Reports indicate Ervin Selita, known as “Vinz”, and senior Hellbanianz figures have moved to Dubai after Selita’s 2023 release, exporting the gang’s ostentatious social‑media culture beyond the UK. As phased demolition and regeneration at the Gascoigne Estate reshape Barking, authorities warn the leadership’s relocation complicates policing and shifts the group’s…

Senior figures from the Hellbanianz — the Albanian street crew that terrorised Barking — have set up base in Dubai, MailOnline reports, while lower‑ranking members remain imprisoned or active on the estate. The move spotlights how transnational gangs exploit weak cross‑border enforcement and financial loopholes, prompting calls for tougher policing,…

About 200 people were arrested in Parliament Square after officers removed demonstrators backing the newly proscribed Palestine Action. The Met said the detentions used powers linked to the Terrorism Act 2000; campaigners warned the ban risks criminalising legitimate protest and pledged legal challenges. Police in central London carried out mass…

A Freedom of Information trawl found 519 formal complaints about cockerels waking neighbours in the past year, though councils say the true total is likely higher because animal noise is often not recorded separately. Industry data points to roughly 1.4–1.5 million household fowl after a pandemic-era boom, prompting calls for…

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ six-storey Paradise SE11 has opened in Lambeth, presented by its backers as the UK’s lowest embodied‑carbon office of its type. The timber-first, offsite‑prefabricated building is engineered for disassembly and backed by performance-based fire testing, though long-term sustainability will hinge on post-occupancy carbon performance and ease of…

London start‑up Minimal has relocated from Battersea to a refurbished 10,751 sq ft unit at Prologis Park Royal DC5, consolidating vehicle production, R&D and customer operations as it aims to double headcount and move from pilots to larger‑scale urban deliveries. The Park Royal site, fitted out via Prologis Essentials and…

A small Stanley knife discovered at St Quintin’s Childcare Centre on 27 June was briefly handled by children before staff intervened, prompting an urgent probe by the borough into its facilities contractor. The council says recommendations were implemented but the episode has become a test case for how outsourced maintenance…

Bianca Jagger will join a Parliament Square demonstration to protest the government’s proscription of Palestine Action and denounce what she calls the Israeli government’s ‘genocide’ in Gaza. Rights groups, the UN and opposition parties say the ban risks chilling lawful protest and are demanding parliamentary scrutiny of policing, intelligence‑sharing and…

Police outnumbered anti-migrant protesters outside the Thistle City Barbican hotel in Islington as the Met imposed conditions on demonstrations and prepared extra officers and mutual aid. Scuffles led to several arrests, asylum seekers were seen at hotel windows, and officers warned further enforcement if conditions were breached. Police officers outnumbered…

A one‑off benefit concert on 17 September at OVO Arena Wembley will donate 100% of ticket revenue to UK charity Choose Love, organisers say. The event — executive produced by Brian Eno and collaborators — pairs mainstream UK acts with Palestinian musicians and promises transparency on how funds are routed…

A three‑storey terraced house on Peel Street, marketed as roughly seven feet wide and a short walk from Kensington Palace, has been put on the market with asking prices reported between about £1.195m and £1.25m. Agents and national press have billed the compact freehold as a rare central‑London opportunity, even…

The housing association has appointed Axis Europe, Ian Williams, T Gilmartin, Cardo (South) and Wates to a single‑lot framework estimated at £1.5bn over a 15‑year lifecycle, designed to combine responsive repairs, planned maintenance and decarbonisation works. NHG projects around £600m of internal spend and roughly £900m of third‑party call‑offs, but…