2 h. ago London murder rate falls to lowest in over a decade as Met Police chief hits out at 'disinformation'

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said facts ‘speak for themselves’ with homicides dropping 36 per cent in just six years

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10 h. ago London murder rate falls to lowest per capita since records began, as Met Police chief insists city is ‘safer’

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said facts ‘speak for themselves’ with homicides dropping 36 per cent in just six years

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10 h. ago Mark Rowley: London is ‘extraordinarily safe’ as murder rate hits historic low

Mark Rowley: London is ‘extraordinarily safe’ as murder rate hits historic low  Financial Times

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10 h. ago Police chief says London is ‘extraordinarily safe’ as murder rate hits historic low

Metropolitan Police chief rejects claims the capital has descended into lawlessness

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10 h. ago Police chief calls London ‘extraordinarily safe’ as murder rate hits historic low

Metropolitan Police chief rejects claims the capital has descended into lawlessness

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11 h. ago Two sex offenders and 300 staff with a record are STILL on the Met Police payroll

It comes despite Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley's pledge to crack down on 'bad apples' - which has seen 1,500 rogue officers kicked out over the past three years.

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68 h. ago Reform UK's London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham attacks the Met: 'I don't see police on the street'

Scotland Yard defends its actions to tackle crime in the West End - saying extra officers are targeting crimes which Londoners ‘care about the most’

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4 d. ago Two serial rapists among police officers not properly vetted

A report found 131 Metropolitan Police officers and staff who were not fully checked went on to commit crime or misconduct.

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2 w. ago Freemasons seek injunction against Met policy requiring officers to declare membership

Exclusive: Organisation accuses Sir Mark Rowley of religious discrimination and ‘whipping up conspiracy theories’Freemasons have demanded an emergency injunction from the high court to halt the Metropolitan police’s new policy that orders officers to tell their bosses if they are members of the organisation.The Freemasons filed papers in London on Christmas Eve and claim the Met’s policy amounts to “religious discrimination” against Freemasons who are also police officers. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago What type of neighbourhood do YOU live in? Search tool reveals if it's a nappy valley or an elderly enclave...

The Daily Mail's extraordinarily detailed interactive map reveals how, in one zone of Hackney, London, babies make up 3% of the population.

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3 w. ago Lovehoney toy with '100%' hit rate can be under the tree in time for Christmas

"I thought the thing was just marketing fluff. Spoiler alert: it’s not.'

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3 w. ago Two arrested after shouting slogans involving calls for ‘intifada’ – Met Police

The arrests mark a change in approach from both the Metropolitan Police and Greater Manchester Police.

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3 w. ago UK’s chief rabbi welcomes police ‘globalise the intifada’ chant arrest decision

The heads of Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan Police said their officers will ‘act decisively and make arrests’.

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3 w. ago Arrests to be made for chanting ‘globalise the intifada’, police chiefs say

Their statement comes following the Bondi Beach terror attack on Sunday.

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3 w. ago Freemasons call in lawyers to stop the Met Police from forcing officers to declare their membership

A letter has called on the Met, led by Sir Mark Rowley, to suspend its decision to make officers publicly declare membership or face a judicial review.

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3 w. ago Freemasons set to take legal action over Met Police membership declaration plan

A letter before action calls on the Met to suspend the decision to force officers to publicly declare membership, or face a judicial review.

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3 w. ago Young people bearing the brunt as jobless rate hits 5.1% ahead of Budget

The Office for National Statistics said there had been an 85,000 increase in those unemployed aged between 18 to 24 in the three months to October.

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4 w. ago Fury after Met Police chief says shops need to ‘step up’ to help tackle shoplifting

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said some stores needed to do more to help police tackle the issue

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4 w. ago 'Flabbergasted' retail chiefs are furious after Met police boss Mark Rowley called on THEM to 'step up and do better' in the fight against shoplifting

Andrew Goodacre, CEO of the British Independent Retailers Association, said today that he 'could not believe it' when he heard Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley was calling on stores to do more.

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4 w. ago Met chief calls on retailers to do more as staff accused of helping shoplifters

Sir Mark Rowley said there was evidence of store employees tipping off thieves about when it was safe to strike

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