This government’s ‘legacy’ will be the demise of plain English

The Olympic Development Authority has replaced the word ‘future’ with the word ‘legacy’, presumably using the useful ‘edit / replace’ tool on Microsoft Word.

Did the black cab rapist strike in Hackney too?

Hackney police may have “missed an opportunity” to catch black cab rapist John Worboys in 2004, according to a senior Scotland Yard source.

Excuse me, is this lap free?

Great spot yesterday on the Hammersmith and City line, though I do say it myself. Somewhat ironically, in order to take this photograph, I had to force an old lady to give up her seat on the tube. But hey. We all have to make sacrifices sometimes in the name of top quality journalism.

The modern day good Samaritans

“I thought I might see some vomit, one or two twisted ankles – at worst, a bloody nose from a drunken punch. Little did I know that, by one o’clock, I would be on my knees in the middle of a busy North London road, attending to a man who was critically ill after somebody stamped on his head stamped during a violent brawl.”

Christmas shopping in the police state

“It’s simple: arrest everyone, and you’re bound to catch a few people who’ve done something wrong.”