Venue: Scala, London Date: 10.5.18 Support: Rattle, Ana Da Silva Photos: Grant Bailey Protomartyr have never heard of final-night lethargy. Tonight's Scala crowd have packed themselves in for a show, and Joe Casey and his crew or hangdog punks are going to give it to them. The band came for a whistlestop tour of the UK last week in support of their latest EP, Consolation, and to give some of their freshest cuts an airing in front of a devoted audience....

Calls for the East Coast Main Line to be re-nationalised have finally been met by the government after it announced the route is to be stripped from Virgin and Stagecoach. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling told Parliament that temporary state ownership would provide the smoothest transition to a new operator. The new service is being renamed London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), in a nod to the railway company created by the Railways Act 1921 that brought about passenger services operated by...

It comes after he announced in March that he is planning to “scale down” his acting career and devote more time to the causes he supports.

Customers and critics hit out at the brand for using images of teens which showed them pouting, playing with their hair, and posing with their legs open

A man has been arrested after an angry note was left on an ambulance at the scene of a medical emergency threatening it would be “smashed”. Paramedics were treating a patient who had suffered a critical heart problem inside a nearby property at the time. Police from Tower Hamlets in east London tweeted: “This was left on @Ldn_Ambulance after they were dealing with a cardiac arrest patient! Needless to say one is in custody now. #DTeam”. The note warned the...

This video shows the dawn immigration enforcement operation by six officers, showing a “distressing” and “intimidating” sequence of events.reports the Guardian Qu Zixuan and her fiance, Duncan Watkinson, describe the moment they were confronted by six immigration officers at dawn in their London home. The couple describe their confusion, fear and anger as the officials told Qu she had no leave to remain in the UK, despite them having an immigration appointment at the Home Office. Six immigration officers have been accused of...

What have the Conservatives got against the UK shipbuilding industry, asks GMB? GMB, the union for shipbuilding workers, says the Conservative Government must not be allowed to downgrade the Royal Navy any more by ‘sneaking’ out of their obligation to build three Royal Navy Auxiliary vessels. The Ministry of Defence today announced it may only commission two new Fleet Solid Support ships – rather than the three that were expected. The new ships are required to replenish the UK’s £6.3 billion...

The East Coast Mainline renationalised by government after Virgin Trains deal terminated after a troubled tenure, with many passengers complaining of sky high tickets prices, and the private operators claiming they can turn a profit. Trains will be now be run by the Department for Transport (DfT) from 24 June this year. “We are surprised and disappointed that the Department for Transport has chosen not to proceed with our proposals,” said Martin Griffiths, chief executive of Stagecoach, who run the...

Born in a unit at Woolwich’s Royal Arsenal, Hop Stuff Brewery has since become one of the fastest growing craft breweries in London. ‘Funding III’ – a crowdfunding initiative – drew to a close earlier this year after just two days; receiving over 190 per cent of the original target, with more than 1,000 investors having participated. Founded by James Yeomans in 2013, Hop Stuff is the only brewer in the world to successfully complete three rounds of funding via Crowdcude, raising over £1.5m...