With his first two films, writer/director S. Craig Zahler established a distinctive voice. Working in exploitation cinema but unbound by the genre’s usual brief running times, he has stretched out his narratives, using the extra running time to dive more deeply into his characters than is typical in exploitation and to play with the genre. In Bone Tomahawk he morphed The Searchers into Cannibal Holocaust, with Brawl in Cell Block 99 he spent a good deal of time building both...

A wannabe survivalist is putting dogs, deer and even cows at risk by laying traps around a picturesque forest. Dog walkers were issued a stark warning about the "the dangers lurking" in a north London forest after three different animals were caught with illegal snare traps in two weeks. Since the beginning of October a dog, a cow and a deer have been found caught in the illegal wire snare traps in the woods in Hainault. The wire traps tighten...

A vicar has backed calls to forcibly evict a community of homeless people who have set up camp in a graveyard - named after the patron saint of BEGGARS. Rough sleepers were criticised after they left burnt out tents and needles on the grounds of St Giles Church in Oxford - which is named after the patron saint of beggars. Rev Canon Dr Andrew Bunch has now doubled down on a previous threat of legal action against rough sleepers. It...

Night running was put back on the agenda last week as fitness fanatics led by extreme ultra athlete Brett Horton took to the streets of London to participate in the UK’s first street fitness community. BBC 1Xtra DJ Melody Kane joined runners on a party rickshaw decked out with full DJ kit as the participants hit three mini bootcamps staged in iconic locations. Pull up ropes strapped to the Millennium Bridge, circuits outside the Tate Modern and a full shake-out...

London could soon be linked with Bordeaux by train if proposals for a so-called “wine line” route get the go-ahead. The cross-channel train route would link the two cities in under five hours which means travellers will be able to enjoy a glass of wine by lunchtime without having to step foot near an airport. Eurostar already offers a London to Bordeaux route, but passengers have to disembark in Paris to change train stations and have their passports checked. The...

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