Update: Cutty Sark blaze caused by an overheating vacuum cleaner

The devastating Cutty Sark blaze was caused by an overheating vacuum cleaner, according to reports today. Apparently guards failed to notice that the vacuum cleaner was running, and it burst into flames."Lazy guards failed to spot a running vacuum on the Cutty Sark which...

24th Murdered London Teenager: "CJ" Father in Impassioned Plea to Prime Min...

The grief-stricken father of tragic murdered Walthamstow teenager, Charles Hendricks, Snr, 55, whose son, Charles Junior "CJ" Hendricks,18, was stabbed by a single knife wound last month, to become England's...

GB Christine Ohuruogu Bags Fantastic Gold Medal in 400m

Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu ran a stunning 400metres to catch up the the front runners from a slow start to a tremendous powerhouse finish, as she pounded around the last turn to breast ahead of...

Let me tell you about the night I was nearly raped... and why, like thousands...

When someone has been raped or sexually assaulted, they obviously need a great deal of support from the people around them as well as from people like counselors, the police, doctors and so on. Many people simply do...

Sharia law 'could have UK role'

Muslim Sharia law could soon be used for decree in Britain. One of the senior Judge has given indication in this regard. Many nonmuslim countries recognises Sharia rule and allows Muslim to settle their dispute...

Unexploded Bomb in East London.

""The bomb is lodged in the Prescott Channel. It was discovered on Monday and has taken five days to be made safe. Sources suggest that the exclusion zone asked by the army bomb disposal team was not granted, and...

New campaign highlights lasting damage of Drink Driving

Drinking and driving effects everyone, everywhere."About three in every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives. Learn More"Department for Transport (London)New...

Station closed after debris falls on tracks

The bridge that suffered a partial collapse last night is causing travel chaos this morning, shutting down the main traffic hub Liverpool Street station. The bridge is to be part of the new 2012 East London rail...

Harry Potter actor, 18, is stabbed to death in brawl outside bar near London

An 18-year-old actor, who won a coveted role in the next Harry Potter film, was stabbed to death in a fight outside a bar on the outskirts of London in the early hours of Saturday morning."Rob Knox was a member of...

Gordon Brown unveils his vision for the future

In the political fight of his life, Gordon Brown is urging voters to stand by their man."Gordon Brown yesterday asked people to judge him by his policies not his personality as he unveiled his "passionate" vision for the next year.The day after executing the biggest U-turn of...

Family's anguish over murdered son in South-East London

A teenager who had just bought his first lottery ticket and was off to Disneyland later this year, bled to death in his brother's arms after an apparently unprovoked assault at a baker's shop in Lee Green, south of...

Mole Man to pay £300,000 for burrowing under home

"William Lyttle, 77, spent 40 years excavating a maze of tunnels beneath his20-room Victorian property in Hackney, East London, before the councilintervened."

British Terrorists Planned Homicide Bomb Attacks on Seven Flights Over North ...

"LONDON —  A British terrorist cell planned to detonate homicide bombs on seven transatlantic flights over North America, causing catastrophic loss of life, a court was told yesterday. The...

Large Fire at East London Hotel

Update: The fire is now under control, about 100 people were evacuated to a local school, no injuries have been reported at this time and no word yet on what caused the fire.  Video" A large fire has broken out at a hotel near Victoria Dock in East...

Culture-Jamming Decapitator Hacks London Ads

I'm glad to see that the subversive art of culture-jamming is being kept alive in an appropriately gory and 'stumpified' form."Renegade artist and head-hunter the Decapitator has been targeting the streets of London with a signature style of graffiti tag - eerily removing the...

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