing up for trouble in Enfield tonight. BBC reporter Tara Walsh who is visiting family in Enfield tweeted on micro blogging site Twitter, that she saw teenagers with their faces covered. While taking pictures she was told they would come to her house if she continued. Later she sent another tweet saying: [...]
It appears someone was sentenced for those crimes today. Reiss Hunter of Paradise Park, Lea Bridge Road, E5 was sentenced to 4 years imprisonment on each of four counts of robbery and a further 4 years for an attempted robbery. The sentences will run concurrently. Back in December 2010, I reported about a series of [...]
It started outside Tottenham police station with thugs burning police vehicles and soon moved to nearby stores, residences above them and a London Transport bus. It moved on to the nearby retail centre In Tottenham Hale that houses stores like Comet, B&Q, Next, Argos, Asda Living, O2 and PC World where looters smashed and [...]
Two police cars had parked up at Forster Road / High Road while their officers conducted traffic patrols on foot. This is about 200 yards north of Tottenham Police Station. At approx 20.20hrs a number of bottles were thrown at these two cars – one was set alight and the second was pushed into the [...]
What appeared to be a protest outside of Tottenham police station has become an angry scene and according to early reports from witnesses, police cars have been set on fire, fire bombs are being thrown and even a shop and a bus has been set alight. The protest was over the shooting of a local [...]
A man has been killed, following a police shooting incident, in Ferry Lane, near Jarrow Road in Tottenham at approx 6:15 pm today. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A police officer suffered A man has been killed following a police shooting incident in Ferry Lane, near Jarrow Road in Tottenham at approx. 6:15 [...]
Beekeepers are divided over whether the influx of honeybees in our cities puts a strain on their food resources
