THE very grisly fight scenes in “the most violent show in British TV history” took hours of meticulous planning and preparation. Gangs of London set social media on fire as viewers clamoured to share their awe and in many cases, horror at the gory fights between gangsters. Gangs of London is being credited for producing … Read more
VIEWERS of the new Sky Atlantic drama Gangs of London were left hooked but also horrified at the extreme violence in the show. Joe Cole stars as a mafia don in the action-packed trailer for Gangs of London eyes gouged out and a man falling to his death from a tall building while being burnt … Read more
PEAKY Blinders’ Joe Cole reveals he “got out” of BBC drama at a “good time” after playing John Shelby for four season. The hit series centres around Cillian Murphy’s character Tommy Shelby, and Joe played his younger brother John. BBC The hit series centres around Cillian Murphy’s character Tommy Shelby, middle, and Joe, left, played … Read more
The BBC adaptation of Birmingham’s Peaky Blinders gangs has captivated audiences across the country. The first episode of its most recent series drew in a staggering 6.2 million viewers, after it first aired last September. But far from the fictionalised portrayals of Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory and Tom Hardy, the real life criminals were deeply … Read more
GANGS of London left viewers reeling with its bloody debut episode on Sky Atlantic this week. The gritty crime drama included a grisly fight scene with a meat cleaver and the shocking execution of a man who was burned alive and thrown off the edge of a building. 4 Gangs of London airs thursdays on … Read more
Street gangs in El Salvador that have extorted and killed innocent countrymen have now taken it upon themselves to ensure that everyone adheres to a national quarantine order amid the coronavirus pandemic. In recent years, more than 100,000 Salvadorans have been displaced from their homes and forced to flee the Central American nation due to … Read more
Organised crime gangs are enforcing their own coronavirus lockdown in Rio de Janeiro by ordering people to obey a curfew. Threatening messages which circulated in the city’s notorious favelas warn that gangsters will teach people to ‘respect’ an 8pm shutdown, Brazilian media says. ‘Attention all residents of Rio das Pedras, Muzema and Tijuquinha! Curfew from … Read more
Police arrest 46 people during dawn raids on ‘drug dens’ in huge county lines crackdown dubbed ‘Project Medusa’ – with ‘significant’ haul of Class A narcotics and £20,000 seized Fiver police forces worked together on ‘Project medusa’ to raid 11 properties 46 arrested, 36, from Merseyside, 5 from Lancashire, 1 Cumbria and 1 Scotland Another … Read more