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Hackney teenager stabbed to death: 14 year-old becomes 25th teenager murdered violently in capital. And you thought gangs were only found in Los Angleles hoods!
Home Office Guidance for parents to spot if kids are in a gang
Government website

Many people were 'pissed off' this morning (Monday 1 September) by tube closures. Not supposition nor presumption but weekly London fact. Question is, will any one ever solve those problems? Twitter links are probably the most reliable sources of info: District line, Piccadilly line, Jubilee line, Circle line, Victoria line, Metropolitan line

And Norman Lebrecht talks to the great opera and film director Franco Zeffirelli. Another fascinating interview.