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Stop releasing phone thieves who reoffend, Met police chief urges courts

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley also called on phone manufacturers to make it harder for criminals to reset and re-sell stolen phones

The Independent UK

Hundreds arrested in Met Police’s largest-ever blitz on Fagin gangs behind phone snatch scourge

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley calls on courts to stop releasing repeat offenders allowing them to go out and commit more crimes

Evening Standard

Boy suspected of double stabbing at Brent school arrested after appearing ‘distressed’ at mosque

Police say attack on two boys at Kingsbury High School not currently being treated as a terrorist incident

The Independent UK

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Met Police sift of Peter Mandelson documents to take many more weeks, force admits

Former business secretary Mandelson, 72, is accused of sending market-sensitive information to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein

Evening Standard

Moment teenage gunman disguised as Just Eat driver flees murder scene as two found guilty of murder

Neo Duodu-Watson, 18, fatally shot 16-year-old Lathaniel Burrell outside a block of flats in Stockwell on March 4 last year

Evening Standard

Samurai sword and guns seized as 23 people arrested in Met operation to target organised crime

Large amounts of drugs and cash found as police swoop on 15 addresses in Merton

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Mandelson gone: Disgraced peer falls on his sword and quits Lords over Epstein scandal

The Met Police has launched a criminal investigation into the disgraced peer

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Met Police urged to reopen Andrew investigation after latest release of Epstein files

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s ties with Jeffrey Epstein featured in the latest batch of files disclosed by US officials on Friday

The Independent UK

Police with violence, harassment and assault convictions still serving in UK forces despite pledge to crack down on rogue officers

Exclusive: Former victims’ commissioner says it’s shocking police chiefs ‘think it’s OK to send an abuser out’ to respond to victims of crime. Alex Ross reports

The Independent UK

Met Police face £5million bill on new loos and changing areas for its 12 transgender staff

Britain's biggest force assesses cost of new facilities following Supreme Court ruling on definition of 'woman'

Evening Standard

Met Police brace as UKIP protest and pro-Palestine demo to descend on central London

Each protesting group has been given a set of conditions they must follow to avoid clashes

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Moment woman, 84, with dementia is mugged yards from her home in east London

CCTV footage shows Katherine Stockdale, 84, being targeted yards from her home in Poplar on Saturday

Evening Standard

Haul of stolen tools worth £2m uncovered by Met Police which 'would have caused delay to Thames Crossing'

Police chiefs believe it to be the largest stash of stolen tools ever discovered in the UK

Evening Standard

Man, 57, to appear in court charged with murder of woman, 58, in Ilford

Police were called to an address in Applegarth Drive, Ilford, at around 4am on Tuesday

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Victory for Met Police as judges rule vetting can include unproved allegations

Police force will be able to consider even unproved allegations when vetting potential officers in the recruitment process

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Cyclist, 23, dies after collision with car on busy east London road

Cyclist dies in hospital five days after the collision in Tower Hamlets

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Police appeal for hero who protected women from 'intoxicated' man on London high street to step forward

The witness placed himself between three women and an ‘intoxicated’ man to ensure they were safe, Met Police say

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Man who stabbed woman to death in frenzied attack at London bus stop is given hospital order

Jala Debella, 25, of Colindale, Barnet, has been handed an indefinite hospital order and could be re-tried if doctors deem him fit enough to stand trial

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Evening Standard

Met Police officer sacked over sexually inappropriate behaviour

PC Calum O'Loughnane has been immediately dismissed and placed on the barred list for the College of Policing

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Police appeal to reunite suspected stolen tools with owners after Hounslow car boot raid

The photos have been released in an effort to reunite the tools, collectively worth £80,000, with their owners

Evening Standard

'We'll win boroughs in London,' says Nigel Farage as Reform targets string of councils in May local elections

Bexley, Bromley, Havering and Hillingdon are believed to be on his party’s radar for the looming town hall polls

Evening Standard

Police launch CCTV appeal after woman raped inside property in south London

Police launched an investigation after a woman was reportedly raped at an address in Tulse Hill on April 25, 2025

Evening Standard

Is Sadiq Khan 'gaslighting' Londoners? The capital's great crime paradox explained

Homicide rate falls to historic low but mayor admits that robbery, theft and shoplifting are ‘too high’ – and influence how safe Londoners feel

Evening Standard

Moment track athlete has her phone stolen in London - before she 'kicks into gear' and chases down thief

The thief unwittingly targeted a track athlete who specialises in sprinting and long-distance running

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More than 100 wanted criminals arrested by Met police in live facial recognition cameras pilot

Live facial recognition cameras have been fixed to lamp posts in Croydon, and their feeds monitored remotely, for the first time in London

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