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The Krays producer regrets making movie about ‘psychopathic bullies’

Movie followed the lives of East End criminal gangsters Reggie and Ronnie Kray

The Independent UK

Tom Hardy pays tribute to cinematographer and ‘lovely friend’ Dick Pope

Pope worked on the 2015 film Legend, starring Hardy as identical twins Reggie and Ronnie Kray.

Evening Standard

The day Princess Anne was almost kidnapped on The Mall — 50 years on

On this day 50 years ago, 23-year-old Princess Anne found herself fighting off a gunman as her bodyguard and driver lay wounded beside her. Emma Loffhagen takes a deep dive into the disturbing day one of the most senior royals was almost kidnapped.

Evening Standard

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‘It’s not about glorifying crime’: ex-convicts in demand for talks and tours

You can dine with a former mobster for £999, as the ‘true crime’ TV and podcast trend translates into live events

The Guardian - UK

The turbulent life of Dave Courtney, the East End gangster-turned-film star

After his sudden death aged 64, Emma Loffhagen reports on the East End gangster nicknamed the 'most feared man in Britain'

Evening Standard

History comes alive in those pub names

The news has been so dull this week we might as well continue to pursue last week's investigations concerning the historical value of English pub names. If nothing else it may prompt readers to recall some of the more exotic inns where they have supped ale. It beats politics anyway.

Bangkok Post

Detective's meticulous files on the Kray twins put up for sale by his widow

Det Chief Supt Leonard ‘Nipper’ Read compiled meticulous reports as he tried to find evidence to bring down the notorious East End brothers Ronnie and Reggie

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Ronnie Kray met Mafia boss who fed victims to pet tigers on US trip to join forces

Kray twin Ronnie went to Las Vegas in the late 1960s to join forces with the Mafia and was shown a basement where there was a huge metal cage with tigers in it - and blood on the floor...

Daily Mirror

Painting by London gangster Ronnie Kray turns up for less than €20 at car boot sale in Mayo

The framed artwork was discovered among a bundle of paintings purchased by an enthusiast

Irish Mirror

Charles Bronson brags he'll be having 'Guinness for Crimbo' ahead of parole hearing

Charles Bronson, who has spent much of the last 50 years in jail and is known for his strange antics and demands while locked up, believes he'll be released before Christmas

Daily Mirror

Evil twinks and gay gangsters: why we need to remember history’s horrid homosexuals

From Alexander the Great to Ronnie Kray, the hosts of the Bad Gays podcast reveal the most villainous LGBTQ+ figures ever – and explain why it’s important to discuss the problematic alongside the good

The Guardian - UK

Evil Yorkshire Ripper threatened to SUE the Mirror over 'hurtful' story

Peter Sutcliffe targeted women across Yorkshire and north-west England between 1975 and 1980 and he died aged 74 while serving a whole life term for 13 murders and the attempted murder of seven others

Daily Mirror

Mum-of-7 covered in tattoos says she'll keep getting inked until 80 despite 'funny looks'

Melissa Sloan, 45, got her first design at 20 and now has love hearts and a flag of St George on her face - she loves getting inked so much that she says she won't stop

Daily Mirror

Yorkshire Ripper threatened Ronnie Kray after he 'made advances' towards him

Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe described how Ronnie Kray tried to flirt with him in a letter to a friend six months before his death

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Reggie Kray remarkably broke Ronnie out of prison unnoticed by switching places

The Kray Twins came up with an ingenious plan to free Ronnie, after he was locked up for a brutal crime with a bayonet, but the guards eventually rumbled the gangster brothers

Daily Mirror

The Kray twins' final days - wife Frances 'murder' confession, prison release and deaths

The Kray twins Ronnie and Reggie became Britain's most notorious gangsters before they were sent to prison - where Reg allegedly made a confession about the death of his wife Frances Shea

Wales Online

ITV Secrets of The Krays: What crimes did they commit and which celebrities were they linked to?

We launched our own investigation into the true crimes of the East End's most feared gangsters

Daily Mirror

Yorkshire Ripper's former nurse homeless after stress of 21 years at Broadmoor 'made him mentally ill'

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