Bizarre, disturbing things are happening at Canary Wharf: people appear to be going there of their own free will.
With new restaurants, bars, and a seemingly limitless number of open water swimming spots, some are even proclaiming the area to be "cool".
We went down to report on what's going on.
Shoplifting has almost doubled in London since 2023.
Now the Met are fighting back, with fake bait products, undercover operations and a Harry Potter-themed facial recognition algorithm.
Read @andrewkersley.bsky.social's dispatch:
www.the-londoner.co.uk/police-crack...
Is a £500m data centre risking the future of Brick Lane?
Plus: a council backtrack, a very Goldsmiths civil war and a look inside the new Piccadilly trains
Read our Monday Briefing: www.the-londoner.co.uk/data-centre-...
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An extremely sad read. Tracey was failed by almost every person in her life. Profoundly sad.
I read this on @finlay24.bsky.social's recommendation. It's a superb piece of investigative reporting about a horrific case of State neglect & negligence.
I'd forgive anyone for howling 'Burn it all down!' while reading it. But don't overlook the instances of decency & dutifulness in the story.👇
As worries about unaddressed petty crime hit fever pitch, we look into the police force's efforts to clamp down on it
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A lot of what shapes this city happens behind closed doors - in rooms most people never see ❌
Decisions get made. Policies get agreed. And it affects all of us, whether we hear about it or not.
This, by @andrewkersley.bsky.social, is the best piece of journalism I've read this year.
A gut-wrenching account of the human cost of bureaucratic failures and a testament to what you can discover when you set out to answer the question - how the fuck did this happen?
Why have the Met become reliant on a Harry Potter-themed facial recognition tool?
Read my piece, where I spent the day following the force as it tries to crack down on shoplifting, to find out.
Haven't lived there in years but I'm so impressed by what @londonermag.bsky.social is doing. What sounds like a lurid true crime story is actually a feat of community reporting: www.the-londoner.co.uk/tracey-turne...
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A decayed corpse was found being wheeled through the centre of Walthamstow. Who was she? And who is to blame for her death?
In November 2023, police discovered the decayed corpse of Tracey Turnell in Walthamstow Market.
She had no phone, job, passport, friends or lovers. There wasn’t a single photo of her.
It was as if, in her far too public death, she entered the public record for the first time. Who was she?
In November 2023, police discovered the decayed corpse of Tracey Turnell in Walthamstow Market.
She had no phone, job, passport, friends or lovers. There wasn’t a single photo of her.
It was as if, in her far too public death, she entered the public record for the first time. Who was she?
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In November 2023, police discovered the decayed corpse of Tracey Turnell in Walthamstow Market.
She had no phone, job, passport, friends or lovers. There wasn’t a single photo of her.
It was as if, in her far too public death, she entered the public record for the first time. Who was she?
Shoplifting has almost doubled in London since 2023.
Now the Met are fighting back, with fake bait products, undercover operations and a Harry Potter-themed facial recognition algorithm.
Read @andrewkersley.bsky.social's dispatch:
www.the-londoner.co.uk/police-crack...
A decayed corpse was found being wheeled through the centre of Walthamstow. Who was she? And who is to blame for her death?
