Broken Britain

A cancer patient recovering from a life-saving operation was forced to sleep in a hospital CUPBOARD because of a bed shortage. Shocking images show Martyn Wells, 49, lying in the cramped windowless room after being wheeled into the makeshift ward just hours after having his stomach removed. The father-of-four has been battling cancer since he was diagnosed with stage four malignant melanoma earlier this year. He went under the knife at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital last Wednesday and says he...

The man, understood to be 20, was a former pupil at City Academy, was stabbed to death in Hackney.

The murder of a teenager who was shot in the face has "shocked the local community and the rest of London". Amaan Shakoor died in hospital after he was shot in the face on Easter Monday. The 16-year-old was gunned down outside a leisure centre next door to his school at around 10pm near his home in Walthamstow, east London. He was shot less than 30 minutes after 17-year-old Tanesha Melbourne was gunned down three miles away in Tottenham, north...

A "well-loved" grandmother who died in north London dedicated her life to her children, her devastated family said. Ourania Lambrou, 80, was an "independent and strong willed" woman, they said as they paid tribute. She died on Tuesday, following an incident in Camden Road, north London on Saturday, which saw her shoved to the floor and bang her head. Ourania moved from the village of Kalavasos, in Cyprus, to London when she was aged 17 with her husband, who she...

Detectives probing the murder of a community hero in London have offered a £20,000 reward for information. Abraham Badru, 26, who was awarded a bravery award in 2009 for stopping a rapist attacking a teenage girl, was gunned down on March 25. The Metropolitan Police revealed details of the reward as his family issued a fresh plea to track down the killer. Abraham, the son of a Nigerian MP, was the 41st murder victim in London this year as the...

An elderly woman has become the latest victim of a violent crime wave sweeping the capital after she was left fighting for her life following a street attack. The 80-year-old woman was pushed over and suffered a serious head injury at around 2pm on Saturday afternoon outside a north London petrol station. She was walking along Camden Road outside an Esso station when she was attacked. The victim was rushed to hospital and remains in a critical condition, police say....

A woman whose head was repeatedly stamped on and smashed into railings by a random stranger is demanding “justice” for the unprovoked attack. Lawyer Natalie Moult, 37, was returning from a night out with friends in the early hours of Sunday morning when she was brutally beaten in the street. She suffered severe bruising to her right eye and both cheeks, swelling to her head and hand, cuts inside her mouth, a chipped tooth and missing hair in the attack....

A middle-aged pub goer was banned from going in a trendy bar - because he had too many TATTOOS. Darryl Timms, 40, said he was told by a bouncer he and his partner Amanda Tiff, 45, could not go into a night spot because of his body art. They had been out in Leamington Spa, Warks., for around 45 minutes when they tried to go into Fizzy Moon Brew House at around 11pm on Saturday (24/3). Ironically, Darryl, an events...

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a 21-year-old man who was fatally stabbed at a shopping centre in London, last week. The Met police said the 22-year-old man was arrested yesterday (24 March) and remains in custody at a south London police station. Police were called last Tuesday (20 March) at 09:30pm to reports of a disturbance in Stratford Centre. Officers attended along with the London Ambulance Service and found a 21-year-old man...