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Polanski accuses Met police chief of interfering in elections as he reignites row over Golders Green arrest

Days after the Green Party leader issued an apology for sharing a post criticising police officers responding to the terror attack, he said he was still concerned – and that police should not be above scrutiny

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Row over Starmer’s call to ban some pro-Palestine protests

The prime minister called on marchers who hear chants of ‘globalise the Intifada’ to stop and ask themselves: ‘Why am I not calling this out?’

The Independent UK

Starmer defends actions of police after criticism over Golders Green arrest

Sir Keir was responding to criticism of officers shared on social media by Green Party leader Zack Polanski.

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Zack Polanski apologises after sharing criticism of police response to Golders Green terror attack

Keir Starmer called Mr Polanski’s actions disgraceful and said he was ‘not fit to lead any political party’ while the Met chief hit out at ‘inaccurate and misguided’ post

The Independent UK

Top prosecutor warns of ‘deeply troubling rise’ in antisemitic incidents in UK

DPP Stephen Parkinson said there is a strong public interest in taking ‘a zero-tolerance approach to these hate-infected crimes’.

Evening Standard

Zack Polanski apologises for sharing criticism of police response to Golders Green attack – as it happened

Green party leader shares statement after open letter from Met police chief Mark Rowley

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Met Police chief hits back at Polanski ‘inaccuracies’ over Golders Green post and insists he had to intervene

Green Party leader retweeted an X post accusing officers of ‘repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head’

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Rowley says Polanski’s Golders Green arrest post will have a ‘chilling effect’

Mr Polanski retweeted an X post accusing officers of ‘repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head’.

Evening Standard

British white supremacist found guilty of plotting gun attack after MI5 sting

Alfie Coleman, who was carrying his Tesco employee card, was confronted by armed counter-terrorism police

The Independent UK

Young neo-Nazi guilty of planning mass gun attack after MI5 sting

Alfie Coleman, 21, from Great Notley in Essex, was convicted of preparing for terrorist acts.

Evening Standard

Suspected terrorist in Golders Green stabbing was referred to Prevent - here’s everything we know

Man, 45, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after attacks on Wednesday

The Independent UK

London stabbing: Golders Green attack declared terror incident; UK announces £25m boost for Jewish community

London’s Metropolitan Police have arrested a 45-year-old man in connection with a stabbing attack that injured two Jewish men in the north London suburb of Golders Green, in what authorities have now classified as a ‘terrorist incident’.

The Times of India

Moment police tasered and arrested terror suspect after two Jewish men stabbed

Body-worn footage shows the terror suspect advancing towards police holding a knife.

Evening Standard

Watch: Police Taser suspect in Golders Green stabbings as officer screams: 'Drop the f*****g knife'

Footage shows one officer screaming ‘drop the knife, drop the f****ng knife’

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Dramatic bodycam shows moment police taser Golders Green terror attack suspect

Dramatic bodycam footage shows the moment two Metropolitan Police officers tackled a man suspected of carrying out a terrorist attack in north London where two men were stabbed on Wednesday (29 April).

The Independent UK

Sister guilty of killing film director sibling over diamond-encrusted Rolex watch

Jennifer Abbott’s body lay undiscovered for three days

The Independent UK

Police federation consider legal action against Met over use of Palantir AI tool to monitor officers

The Met said it had launched a probe into hundreds of officers flagged by the AI tool

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Hundreds of children subjected to ‘intrusive and traumatic’ strip searches

A report by the Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza estimates 377 strip searches took place in 2024

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Bonnie Blue to appear in court for outraging public decency charge

Adult content creator Bonnie Blue, whose real name is Tia Billinger, is to appear in court charged with outraging public decency in London. The 26-year-old was charged after allegedly making a lewd gesture outside the Indonesian embassy in December. A force spokesperson said: “The charge relates to an incident in…

The Independent UK

Pair lose High Court challenge against Metropolitan Police over use of live facial recognition technology

Youth worker Shaun Thompson and Silkie Carlo of campaign group Big Brother Watch, voiced concerns that LFR could be used arbitrarily or in a discriminatory manner across London

Evening Standard

Attacks on Jewish sites ‘raise prospect of foreign state working to sow discord’

Metropolitan Police Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes said the ‘troubling’ series of incidents is designed to intimidate.

The Times of India

Mayfair horror as 29 year old woman driver crashes into influencer and pedestrians on Argyll Street, leaving woman critical

A car crash in Mayfair, London, left one woman in critical condition and a man with serious injuries after a driver hit pedestrians at 4.30am. The Metropolitan Police arrested a 29-year-old woman on multiple charges, including attempted murder and drink driving. The incident is not terror-related, and police are asking…

Evening Standard

Kensington Gardens cordoned off: everything we know so far

Police are investigating a ‘number of discarded items’ and potential links to a video saying an attack on the Israeli embassy was planned

The Times of India

London crash tragedy: Two Met Police officers charged in death of pregnant woman, unborn child

Two Metropolitan Police officers have been charged following a devastating crash that killed a heavily pregnant 38-year-old woman and her unborn child in south-east London.

Evening Standard

Two sought over attempted arson attack at north London synagogue

The Metropolitan Police said they are treating the incident at Finchley Reform Synagogue as an attempted hate crime.

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