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Brixton Academy: Why have Met Police called for closure of the historic venue?

Lambeth councillors in January temporarily suspended the venue’s licence for three months while inquiries into its safety took place

Evening Standard

Met Police receive 10 times more complaints over officer's behaviour online

A Freedom of Information request has revealed that over 500 complaints have been made about Met staff behaviour on Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter

Daily Mirror

A petition to save Brixton Academy has amassed 12 thousand signatures in two days

The petition follows the Met Police's call for Brixton Academy's permanent closure following the crowd crush that resulted in two deaths in December

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Met Police officer pleads guilty to possessing indecent images of children

A Met Police officer has pleaded guilty to three counts of possessing indecent images of children.

Evening Standard

Met chief Mark Rowley grilled by MPs over force becoming ‘national disgrace’

The Met Police Commissioner insists he is ‘doubling down on standards’

Evening Standard

Police watchdog investigating use of force during arrest of Black man in Shoreditch

The police watchdog is investigating the force used by Met Police officers during the arrest of a Black man in Shoreditch.

Evening Standard

Nightclub pair kidnapped women and one went for McDonald's after raping his victim

When Badr Alhadidi and Dhari Alshammari were confronted with CCTV of the women being dragged on the pavement and forced into a property - they laughed and claimed the women were sober and consenting

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Police locate ‘violent’ killer who fled while on escorted leave from secure hospital

Met Police officers have located a “violent” killer who had absconded while on escorted leave from a secure hospital in west London.

Evening Standard

Met Police break silence on Arsenal vs Chelsea fixture change after major fan backlash

The Metropolitan Police have released a statement following fan backlash after a major change to the Premier League calendar was made involving Arsenal and Chelsea

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Outrage as violent gang member who robbed women at knifepoint avoids deportation

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has lost a fight to deport Erlandos Vyte, 27, who was jailed for 12-and-a-half years in 2020 but could be freed in less than three years

Daily Mirror

Met Police slammed for ‘shocking’ response times to ‘less urgent’ 999 calls

The Met said it was working hard to prioritise the most urgent calls it receives

Evening Standard

Black girls are 'three times more likely to endure invasive Met Police strip searches'

Almost half of all girls subjected to strip searches by the Metropolitan Police between 2017 and 2022 were Black, according to a study of data analysed by Liberty Investigates

Daily Mirror

18 notorious criminals jailed in the UK in March

Some of the biggest court cases to conclude in the UK last month

Manchester Evening News

Met Police bans social media on smartphones of serving officers

The Met Police, which has more than 30,000 officers, has blocked mobile-phone access to TikTok and most other social-media apps

Evening Standard

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Police appeal to find prisoner convicted of assault and burglary after he was released ‘by mistake’

Rayon Newby, 20, was released from HMP Thameside on Friday 17 March before completing his sentence for assault, harassment and burglary

The Independent UK

Chris Kaba: Met officer who shot unarmed Black man dead after pursuit could face criminal charges

The family of Mr Kaba - whose death sparked protests - have welcomed the move and “hope CPS advise in favour of a prosecution”

Evening Standard

Police ‘cannot be trusted’ with power to strip-search children, London politician says

London mayor Sadiq Khan said there remained ‘very exceptional circumstances’ where the strip-searching of children should occur

The Independent UK

Woman ‘repeatedly raped and burned with cigarettes by ex’ waiting for justice two years on

As court backlog for rape and sexual offences hits record high, one woman shared her frustration at bringing her attacker to trial

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Daily Mirror

Police carried out 2,800 strip searches on children as young as eight in last four years

A harrowing report by Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, found black children are six times more likely to be strip searched. The youngest child strip searched between 2018 and mid-2022 was just eight

Evening Standard

Details of serial rapist David Carrick wiped from Met Police website

Details of horrific behaviour by Met Police officers including serial rapist David Carrick have been wiped from the force’s website, it has emerged.

Daily Mirror

Amir Khan feared his kids would 'grow up without a dad' while being robbed at gunpoint

Amir Khan, his wife Faryal Makhdoom and their children now spend more time in Dubai than the UK as they claim Britain is no longer the safe place they thought it was following the terrifying attack

Evening Standard

Police take down county lines drugs operation as three men jailed

Three men have been jailed for running a drug network from Westminster following a Met Police operation.

Evening Standard

Four women wanted after Thornton Heath bus attack

The assault took place last August on the route 250 bus from Streatham to Croydon

Evening Standard

Met Police officer convicted of sexually assaulting child

Farhan Ghadiali carried out the ‘appalling’ sexual assault while he was off-duty

Evening Standard

Two convicted after boxer Amir Khan robbed at gunpoint as he left east London restaurant

Mr Khan was robbed of his watch - thought to be worth around £70k - as he left a restaurant with his wife

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