THE riot that tore through parts of north London’s deprived Tottenham neighbourhood has cast a pall over Britain’s capital, echoing an earlier era of racial unrest, while spreading malaise through a city preparing to host the Olympic Games.

A PENSIONER was “dragged like a doll” through the street in a fatal attack by his dog.

A SPECIAL unit being set up within the PSNI to review nearly 2,000 unsolved murders over 30 years is expected to take up to six years to carry out its task.