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As night falls, cocaine continues to be distributed across the city. this neighbourhood, peterbos, one of so many where the drug is an increasingly important commodity being bought and sold out in the open. speaks french. this is the dealing point for cocaine? yes. for cocaine? this specific area? 0ui. so, this is cocaine corner? voila. what is this, a new thing? and its in the entrances and stairwells of the tower blocks where business is done. the menu of drugs for sale

Speaks french. this is the dealing point for cocaine. yes. for cocaine? this specific area? so, this is cocaine corner? voila. what is this, a new thing? and its in the entrances and stairwells of the tower blocks where business is done. the menu of drugs for sale scribbled on this wall, as well as the licence plates of suspected undercover police cars that have been seen in the area. thats the plate of our car.

Is an increasingly important commodity being bought and sold out in the open. n0 audio translation available this is the dealing point for cocaine? yes. for cocaine? this specific area? oui. so, this is cocaine corner? voila. is this a new thing? and its in the entrances and stairwells of the tower blocks where business is done. the menu of drugs for sale scribbled on this wall, as well as the licence plates of suspected undercover police cars that have been seen in the area.

So, this is cocaine corner? voila. is this a new thing? and its in the entrances and stairwells of the tower blocks where business is done. the menu of drugs for sale scribbled on this wall, as well as the licence plates of suspected undercover police cars that have been seen in the area. thats the plate of our car.

To be distributed across the city. this neighbourhood, peterbos, one of so many where the drug is an increasingly important commodity being bought and sold out in the open. this is the dealing point for cocaine. yes. for cocaine? this specific area? cocaine corner? and its in the entrances and stairwells of the tower blocks

Would be very funny to have someone who might have on their cv eton, 0xford, deptford. iwent, very funny. deptford, you must remember, was the poorest borough in london and when i eventuallyjoined, it had more murders than it could possibly put into the papers. it was a very tough area. anyway, i said to them, this is slightly embarrassing. they said, just leave the room for a few minutes? so i left and came back and they said, you know what? we are going to find job. i did, stayed there for two...

Exciting and educative process for me to see, you know, tower blocks with lifts, not working people on the 17th floor, what single parents with junkies on the fourth floor... felt like an education. it was a total eyeopener. one of the people who i had was tasked to get to know was a gangster called charlie richardson. was he led the richardson torture gang. you had the krays in north london and you had the richardsons in south london. and i remember going to lunch with charlie richardson and ma...

The council pipe is broken. so thats just pouring down. thats like a shower? yeah, like a shower. remember anthony and gloria, the homeowners with the new windows and the tower block? two years ago, the council failed to repair a leaking pipe on the floor above them. the leak gradually got worse, and it ended up like this. water pouring from the seventh floor, through the flats below. anthony and gloria lived like this for three weeks, and they say they finally left for a hotel when the fire ser...

Because the flats and the tower blocks, they are still run by the council. some on the estate have remained council tenants. hi, its richard from panorama. joseph, how are you? joes landlord may be the council, but his problems are just the same. this is your bed. blimey, thats not very good. is this next to where you sleep? yeah. he has rented this flat from lewisham council for 26 years. how long has that been there? more than 2, 3 years. have you told the council? i told them, sir. i told the...

Kandy. so who are all these people? this is my daughter, she is going to university. shes at university? yeah. myself, my wife. the flagship policy of a0 years ago still has a price today. the selvarajahs own their flat, but the council still owns the building. so when repairs are carried out, antony and gloria have to pay their share. so youve got these new windows. there they are. so when did they come in then? two weeks ago. two weeks ago — so these are brand—new. brand—new. antony and ...