Police say four boys arrested on suspicion of murder after Ava White suffered ‘catastrophic injuries’ Ava White was found collapsed on the ground in the city centre. A murder investigation has been launched following the death of Ava White. She was killed when out with friends on Thursday night during the annual switch-on of the Read more…
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ON THIS DAY IN GANGLAND – NOVEMBER 25TH 1940 Infamous gangster Jimmy ‘The Weed’ Donnelly, member of the notorious Quality Street Gang was born
Jimmy was a key figure in the so-called Quality Street Gang, who were reputedly behind organised crime in Manchester in the sixties, seventies and eighties. Immortalised by Irish rock band Thin Lizzy’s 1976 song ‘Johnny the Fox meets Jimmy the Weed’, he has convictions for burglary, theft, assault and handling stolen goods and has been Read more…
ON THIS DAY IN GANGLAND – NOVEMBER 22ND 1982
Tommy Hole was arrested for the murder of Nicky Gerard. In a 35-year criminal career, Tommy Hole was a convicted armed robber, car thief, drug manufacturer and dealer, attempted murderer and probable killer, who had spent half this time in jail. The sequence of events had begun with a 1970 turf war between Ronnie Knight Read more…
Why is Children In Need sitting on a £90million fortune? Charity stashes sum away in investment portfolio instead of handing it out
Why is Children In Need sitting on a £90million fortune? Charity stashes sum away in investment portfolio instead of handing it out Charity also has £2.2million in its accounts up from £900,000 last year BBC Children in Need has kept £87.7million stashed away in its investment portfolio instead of giving it directly to charity, its Read more…
ON THIS DAY IN GANGLAND – NOVEMBER 17TH 1957 Essex boy Tony Tucker was born.
Tony Tucker was a leading member of the infamous Essex Boys gang. He provided security for nightclubs across Essex and was a security guard for former super middleweight champion Nigel Benn. It is alleged that Tucker ran a reign of terror over Essex, controlled the drugs that went into Essex’s nightclubs and was involved in Read more…
NINE Insulate Britain arseholes have been JAILED and face paying £91,000 after flouting a ban on blocking the M25.
Two eco-zealots were today handed three month sentences, while six were imprisoned for four months after admitting they defiantly blocked motorway traffic on October 8. insulate Britain caused chaos by blocking motorway traffic this year The ninth activist Ben Taylor was jailed for six months after he vowed to keep blocking the motorway if he Read more…
Attempted murderer Jonty Bravery – convicted of throwing a 6-year-old boy from the 100-foot Tate Modern viewing tower – has been arrested on suspicion of raping a fellow prisoner in the showers of HMP Belmarsh
Bravery is currently serving at least 15 years for the shocking crime. He was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of raping a fellow prisoner – described as in his 30s – in the shower block at HMP Belmarsh. The 20-year-old was arrested inside the prison and taken to a south London police station. Scotland Yard Read more…
ON THIS DAY IN GANGLAND – NOVEMBER 10TH 1963 Scottish gangster Paul ‘Wee Man’ Ferris was born. He celebrates his 58th birthday today.
Paul John Ferris is a Scottish author and former organised crime figure. Ferris was an enforcer for Glasgow ‘Godfather’ Arthur Thompson in the early 1980s. Known for his ruthlessness and extreme violence, he rose to a prominent position in the city’s criminal underworld. He served a prison sentence for weapons possession in 1984 and believed Read more…
On this day 7 November 2000, The Millennium Dome raid took place.
It was an attempted robbery of the Millennium Dome’s diamond exhibition in Greenwich, South East London. A local gang planned to ram-raid the De Beers diamond exhibition which was being held in the riverside Dome at the time. The gang had then planned to escape via the Thames in a speedboat. The De Beers diamond Read more…
Claudia Webbe, Leicester East MP, was handed a suspended 10-week jail term and 200 hours’ community service at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for harassment.
An MP who threatened to throw acid in the face of another woman during a one-sided harassment campaign born out of jealousy has been spared an immediate jail sentence. Claudia Webbe, Leicester East MP since 2019, showed no emotion as she was handed a 10-week jail term – suspended for two years – and 200 Read more…