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An illegal immigrant lived in the UK for a decade under a false identity to secure herself a council home and swindle taxpayers out of almost £165,000 in benefits, a court heard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/165000-benefits-fraudster-lived-in-uk-under-false-identity-a4186881.html

Tommy Robinson supporters have blocked the road outside the Old Bailey with a double decker bus. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/tommy-robinson-supporters-blockade-road-outside-old-bailey-ahead-of-contempt-hearing-a4182241.html

The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan today said shooting victims are using tweezers at home to remove shrapnel because they fear reprisals from going to hospital. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/sadiq-khan-london-crime-victims-using-wig-needles-to-sew-up-their-own-knife-wounds-a4182376.html

Greenwich council is highlighting how criminals are reaping in over £100 million a year from London’s trade in illegal tobacco, and undermining efforts to support smokers to quit, as part of the Stamp It Out London campaign. https://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/17741032.greenwich-council-announces-campaign-to-crackdown-on-illegal-tobacco/?ref=mrb&lp=20

Sadiq Khan has squandered millions of pounds from his policing budget on an army of highly paid penpushers – taking vast sums away from the battle against soaring knife crime, according to critics of London's Labour Mayor. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6376061/Sadiq-Khan-slammed-squandering-7-1m-year-police-budget-penpusher-executives.html They need to get rid of khan now for wasting money like this when we need more police to fight knife on London streets.

Child murderer Jon Venables is being assessed for a permanent move to Canada. Authorities believe paying for James Bulger’s killer to go to a country like Canada, Australia or New Zealand would be cheaper than funding more failed new starts in the UK. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/james-bulger-killer-jon-venables-wants-a-new-life-abroad-funded-by-taxpayers/ar-AADh71d?ocid=spartandhp In my own mind he should be locked up for life not given a free pass.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jun/18/woman-knocked-down-while-on-phone-wins-payout-from-cyclist I'm really surprised by this ruling... A cyclist proceeds through a green light, whereby a 'phone zombie' pedestrian glued to her screen walks out into the road without looking. She looks up and sees the cyclist but steps backwards and collides with the cyclist who tried to cycle behind her as an evasive manoeuvre. The cyclist was knocked out and the pedestrian received a minor head injury. I cannot understand the mentality of Gemma Brushett in having the cheek to sue a cyclist after walking out in the road. She should be ashamed of herself for suing a…

A JUDGE let off a cocaine user after pointing out that Michael Gove had got away with the same crime. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9325358/judge-drug-cocaine-michael-gove/

SADIQ Khan is to spark travel chaos with plans to BAN Londoners from driving in the city centre for a day. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9335277/sadiq-khan-to-cause-travel-chaos-by-banning-londoners-from-driving-for-a-day/ Khan making a mess of London again.

A man has admitted manufacturing a gun using a 3D printer in what is believed to be the first conviction of its kind in the UK. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/man-convicted-for-making-gun-with-3d-printer-in-uk-after-claiming-he-was-making-it-for-a-dystopian-a4171186.html

Peers could be in line for a big pay hike after they complained that £305 a day tax-free allowance is not covering their costs. The Lords authorities are examining proposals for an increase to the allowance for members who live outside London, so they can fund accommodation. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7112541/Peers-complain-300-day-tax-free-allowance-inadequate.html