Day: April 11, 2016

A man has been shot dead in wood green during a police operation relating to a suspected plot to free a prisoner. Armed officers were in Bracknell Close, near Wood Green Crown Court, London, at about 09:00 GMT when the man was shot. The Met said the operation was “intelligence-led” and resulted in the arrests of four people. Two of the arrests were in the Bracknell Close area on suspicion of “conspiracy to facilitate the escape of an individual from custody”. The suspects arrested there were a 30-year-old and a…

A decision on whether to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport has been suspended till next year, the government has confirmed. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughhlin said further research on the environmental impact was needed. The Airports Commission, led by Sir Howard Davies, recommended a third runway at Heathrow in report in July but he said that the new runway should come with severe restrictions to reduce the environmental and noise effects, and did not completely rule out another runway at Gatwick or doubling an existing runway at Heathrow. Business…

Londoner living near Lewisham police station has observed the Christmas tree placed behind metal barriers, decorated with a small set of lights and propped up against a fence as most depressed tree in London. The neighbour says the tree is an ’embarrassing joke’ and the barriers make it look like the tree is being ‘kettle’. Page View:432 Site View: 1005446

A depressed mother stabbed to death her two young daughters before turning the knife on herself because she mistakenly believed the eldest of the pair had cancer, an inquest today heard. Marta Galikowska, 27, became convinced that her five-year-old daughter, Maja, was suffering from the disease after she discovered a lump under her jaw, the North Staffordshire hearing was told. On October 12 last year, she fatally stabbed Maja and her 20-month-old daughter, Olga, at the family’s home on Sherwin Road in Stoke-on-Trent while her husband was out at work….

After Paris attacks community was fearful of Muslim women with hijab and hate crimes against Muslims have more tripled according to Met Police the figures showing the number of Islamophobic incidents recorded by week, both before and after the terror attacks in the French capital on November 13. In the week ending November 10 there were 24 incidents. In the week ending November 24, just two weeks later, this number had shot up to 76. ‘It is with regret, but something that we have come to realise, through experience that…

The Ministry of Defence have confirmed RAF Tornado jets have carried out their first air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria. Four Tornados from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus took part in the operation soon after MPs voted to approve bombing. The strikes targeted the Omar oil fields in eastern Syria, which is under IS control, and were “successful”, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said. He had personally approved the targets ahead of the Commons vote, he said. MPs overwhelmingly backed UK military action against IS – also known as Daesh…