Kill surge in London

THE streets of London are now more deadly than New York, with the capital recording a higher murder rate for the first time in modern history in February.

The past two months of bloodshed in London has overtaken New York’s murder rate, police figures show, as Scotland Yard battles a 38 per cent surge in killings since 2014.

Fifteen people were killed in London in February, compared to 14 in New York. And it looks set to continue, with 22 killings in London in March, one more than New York.