2 h. ago Critical Mass London: Hundreds of protesting cyclists ride through Silvertown Tunnel in ‘mass trespass’

Campaigners say first new road crossing under Thames in 58 years will reduce safety and bring additional noise and pollution

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62 h. ago Public urged to 'stay alert' as Met Police prepares for busy weekend of major events

Officers will be deployed both in central London and across the city in communities and at key venues

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69 h. ago Marathon legend warns 'we will have to get used to deaths' days before London race

The 2025 London Marathon is just around the corner, and long-distance running icon Martin Fiz is keen to hammer home the seriousness, and danger, of the endeavour

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3 d. ago Sarah Cunningham: TfL safety warning after intoxicated passenger death

Sarah Cunningham: TfL safety warning after intoxicated passenger death  BBC

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3 d. ago Met Police Federation chair sacked by union after ‘race row’ TV interview

Rick Prior said his members were increasingly nervous about challenging people from some ethnic minorities

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3 d. ago London crime hotspots revealed as capital faces ‘tidal wave’ of offending with 1,700 Met police officers and staff axed

Around 957,481 crimes were recorded across the capital in the year to December 2024

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3 d. ago Revealed: Third of country’s knife crime is happening in London with an offence every 30 minutes

Met Police recorded 16,789 offences involving a knife in 2024 – averaging around 46 a day, ONS figures show

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4 d. ago Man, 29, charged with murder of neighbour stabbed to death in north London

Family of Pamela Munro, 45, ‘devastated’ as Abdirazak Omar appears at Willesden Magistrates’ Court

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4 d. ago I had my phone snatched in central London and chased down the thief... I ended up in hospital and he spent £700 on my phone

A shocking 66,528 phones were stolen in the capital in the year leading up to September 2024, according to Met Police statistics.

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4 d. ago Sarah Ferguson is joined by Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie as royals spend time with teenage cancer patients during emotional visit to London hospital

Their trip to the Teenage Cancer Trust unit at London's University College Hospital comes months after Fergie was given a clean bill of health after receiving back-to-back cancer diagnoses.

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4 d. ago Swastikas painted in children's play area at popular north London park

The Met are investigating a hate crime incident after Nazi-era symbols were daubed on rocks in Stoke Newington’s Clissold Park

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4 d. ago Outrage as swastikas painted in children's play area at popular north London park

The Met are investigating a hate crime incident after Nazi-era symbols were daubed on rocks in Stoke Newington’s Clissold Park

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5 d. ago Trans rights rally placards should be investigated by Met, policing minister says

Placards carried at a trans rights protest in London over the weekend should be investigated by the Metropolitan Police, the policing minister has said.

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5 d. ago Pensioner ‘assaulted’ by three teenage girls on London trains in series of attacks

Officers believe same group of teenage girls were involved in both incidents on public transport

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5 d. ago 'Glaring gap in law closed': Met Police hail new rules as officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked

Police chiefs will be able to sack officers deemed unfit to serve from next month under rules announced by Home Office

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5 d. ago Beckenham Place Park lake to reopen less than three weeks after 'heartbreaking' death of teenage boy

Izaiah Smith, 15, died on April 4 after swimming in the water in the London park

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5 d. ago Serving Met Police cop 'sent teen cadet sexualised WhatsApp messages'

Met police cadet leader Grant Fulker, 31, allegedly assaulted the youngster at the Hilton DoubleTree Hotel at Heathrow Airport, after buying four bottles of wine before trip to US

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6 d. ago Anger as Met moves local police in Rotherhithe to site 45 minute walk away

Local politicians claim senior officers were offered the opportunity to open a temporary hub nearby but snubbed the idea

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6 d. ago Safety review of Notting Hill Carnival demanded after police fear crowd crush will cause 'mass casualty event'

Mayor Sadiq Khan urged to issue guidance for minimum number of stewards

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6 d. ago Met Police urged to 'act' over 'unacceptable' placards at trans rights protest in London

Scotland Yard has already launched an investigation after seven statues were daubed with graffiti before thousands of trans rights protesters marched through central London

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