- Building a Bank with Golang, Microservices and Containers: Matt Heath at QCon London https://www.infoq.com/news/2017/03/monzo-bank-golang 4 comments golang
- Urn containing Sigmund Freud's ashes smashed in raid on London crematorium http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/urn-containing-sigmund-freuds-ashes-smashed-in-raid-on--golders-green-crematorium-9060792.html 244 comments worldnews
- Riot police contain EDL after missiles thrown in London following machete attack http://news.sky.com/story/1094514/woolwich-riot-police-contain-edl-supporters 51 comments worldnews
- Video of London's Container City, homes built with shipping containers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65c9olvmjpi 3 comments reddit.com
- Expected Ethereum London Upgrade Contains EIP-1559 https://thenewscrypto.com/expected-ethereum-london-upgrade-contains-eip-1559/ 3 comments ethereum
- My home rocks, but it’s only a box: Soaring rents force Londoners to live in shipping containers http://rt.com/news/london-rent-shipping-container-132/ 7 comments worldnews
- Because 'BP Fueling Climate Emergency': Greenpeace Blockades London HQ With Massive Metal Containers https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/05/20/because-bp-fueling-climate-emergency-greenpeace-blockades-london-hq-massive-metal 5 comments worldnews
- London crooks swipe cryptocurrency from Burton shopping centre - The machine only contained the equivalent of £5, but they caused around £800 worth of damage to get to it. Ture sign of cryptocurrency is on the rise! https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/news/local-news/london-crooks-swipe-cryptocurrency-burton-5825129 19 comments cryptocurrency
- The Normandy Times: a full-page advert published in various British newspapers last week. It was banned from public transport in London for containing "matters of public controversy or sensitivity". https://adnormandie.fr/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2018/03/affiche_normandytimes-1.pdf 4 comments europe
- Top-secret documents containing the latest U.K government intelligence assessment on al-Qaeda have been left on a train in London. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7449255.stm 2 comments reddit.com
- Migration crisis: Hungarian government says EU cities have 900 no-go areas. Viktor Orbán's rightwing administration claims London, Paris, Stockholm, and Berlin contain 'neighbourhoods not under control'. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/31/hungary-anti-migrant-site-900-no-go-areas-eu 154 comments worldnews
- Greenpeace activists have blockaded all entrances to the BP headquarters in London, demanding an end to all new oil and gas exploration. The campaigners arrived at 3am on Monday and encased themselves in heavy containers before the oil company’s annual general meeting on Tuesday. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/may/20/bp-headquarters-in-london-blockaded-by-greenpeace 368 comments worldnews
- AEK Athens London Supporters Club on Twitter: Surely UEFA need to do something about Celtic. Had to leave early as my 3 year old son was hit with a Lidl bag containing used female sanitary products. Their fans were chanting something about “jelly and ice cream when ISIS kill the Queen” as well. https://twitter.com/aekinlondon/status/1027290153822433280 34 comments soccer
- Fatberg 'autopsy' reveals growing health threat to Londoners - Fatbergs, the congealed mass of fat and discarded items that are increasingly blocking Britain’s sewers, are the consequence of the plastic crisis in Britain and contain potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria, tests show. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/apr/24/fatberg-autopsy-reveals-growing-health-threat-londoners 11 comments worldnews
- Scientists say London has the highest concentration of cocaine in sewage of anywhere surveyed in Europe. The data from EU's drug monitoring body found it slightly ahead of Amsterdam. While London comes top for cocaine flushed down the toilet, Amsterdam's drains contain greater amounts of cannabis. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33009682 18 comments europe
- Brusthom Ziamani has been found guilty of planning to behead a British soldier, by a jury at the Old Bailey. Ziamani, 19, of Camberwell, London, was arrested with a bag containing a 12in knife, a hammer and an "Islamic flag" in east London in August 2014. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-31540281 53 comments worldnews
- One dead, screaming survivors found in container at UK port: The men, women and children, all believed to be from the Indian subcontinent, were discovered inside the container at Tilbury Docks, east of London, on a ship that came from the Belgian port of Zeebrugge. http://news.yahoo.com/man-found-dead-others-alive-shipping-container-uk-110033303.html 5 comments worldnews
- Illegal immigrants discovered in shipping container, one dead: A total of 35 people, including seven children were found severely dehydrated and hypothermic inside a container on docks near to London. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/illegal-immigrants-found-shipping-container-dead-article-1.1905666 112 comments worldnews
- Another cyclist (male in his 20's) killed in London by left turning truck (Feb 4th). Link also contains details of campaign to get MEP's to back motion to legislate that trucks be fitted with side sensors. http://ibikelondon.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-cyclist-lorry-death-and-why.html 8 comments bicycling