Take a look at some of London's most notorious gangsters and see where they are now👀
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💭Although most of them are now dead, London remains the home of gangsters who have either turned their lives around or are languishing behind bars. #GangsOfLondon
Dave Courtney is now a celebrity author and actor, he also organised the security at Ronnie Kray's funeral in Bethnal Green.
Having spoken openly about being shot and killing others to stay alive, he now earns a living as a celebrity.
Former enforcer John Pridmore made a fortune in London’s West End working in the drugs trade in the 1990s.
Later finding God after leaving a man for dead outside a nightclub, he turned Christian and the former crook now gives talks in schools and parishes.
Bobby Cummines made history when he was just 16-year-old – after becoming Britain’s youngest ever armed robber.
The Islington born former gangster, now 70, works as an anti-crime campaigner and his positive influence earned him an OBE from Queen Elizabeth in 2011.
Freddie Foreman now lives in a nursing home but he was once known as the Godfather of London.
An associate of the Kray twins’ gang, he and the brothers were all jailed in relation to the murder of Jack “the Hat” McVitie in 1969, he served 16 years. #KrayTwins#FreddieForeman
The Daily Star lettuce has come out victorious in the battle of the year - to see whether it could outlast Prime Minister Liz Truss in #LizVsLettuce
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Tragic Truss lost the race to see if she could outlast our 60p iceberg as she finally gave up on her attempt to cling to power after days of chaos at Westminster.
She becomes the shortest-serving Prime Minister in British history after just 44 days in office - unbeleafable!
Kim Kardashian might be known as the Queen on #Instagram with her 332m followers, that hasn't put her in the top 10 earners of sponsored posts on the social media platform. 🤩
NetCredit has been scouring the feeds of footballers, musicians and TV personalities to see how much they earn from their accounts - with income from sponsored posts quickly becoming a HUGE earner for Instagram's biggest players. 💸
AI tech called 'Project December' lets you 'bring the dead back to life' and have a chat with them for £8 😱
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For years, technology has offered a way for the bereaved to stay connected to those they've lost, whether that's through photos or videos.
Things can now go one step further, however, as artificial intelligence can now be used to 'resurrect' the dead so you can have a conversation with them.
For just £8, you can pay to build a chatbot that mimics the behaviour of someone you've lost.
The Gavin and Stacey star has been ‘banned’ from a famous New York restaurant for alleged ‘abusive’ behaviour aimed towards staff during a heated incident which saw him kicked out! 😱
James Corden was called a "tiny cretin" after he was banned from a restaurant for being "abusive".
The former Gavin and Stacey star, 44, was kicked-out from the popular #Balthazar eatery in #NewYorkCity due to his alleged "abusive" behaviour.
'The Watcher' currently has Netflix viewers hooked but did you know it was based on a true events😮
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Produced by American Horror Story’s Ryan Murphy,
'The Watcher' follows a family who moves into a new home but soon receive creepy letters from a mysterious person “watching” their house.
But what makes it even scarier is that it really happened to a real family. #TheWatcher
Back in 2014, Derek and Maria Broaddus bought their dream home at 657 Boulevard in Westfield, NJ but before long, they received a letter addressed to "The New Owner."
Eventually, the family told their story in The Cut and even shared the first letter in its entirety. #TheWatcher