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UK Met Police chief calls for law change after arrest of Graham Linehan over anti-trans posts

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has responded to the controversial arrest of Graham Linehan earlier this week, saying that police "should not be policing toxic culture war debates." Linehan's arrrest over anti-trans posts has sparked heated debate in the UK over freedom of speech.

Euronews

Met chief backs officers over Graham Linehan arrest row, but says they shouldn’t ‘police toxic culture wars’

Both Keir Starmer and Wes Streeting have re-emphasised that police should prioritise street crime following backlash over comedy writer’s arrest

The Independent UK

Teenage murders at 13-year low in London as Met Police chief insists capital’s streets are ‘safer’

Sir Mark Rowley and London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan announce there were no killings of under-25s in July and August

Evening Standard

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Boy, 14, rushed to London hospital with 'life-changing injuries' after being stabbed in stomach

Metropolitan Police officers were called to reports of a group of boys carrying weapons in Bermondsey

Evening Standard

Volunteer Met officer used position to ‘intimidate’ child he met online

James Bubb, who now identifies as a woman named Gwyn Samuels, was a volunteer special constable with the Metropolitan Police.

Evening Standard

Trans Met Police special constable who raped and sexually assaulted child may have more victims

The offences took place between January 1 2018 and April 2, 2024, Amersham Crown Court heard

Evening Standard

London PhD student ‘drugged and raped two women within hours of each other’

Metropolitan Police detectives believe Zhenhao Zou, 28, may have attacked dozens more victims

Evening Standard

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Ice cream seller suffered ‘catastrophic’ injuries in north London knife attack, court told

Shazad Khan, 41, was allegedly set upon by Zaher Zaarour while selling ice cream in Wembley

Evening Standard

Ice cream vendor suffered ‘catastrophic’ injuries in attack, court told

Shazad Khan was plying his trade in Monks Park, Wembley, when he was attacked from behind and repeatedly stabbed.

The Independent UK

Five Met Police detectives arrested over ‘plot to bury Christmas party sex assault’

Suspects’ homes and the stations where they worked were raided last week Tuesday, watchdog confirms

Evening Standard

UK's Mass Facial-recognition Roll-out Alarms Rights Groups

Outside supermarkets or in festival crowds, millions are now having their features scanned by real-time facial-recognition systems in the UK -- the only European country to deploy the technology on a large scale.

International Business Times

Rapist nurse allowed to work with vulnerable hospital patients for a year – despite police warning he was a suspect

SPECIAL REPORT: Exclusive: Two hospital trusts have now launched their own investigations into John Chukwunonso Iwuh after The Independent told them of his conviction

The Independent UK

Met Police’s live facial recognition policy is ‘unlawful’, watchdog warns

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue

The Independent UK

Met Police facial recognition 'unlawful', says watchdog ahead of Notting Hill Carnival

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue.

Evening Standard

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Moment prolific shoplifter arrested in Met Police blitz on London’s 20 most blighted town centres

Among nearly 1,400 suspects held, Steven Barrs targeted same Notting Hill branch of Co-op 15 times

The Guardian - US

Federal prosecutors launch inquiry into Washington DC police over allegedly fudged crime statistics

Move comes after Donald Trump posted on social media about US capital’s ‘fake crime numbers’

Evening Standard

Notting Hill face-recognition technology will be used without bias – Met boss

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said the technology will help locate dangerous individuals attending the street carnival.

Evening Standard

Charge dropped against aristocrat Constance Marten’s partner after baby manslaughter conviction

In July, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were found guilty of killing baby Victoria after they went off grid to avoid her being taken into care.

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Evening Standard

Anger at 155 London police officers suspended from duty costing £7million a year

John O’Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, called for urgent reform of ‘broken system’

Evening Standard

Broadcaster Selina Scott says she blames Sadiq Khan for her mugging

The 74-year-old received an apology from the head of the Metropolitan Police and says she blames the mayor of London.

The Guardian - US

Washington DC and White House agree to scale back Trump ‘takeover’ of city police

US capital city’s law enforcement will remain under control of its chief, Pamela Smith

Evening Standard

Gang bundled pregnant woman into van and threatened to cut her fingers off

Audi Johnson, Ahmad Ghiasi and Nicholas Mitchell were found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap after a trial at Kingston Crown Court, police said.

The Independent UK

Gang kidnapped pregnant woman and threatened to cut her fingers off

Three men were found guilty of conspiracy to kidnap after a trial at Kingston Crown Court, police said.

The Independent UK

Voices: I watched the police arrest hundreds of peaceful protesters – I fear Britain is on a slippery slope towards authoritarianism

COMMENT: What human rights campaigner Bianca Jagger saw at the Palestine Action demonstration in Parliament Square was not public order policing – it was the suppression of lawful dissent, and the deliberate targeting of vulnerable people to send a chilling message: no cause is now safe from criminalisation

Evening Standard

Woman arrested on suspicion of assaulting emergency worker and security guard in Canary Wharf

Police said they were working to investigate the ‘complex’ set of events

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