For a year it has been a ghost of its former self, for obvious reasons. Then a fortnight ago, one Saturday afternoon, there were two stabbings of young males, one fatal, almost outside our door. To claim that the vast reduction in shoppers by itself created the conditions for these horrible acts would be stupid. Nevertheless, I never felt remotely in danger when I walked down the street before the pandemic. SponsoredI tell this tale not

Source: The Times February 25, 2021 16:52 UTC