Brian Williams
@briw74
Random tweeting on history, politics, policing, Westerns and war films
'A weird, geeky, reclusive, historian'
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05-05-2012 13:03:18
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My new Policy Exchange report on street crime in London is out today. We show knife crime in the capital is up 86% in a decade, 60% of knife crime offences are robberies, 81,000 mobile phones were stolen in robberies and “theft person” offences last year. Knife crime and
NEW Population in England & Wales grew faster last year than at anytime in over 75 years, says Office for National Statistics (ONS). It reached an estimated 61.8 million people in mid-2024, up 706,900 in 12 months. Rise was driven mainly by net migration of 690,100... ...and 30,000 more births than deaths.
BREAKING: Flights are grounded across the country because a major technical issue has closed UK airspace, my colleague Ben Clatworthy reveals It is affecting ALL international flights Sounds pretty chaotic…
The recent Policy Exchange report, 'Your Money or Your Life' makes for grim reading — especially when it comes to the staggering overrepresentation of black Londoners as both victims and offenders in serious violent crime. It need not be such a hushed topic. Read here 👇🏽
