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  • 'Malone murdered wife to avoid ruinous divorce'

    A 28-year-old woman who worked in Borehamwood was murdered by her husband to avoid a ruinous and bitter divorce, the Old Bailey heard yesterday. Sharon Malone, who left her job as a research officer in Borehamwood to train as a teacher, disappeared on

  • 'Tube shake-up fails to deliver' - report

    Privatisation of the Tube saw massive spending, but has not led to better services, a parliament report says. The House of Commons Transport Committee criticised the rise in safety incidents since Metronet and Tube Lines took over the network's maintenance

  • Four wards closed by superbug

    FOUR wards at Whipps Cross University Hospital had to be closed after patients and staff were struck down by the diarrhoea and vomiting bug SRSV. The bug affected the hospital for more than two weeks after it was first diagnosed in Victory ward on February

  • £1.8m pumped into borough play areas

    A FURTHER 13 playgrounds are set to be transformed as part of the massive £1.8m refurbishment of the borough's recreation areas by Richmond upon Thames Council. The condition of children's playgrounds in the borough has improved with safety being one

  • £1.8m pumped into borough play areas

    A FURTHER 13 playgrounds are set to be transformed as part of the massive £1.8m refurbishment of the borough's recreation areas by Richmond upon Thames Council. The condition of children's playgrounds in the borough has improved with safety being one

  • Makeover for tennis courts

    The embarassment to humanity that is the condom-strewn Chiswick Back Common tennis area could yet be salvaged by Hounslow Council. Workmen allegedly visited the site on Monday to carry out preparatory clearance work' prior to the area's long-awaited

  • Looking back to the future

    The growing threat from supermarkets and giant shopping centres means the position of our treasured high streets featuring your local butcher, baker and greengrocer is becoming increasingly precarious. Yet there are forces working in the borough to nurture

  • Inquiry: ‘Why was killer Springfield patient let out?

    The Government has ordered an inquiry into the killing of a Putney cyclist by a paranoid schizophrenic to examine the implications on care in the community patients. The News reported earlier this month that John Barrett, 42, released himself from Springfield

  • Killing direct from the pages of a horror novel

    A CATALOGUE of errors allowed cannibal Peter Bryan to kill Brian Cherry and put the public at risk, the Old Bailey was told. Over 11 years, Bryan killed Nisha Sheth, Mr Cherry and Richard Loudwell, dismembering Mr Cherry's body before cooking his brain

  • Hospital staff shocked by news of cannibal

    THE Guardian spoke to a former Newham Centre for Mental Health employee who was working there while Peter Bryan was a patient. She told of how hospital staff panicked when news of Brian Cherry's death and Bryan's arrest reached them She said: "Although

  • Family’s delight at cannibal's sentence

    BRIAN Cherry's brother said the family were delighted that Peter Bryan got two life sentences. Robert Douglas told the Guardian he believed "justice has been served" but now wants to see the death penalty reinstated. Mr Douglas said: "The fact that

  • Macabre history of a killer

    KILLER Peter Bryan had a history of mental problems. He grew up in Derby Road, Forest Gate, with dad Frank, 78, and disabled mum Jean, 73. He attended Shaftesbury Primary School, Shaftesbury Road, Forest Gate, and was reportedly always interested in

  • Inquiry into London cannibal who walked free

    AN independent inquiry has been set up to discover why a mental patient was allowed to walk free from Newham General Hospital and kill again. Disturbed cannibal killer Peter Bryan, 35, was found by police cooking dismembered Brian Cherry's brain in a

  • Prehistoric artefacts found in town centre

    Excavations on the site of the PalaceXchange shopping development in Enfield Town, north London, have revealed a collection of prehistoric relics. The exciting finds, which include 3,000-year-old flint cutting tools and the remains of a medieval pot,

  • Cannibal Peter Bryan will never be freed

    CANNIBAL killer Peter Bryan will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a series of "sadistic and chilling" crimes. Judge Giles Forrester said Bryan, who killed, dismembered and ate Walthamstow man Brian Cherry, should never be released as he gave

  • A truly shocking death

    A CANNIBAL caught cooking his dismembered victim in a frying pan told horrified police: "I ate his brain with butter it was really nice." The Old Bailey heard on Tuesday how Peter Bryan, 35, was found next to the body of Brian Cherry at Mr Cherry's

  • Driving in London one-handed

    A LONDON cabbie told this week of his amazing return to work after suffering a stroke which left the left side of his body paralysed. Ian Starkey, 42, from South Woodford, had been a London cabbie for 15 years but after his stroke in 2003, he feared