• Will the riots spread to Soho and the West end?

  By SohoLisa at 16:13 on 09/08/11

  

  After a third night of riots and further stirrings of unrest across London today, it seems that nowhere is safe. Yesterday saw the third day of rioting, with the South East London towns of Lewisham and Woolwich and perhaps more surprisingly, Ealing. 16,000 police officers will be on the streets tonight as all leave has been cancelled and this is hoped to quell any further uprising. But is it enough? Oxford Street was battering...

• Homophobic hate crimes on the rise in Soho

  By SohoLisa at 12:19 on 29/05/11

  

  Shocking new figures released by Scotland Yard, show that homophobic attacks in Soho actually increased this year, according to the met police. The findings showed that homophobic hate crime increased by as much as 26 per cent, from 117 to 148 incidents in the period between April 2010 and April 2011. This is alarming news for Soho, as the area has long been a haven for the gay population, with a wealth of gay-friendly bars, pubs...

• Don't become the victim of thieves this Christmas in Soho or the West End

  By SohoLisa at 00:19 on 20/12/10

  

  Shoppers and revellers are being advised of the 12 best ways to avoid becoming a victim of crime in the West End during the run up to this year's festivities. As shoppers make the last dash for Christmas gifts and people are out celebrating, police in Westminster are out in force advising them on how to stay safe. The anti-crime initiative is aimed at deterring criminals who believe its rich pickings to operate in the...

• £300,000 of Illegal pornography seized during Soho raids

  By SohoLisa at 09:32 on 20/10/10

  

  Thousands of illegal pornographic DVDs worth more than £300,000 have been seized by Westminster Council officers in a series of Soho raids recently.The council has also served six illegal sex shops with closure notices and is currently going through the legal processes to have them closed permanently as sex shops. The 13,000 illegal DVDs and other items, have a street value if around £325,000 and were all taken from the...

• Drug raid in Soho sees ten arrests

  By SohoLisa at 12:34 on 30/09/10

  

  Ten people were arrested during drugs raids in Soho in the early hours of this morning. Police officers cordoned off Wardour Street to arrest key individuals and searched a number of addresses, from around 1am. Five men and four women were arrested for supplying class A drugs in Soho, and another man was arrested for going equipped to commit a crime. All ten, aged 24 to 51.were taken to a central London...

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