East London council rescues vulnerable tenant from converted crack den

East London council rescues vulnerable tenant from converted crack den

A vulnerable council tenant in Barking and Dagenham has handed their keys back to the council and agreed to live in supported accommodation after their property had been taken over by drug... Read more »
Fear mounts as crack cocaine floods Brussels – POLITICO

Fear mounts as crack cocaine floods Brussels – POLITICO

The best of POLITICO’s coverage selected by Editor-in-Chief Jamil Anderlini. By LAURA GREENHALGH View in your browser Dear readers, As I step in for Jamil to write this week’s POLITICO Confidential, I... Read more »
A “callous” couple who used a 13-year-old boy to run heroin and crack cocaine from London to Kent have been jailed for a combined 12 years

A “callous” couple who used a 13-year-old boy to run heroin and crack cocaine from London to Kent have been jailed for a combined 12 years

Devon McCallum, 28, and of Water Gardens Square, London, appeared at Inner London Crown court where he pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and crack cocaine. Nardia Seedat, 27, also... Read more »
Notting Hill carnival rubbish collectors expect to clear FIVE tonnes of ‘hippy crack’ from streets

Notting Hill carnival rubbish collectors expect to clear FIVE tonnes of ‘hippy crack’ from streets

Rubbish collectors say they expect to clear five tonnes of giant ‘hippy crack’ gas canisters that have littered the streets of west London after Notting Hill Carnival by the end of the... Read more »
Lonely In London: How about a 1p levy to fund projects that crack isolation?

Lonely In London: How about a 1p levy to fund projects that crack isolation?

Alex Smith MORE than a third of adults feel lonelier now than during the pandemic, research shows, as a north London charity said younger people are more affected by the rise. The... Read more »
Londoner has water ‘pouring down walls’ every time it rains from ‘crack he’s had for 25 years’

Londoner has water ‘pouring down walls’ every time it rains from ‘crack he’s had for 25 years’

A Londoner has been left living in “appalling” conditions for six years, with water drenching the walls of his North London flat whenever it rains. William Corbett, 56, says rain “pours down... Read more »
No Westfield, crack being smoked in front of kids and even being abandoned by Wetherspoons – what does the future hold for ‘rundown’ Croydon town centre

No Westfield, crack being smoked in front of kids and even being abandoned by Wetherspoons – what does the future hold for ‘rundown’ Croydon town centre

It’s a Tuesday morning in Croydon town centre and The Whitgift Centre is quiet. Eerily quiet. There are still some decent shops. The massive Superdry store would be right at home in... Read more »
County lines drug dealer busted for selling crack cocaine and heroin in Bury St Edmunds

County lines drug dealer busted for selling crack cocaine and heroin in Bury St Edmunds

A 28-year-old man from London has been jailed for dealing crack cocaine and heroin in Bury St Edmunds, as part of a county lines network. Zac Patterson, of Iverson Road, London, was... Read more »
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Transport for London crack down on Insulate Britain protestors with injunction banning protests at 14 London locations

Transport for London (TfL) has taken out an injunction to crack down on environmental protestors who simultaneously blocked a sliproad of the M25 and a busy east London roundabout on Friday. The... Read more »
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Austin: I’d love to stay at QPR but want a crack at promotion

Charlie Austin says he would really like to stay at QPR – if the membership are critical about difficult for promotion subsequent season. Rangers have been a lot improved for the reason... Read more »