Category Archives: Anti Social Behaviour, Crime etc

Gifford Street siege…..

Posted on January 13, 2008 by William Perrin

A bizarre incident in Gifford Street last week, related here by Cllr Paul Convery: ‘The police laid siege to Gifford Street on Thursday Jan 10th. The street was closed off by police after calls around lunchtime from neighbours troubled by … Continue reading →

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Local crime falling

Posted on January 9, 2008 by William Perrin

The Kings Cross area has undeniably got a lot safer over the past few years. Figures from the police, presented at Monday’s West Area Committee showed that Caledonian Ward saw reductions in fraud, robbery, theft, sexual offences and violence against … Continue reading →

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£2million ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ heist hits Kings Cross

Posted on December 8, 2007 by William Perrin

A gang dressed as policemen apparently conned their way into a Kings Cross business and got away with up to £2m of IT gear and possibly some data, according to reports.  The police said that on Thursday night at about … Continue reading →

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Controversial Cally Road court case

Posted on November 9, 2007 by William Perrin

There is an controversial legal battle being fought locally between the Wedge hair salon on the Cally (at 177 between the canal and Copenhagen Street) and a job applicant story here: ‘The owner of an "alternative" London hair salon is … Continue reading →

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The police, you wait for ages then, a bit like buses…..

Posted on November 3, 2007 by William Perrin

Some welcome police activity on York Way the other day – a large crowd of police was pulling vehicles with presumably no tax or other issues and impounding the cars.  I guess they were using automatic number plate recognition technology … Continue reading →

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A graffiti too far – cleaning up Regents Canal

Posted on October 21, 2007 by William Perrin

The hard pressed environmental crime team at Islington Council has been struggling for ages to keep up with the graffiti that disfigures Regents Canal.  It is British Waterways territory but the Council gets marked down for it in their government … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross crime forecast now arriving at platform one…..

Posted on October 18, 2007 by William Perrin

The Gazette has been asking if crime will increase when the Eurostar arrives – logically, there will be a net increase in the volume of crime simply because there will be millions of extra people flowing through the area.  The … Continue reading →

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The Ladykillers – original trailer

Posted on October 8, 2007 by William Perrin

The Ladykillers was one of the great British comedies and filmed in Kings Cross. Thanks to Sarah I have found the original trailer online. I’ve put the trailer in the new site KingsCrossTV.org here (while you are there have a … Continue reading →

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