News about Joe Strummer

The Soho district in London, which had once brimming with bars and late-night music venues, is on the verge of becoming 'just another Shoreditch,' as it fights a burgeoning tide of Nimbyism from a'small minority' of wealthy citizens. Few would celebrate the return of the 1960s underworld and the reign of the legendary Kray Twins (who ruled The Hide-A-Way club on Gerrard Street) - but for the majority of locals, there is an undeniable yearning for the yesteryear's charm. It comes as yet another historic venue, Trisha's, has been forced to shut down this week after a millionaire neighbor's screams over noise and alleged 'drug use'. George Hudson, who runs and lives above Soho's Piano Bar, has expressed fear that the neighborhood will be 'another Shoreditch.' According to him, there is a "significant minority" of people who are refusing to open new night time venues, particularly those who moved in during Covid.

When Covid restrictions were at their most restrictive, the punk legend lifted the lid on wife Nora Forster's (pictured left, right, and inset together) health issues. On Thursday, she was announced that she had died at the age of 80. The Lockdown was soul-destroying for Nora,' the Sex Pistols actor told the Guardian last June. 'She's always been gregarious, so she couldn't understand why nobody was around, and the handful that did need face masks on must have been careful.' 'It was awful.' According to the NHS website, it was certainly the nadir of her Alzheimer's disease, which in the United Kingdom is the most common cause of dementia - a group of symptoms associated with a continuing decline of brain function.

An 86-year-old grandmother died in her own home, according to police. Bez Purdy (left) a church warden, was found bludgeoned to death at her country home, where police had been alerted to a home invasion that was still in progress. The perpetrator was identified as a missing person by Avon and Somerset Police before Mrs Purdy was discovered dead at her house in Broomfield, near Taunton. According to a police spokesperson, the detained man in his 30s was missing from a mental health unit, but not a secure mental health unit.

Beryl Purdy, a 'highly respected' church warden, is alleged to have been assaulted inside her farmhouse. The 86-year-old grandmother was discovered dead at her country house, where police had been alerted to a robbery that had taken place. According to an eye witness, she had 'clearly been struck hard across the head' and was discovered'slumped on the ground and not moving in a pool of blood.' A local man was arrested in connection with the shooting, sectioned and taken to a secure mental health center.

Keith Levene, a guitarist with The Clash and Public Image Ltd, has died at the age of 65. Keith Levene, my close friend and legendary Public Image Limited guitarist, died on Friday 11th November, according to his friend, author Adam Hammond, who wrote on Twitter: "I'm sad to learn that my close friend and respected Public Image Limited guitarist Keith Levene died on Friday 11th November." Keith was unquestionably one of the world's most inventive, audacious, and influential guitarists.'