64 h. ago Undercover police flood City of London shopping district in Christmas shoplifting crackdown

Retail crime - said to cost the capital of £16.7million a month - will spike during festive period

Events

3 d. ago BBC presenter in tears as she reveals brother is her son's biological father

Retail guru Mary Portas opened up about her unique family arrangement and the emotional reason behind asking her brother Lawrence to help

Politics

6 d. ago Police officer in spycops scandal deceived two women at same time, inquiry told

Mark Jenner began five-year relationship with Alison, a leftwing activist, while under cover spying on political campaignersAn undercover police officer deceived two women at the same time over many years in a sustained betrayal of both of them, the spycops public inquiry has heard.Mark Jenner had a relationship with a leftwing activist, known as Alison, for five years without disclosing to her that he was in reality an undercover officer who was spying on political campaigners. Continue reading...

Events

1 week ago Major UK city reveals secret plan to keep women and girls safe this winter

Extra police - including undercover officers - will be drafted in to help protect women and girls in Manchester as the city's nightlife gears up for the festive season

Politics

1 week ago Feminist coalition rejects inquiry guidance urging women to trust undercover officers

A coalition of feminist organisations has rejected undercover police plans following the Angiolini report, warning women cannot trust a system that employs officers with sex offence histories

Events

1 week ago US raid allegedly killed Syrian undercover agent instead of Islamic State group official

A U.S. operation in Syria last month mistakenly killed a man who had been working undercover against the Islamic State group, according to his family, a war monitor and officials

Events

2 w. ago US porn star jailed for ordering a hitman to murder dad of her own child

Katrina Lynn Danforth, who went by the performance name of Lynn Pleasant, had planned to have the father of her child assassinated by striking up a conversation with a 'hitman'. She just didn't realise it was an undercover police officer

Events

2 w. ago Two Met officers running spycops unit were ‘incredibly racist’, inquiry told

Undercover unit monitored Stephen Lawrence’s family, as well as thousands of mainly leftwing political activistsTwo senior officers who supervised an undercover Scotland Yard unit spying on political campaigns were “horribly and incredibly” racist, a whistleblower has told a public inquiry.Peter Francis, a former member of the unit, testified that one regularly used the “N-word”, while the other used a repertoire of explicit racist slurs. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Met apologises for 'wholly indefensible' use of undercover officers to spy on Doreen Lawrence and her family

Baroness Lawrence has accused police of trying to pit her and her ex-husband against each other and manipulate their relationship in the wake of their son's murder

Society

3 w. ago Police ‘tried to pit grieving parents of Stephen Lawrence against each other’

Baroness Lawrence told the public inquiry into undercover policing that officers tried to manipulate her relationship with her ex-husband Neville.

Society

3 w. ago Doreen Lawrence tells of disbelief at claim police looked to ‘smear’ family

Baroness Lawrence is giving evidence to the Undercover Policing Inquiry.

Society

4 w. ago Fraud suspects tried to cash a stolen check from the US treasury

The suspects unwittingly recruited an undercover federal officer into their scheme

Politics