76 m. ago Mayor says device to assess bruising to darker skin shows police have changed

The devices, known as Project Archway, allow officers to better assess victims’ injuries, particularly on darker skin.

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8 h. ago Groundbreaking technology to help police tackle violence against women

The handheld device is the first of its kind to be developed

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17 h. ago Teenagers jailed over brutal ‘turf war’ killing in east London

Abdul Jalloh, 23, knifed in neck as he sat behind wheel of his car

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20 h. ago How crime levels in ‘lawless’ London rank compared to other world cities

Data compiled from global survey responses for the Numbeo Crime Index ranks 385 of the world’s biggest cities

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22 h. ago Met Police will not charge Kneecap over ‘kill your MP’ video

The Irish rap group performed at Glastonbury on Saturday in one of the most talked-about shows of the weekend

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24 h. ago Met Police won't charge Kneecap rapper over video showing him telling crowd to 'kill your local MP'

The Irish rap trio were filmed shouting 'the only good Tory is a dead Tory' while playing a gig in November 2023.

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25 h. ago Huge setback for Bankstown Hospital nurses who allegedly declared to 'kill Israelis' in viral video

The two nurses at the centre of a viral video where they allegedly made violent threats against Israelis have copped further sanctions.

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34 h. ago Metropolitan Police will not charge Kneecap over 'kill your local MP' comments at London gig

Counter-terrorism officers from Scotland Yard investigated the footage from a gig at Camden’s Electric Ballroom in November 2023

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45 h. ago Police officer told a woman he met on Tinder he would kidnap, rape and murder her in chilling echo to the Sarah Everard case, a court heard

Andrew Holmes was a serving officer with Hampshire Police when he made the 'menacing and disgusting' comment to a woman he had started speaking to on the dating app.

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45 h. ago MP writes to BBC calling for 'withdrawal of Glastonbury coverage' over controversial acts

Bob Vylan and Kneecap sparked fury with their politically charged sets in which they criticised Israel's military action in Gaza, prompting police to probe video footage from the festival

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61 h. ago Parents of teen who plunged to his death say he was 'trying to escape' and not suicidal

The Met Police is facing mounting criticism over its handling of the mysterious death of a teen, who plunged from a luxury riverside apartment across from MI6 HQ.

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64 h. ago Kneecap to play Glastonbury’s West Holts stage amid terror charge controversy

Keir Starmer has said it wouldn’t be ‘appropriate’ for festival to give the trio a platform

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3 d. ago Police question woman who wore ‘concentration camp prisoner’ outfit at protest

Images of the protester circulated on social media, showing the woman dressed in striped clothes with the symbol of Islam sewn on to her shirt.

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3 d. ago Enfield shooting: Teen shot dead in London street as gunman on loose

Detectives have launched an investigation into the death of an 18-year-old in Enfield, London, with emergency services rushing to the scene after reports of a shooting

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3 d. ago Predator who raped schoolgirl, 13, in an alleyway near Croydon shopping centre is jailed

Sorosh Amini, 21, fled his home after attack but was tracked to Liverpool five days later

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3 d. ago UK's most senior female police officer left sleepless amid pensioner stalker hell

Met Police Assistant Commissioner Pippa Mills told magistrates how Richard Jackson's harassment gave her "sleepless nights" and left her fearful to go to work at New Scotland Yard

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3 d. ago Sword attacker jailed for at least 40 years for ‘wicked’ murder of schoolboy

Marcus Monzo, 37, fatally slashed 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin with a samurai sword.

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3 d. ago Survivors describe ‘devastating’ impact of Hainault sword attack

Pc Yasmin Mechem-Whitfield was severely injured after being struck repeatedly with a sword by Marcus Monzo.

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3 d. ago Teenager forced to expose herself in Met Police strip search says she may ‘never feel normal again’

Two Metropolitan Police officers have been sacked for gross misconduct following a four-week tribunal examining the strip-search in a Hackney school in 2020

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4 d. ago Child Q: 'I don't know if I'm going to feel normal again' says woman as Met officers sacked over strip search

A disciplinary hearing found search by three officers at school in Hackney was ‘unnecessary, inappropriate and disproportionate’

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