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Neighbours tell court how they heard 'stadium cheers' from gang of youths before Andrew Jaipaul was found bleeding to death

Andrew Jaipaul, a 21-year-old painter and decorator, was stabbed to death in June, 2011

Published: 22 May, 2013
by STUART CARSON

Man is arrested in connection with death of great-grandmother who was killed in collision while she was out shopping

Flowers and a picture of Androula Michael close to the spot where she was killed

Published: 21 May, 2013

Man suffers burns injuries as narrowboat goes up in flames on canal

Published: 20 May, 2013

A MAN is being treated in hospital for burns after his narrowboat went up in flames on the Regent's Canal this morning (Monday).

Red material found close to body of murder victim Andrew Jaipaul 'was gang's calling card', Old Bailey told

Andrew Jaipaul

Andrew Jaipaul was stabbed to death on the Andover Estate in 2011

Published: 17 May, 2013
By PAVAN AMARA

First-night ovation for ‘miracle’ Park Theatre

Actress Maureen Lipman with Jez Bond, the man behind the new theatre

Actress Maureen Lipman with Jez Bond, the man behind the new theatre

Published: 17 May, 2013
by ANDREW JOHNSON

BEHIND the fumes of the bus station and next door to the newly-closed Railway pub (which, according to rumour, is being eyed by an international coffee chain) a glimpse of Finsbury Park’s pos

Where did £3m Arsenal stadium cash go?

Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium

Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium

Published: 17 May, 2013
by PETER GRUNER

AN investigation is being launched into what happened to more than £3.2million handed over to London Mayor Boris Johnson’s traffic arm Transport for London after the building of Arsenal

Neverending storey... latest City Road tower is half height of Shard

Proposed tower (left), and the Shard

Proposed tower (left), and the Shard

Published: 17 May, 2013
by ANDREW JOHNSON and KATE LISMORE

PLANS have been submitted for another pair of huge tower blocks in City Road – which is being dubbed a “mini-Manhattan”.

Street tributes to Michael McGuiness, teenager killed when his moped collided with car

Michael McGuiness (inset), and flowers at the junction where he was killed last Thursday morning

Published: 17 May, 2013
by PETER GRUNER

SCORES of distraught teenagers gathered at the junction of Downham Road and Southgate Road on Friday to leave tributes to a teenager who was killed when the moped he was riding collided with a car.

Appeal tribunal supports detective Kevin Maxwell whose dignity was ‘violated’ by racist and homophobic bias

Kevin Maxwell

Kevin Maxwell

Published: 17 May, 2013
by PAVAN AMARA

A GAY black police officer who claimed he was the victim of racist and homophobic bullying by some of his colleagues has had his claim upheld at an appeal.

Not a penny for Sam Hallam, jailed for crime he did not commit

A freed Sam Hallam, right, is greeted by friends

Published: 17 May, 2013
by TOM FOOT

SAM Hallam has not received any help from the state or a penny of compensation since his murder conviction was sensationally quashed in the Court of Appeal a year ago today (Friday).

Family welcome inquiry into killing of private detective Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Daniel Morgan

Published: 17 May, 2013
by TOM FOOT and ANDREW JOHNSON

HOME Secretary Theresa May announced on Friday the setting up of a full judge-led inquiry into “police involvement in the murder” of a private detective 26 years ago.

Arsenal football stars help send £120,000 to Syria

Arsenal’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Kieran Gibbs, Aaron Ramsey, Carl Jenkinson and Theo Walcott

Published: 17 May, 2013

GUNNERS favourites helped raise more than £300,000 for charity at the annual Arsenal Foundation Ball at the Emirates Stadium.

Darren Neville dies – IPCC continues investigation

Published: 17 May, 2013

A MAN restrained by police during a disturbance at a hostel in Highbury has died, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has revealed.