2 h. ago Teenage ‘super scooter’ rider jailed for fatal shooting outside nightclub

Shaquille Graham, 30, was fatally shot outside a nightclub in south-east London last March.

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4 h. ago Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault as Met police issue statement

The Met has issued a charge and requisition to Russell Brand, 50, in connection with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual assault

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29 h. ago Appeal over potential Northern Ireland victims of serial rapist Zhenhao Zou

Zou studied in Belfast for two years.

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32 h. ago Met Police under fire over ‘discriminatory’ use of facial recognition cameras in London

Data shows the technology has been deployed mostly in boroughs with a higher-than-average Black population

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33 h. ago Family mourn girl, 17, with ‘heart of gold’ killed in horror bus and car crash near Heathrow

Star Tomkins died following the collision on Bedfont Road in Feltham, west London

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36 h. ago Vilified, arrested, held incommunicado: that's the price of protest in Britain today | George Monbiot

It seems to me that whatever the charges facing the activists at the Quaker meeting house raid, their fundamental crime is dissentThe faces are different, but it’s the same authoritarianism. Keir Starmer’s team might not look or sound like Donald Trump’s, but its policies on protest and dissent are chillingly similar. So is the reason: coordinated global lobbying by the rich and powerful, fronted by rightwing junktanks.Last week, six young women were having tea and biscuits in the Quaker meeting house in Westminster. Twenty police officers forced open the door and arrested them on conspiracy charges. Had the police discovered a plot to blow up parliament or to poison the water supply? No. It was an openly advertised, routine meeting of a protest group called Youth Demand, discussing climate breakdown and the assault on Gaza.George Monbiot is a Guardian columnistThe Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism, by George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison, was published in paperb...

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48 h. ago UK’s biggest police force to axe 1,700 officers and staff despite funding boost

The Metropolitan Police will cut services including the Royal Parks Police.

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53 h. ago Police release first picture of Kaliyah Coa, 11, who went missing in River Thames

Kaliyah had been playing during a school inset day, the Met Police said

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53 h. ago First picture of girl, 11, missing after falling into River Thames 'while paddling on day off school'

Met Police has launched a recovery mission along the Thames to locate Kaliyah Coa, with officers conducting a thorough search of the area

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54 h. ago Axing Met’s Royal Parks police unit ‘a very bad decision’, say critics

Axing Met’s Royal Parks police unit ‘a very bad decision’, say critics  London Evening Standard

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55 h. ago Axing Met’s Royal Parks police unit ‘a very bad decision’, say angry campaigners

Scotland Yard is having to slash 1,700 staff amid a £260 million budget shortfall

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55 h. ago Laurence Fox's complaint against TV star Narinder Kaur is dropped by police after he accused her of making 'criminal allegation' in row over 'upskirting' photo

Mrs Kaur was the subject of a six-month Met Police investigation after Fox claimed she had broken the Malicious Communications Act with a social media post about him.

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58 h. ago Youth Demand vows to press on with 'disruptive' protests as Met accused of 'traumatising women' during arrests

Youth Demand held a rally in central London on Tuesday night - days after more than 30 police officers made six arrests at Quaker meeting house

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60 h. ago Girl, 11, missing in River Thames named by police as Kaliyah Coa

Met Police has launched a recovery mission along the Thames to locate Kaliyah, with officers conducting a thorough search of the area

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60 h. ago Met Police to cut 1,700 officers and staff amid shock funding fears

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan confirms Royal Parks unit will be disbanded - despite fierce opposition from councils and victims

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60 h. ago Met Police to lose 1,700 officers and staff in £260m shortfall

Met Police to lose 1,700 officers and staff in £260m shortfall  BBC

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61 h. ago Zhenhao Zou: More than 20 women come forward with allegations against jailed serial rapist PhD student

Zhenhao Zou is believed to be one of the UK’s most prolific sex offenders

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66 h. ago Met Police to cut 1,700 police and staff amid shock funding fears

London mayor Sir Sadiq Khan confirms Royal Parks unit will be disbanded - despite fierce opposition from councils and victims

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69 h. ago Youth Demand say they will press on with 'disruptive' action in London after pro

It came days after members of the group were arrested at a Quaker meeting

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69 h. ago Heavy criticism of Met Police at rally after arrests of Youth Demand supporters

Around 100 people gathered outside the University of London’s Senate House Library in central London on Tuesday evening.

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