95 m. 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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14 h. 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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17 h. 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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35 h. 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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37 h. 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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50 h. 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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56 h. 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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57 h. 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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62 h. 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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2 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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3 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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3 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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3 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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3 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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3 d. ago Met Police fear 'mass casualty event at Notting Hill Carnival

Met Police fear 'mass casualty event at Notting Hill Carnival  BBC

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3 d. ago Jean Charles de Menezes’s mother says ‘everyone should watch’ TV drama about his killing

Disney+ series revisits killing of Brazilian man wrongly identified as a terrorist by Met police officers in 2005The mother of a man shot dead by police in a London Underground station after being mistaken for a terrorist has said “everyone should watch” a new dramatisation of her son’s killing.Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times by two police marksmen in Stockwell tube station on 22 July 2005. De Menezes was wrongly identified as one of the fugitives involved in a failed bombing two weeks after the 7/7 attack in London, which killed 52 people. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder after woman stabbed to death in Enfield over Easter weekend

Officers from Met Police were called to an address at Ayley Croft, Enfield at around 7pm on Saturday

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4 d. ago Met Police investigate hate crime at Hackney Park after swastikas painted at children's playground

The ‘abhorrent graffiti’ is being investigated by the force

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4 d. ago Home Secretary says damage to statues during trans rights protest 'completely unacceptable'

Plans are underway to remove the graffiti ,but will require specialist equipment, the Met Police said on Sunday

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4 d. ago Noel Gallagher 'cuts ties' with Russell Brand after rape and sex assault charges

Comedian Russell was charged with sexual assault and rape by the Met Police earlier this month, and now it's reported Oasis singer Noel has distanced himself from him

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