Mersey infanticide

There's a good interview in Vice with a photographer who went and hung out with members of the Liverpool gangs who may or may not have been responsible for the callous and brutal murder of 11-year-old Rhys Jones.



Here is one of the types of YouTube videos that's mentioned in the interview. It's the Dovey Edz showing off their portfolio of weapons, scooters and "dogz". It's a bit like Russia's Red Square parades but with more pit bulls and tracky bottoms.

Wellingtons are the new knives

Good news: teenage gangs in London are now using less harmful weapons, like Wellingtons. Instead of Michael Eavis recycling all the wellies left behind at Glastonbury, he should be sending them to London for gangs to use.

Full story over on the Vice blog. Btw, I've been taking care of all the UK blog content for Vice this week. Go across to read about racist Facebook groups, inappropriate cakes and "badmen" being forbidden from wearing skinny jeans.