68 h. ago Met Police to review 9,000 cases of child sexual exploitation

The force said many of the cases did not fit the common understanding of grooming gang offending.

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3 d. ago Tories pledge to stop 35,000 crimes by deploying more police to violent 'hot spots'

The Conservatives have promised to stop 35,000 crimes by deploying more police to violent "hot spots" if they return to power.

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4 d. ago Met Police launches massive new grooming gangs inquiry with 9,000 cases probed again after criticism of Sadiq Khan and UK's biggest force

The Mayor of London has repeatedly denied that his city was blighted by the kinds of child abuse seen in towns such as Rochdale and Rotherham.

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4 d. ago Met Police set to reopen 9,000 cases in major London grooming gangs probe

Suspected grooming gangs cases exposed by Standard investigation to be reexamined as part of huge Met Police review

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4 d. ago Met Police reviews 9,000 cases in grooming gangs probe after Sadiq Khan denials

Met Police reviews 9,000 cases in grooming gangs probe after Sadiq Khan denials  Daily Express

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4 d. ago Influencer HSTikkyTokky pleads guilty to driving offences almost a year after police launched manhunt to find him

The 24-year-old, whose real name is Harrison Sullivan, was wanted by Surrey Police after crashing a £230,000 McLaren supercar in Virginia Water in March 2024.

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5 d. ago Alba probed by police over ‘irregularities’ in finances of late Alex Salmond’s party

COPS are probing the finances of the party set up by Alex Salmond amid claims surrounding the fate of more than £50,000, it emerged today. Detectives are investigating alleged financial “irregularities” within Alba after bitter infighting ended in a report to Police Scotland. Insiders said the claims concern around £50,000 of party funds, including whether...

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5 d. ago Glam influencer, 23, 'on the run' after being accused of 'running major drug gang'

Melissa Said, 23, regularly posed in barely-there bikinis for her 341,000 social media followers. Now, she is being hunted by Brazilian police investigating a drug trafficking gang

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7 d. ago Moment wife laughs during arrest for 'plot to kill husband' with ex

Michelle Mills, 46, has been found guilty of planning to kill her husband Christopher weeks after his £124,000 Help for Heroes life insurance policy came into effect

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9 d. ago Police uncover 40,000 SIM cards linked to €5 million cyber scam across Europe

Watch the moment Latvian State Police uncover 40,000 SIM cards linked to a five million euro cyber scam across Europe during their "SIMcartel" operation.

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9 d. ago Moment Britain's Got Talent hopeful, 17, is arrested by police and fined £1,000 for busking

Charlie Wilson, 17, was cuffed by a police officer and threatened with a £1,000 fine while he was busking in the town centre of Bury, Greater Manchester.

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1 week ago ‘Industrial scale crime’: British police bust gang sending stolen iPhones abroad; 80,000 phone thefts in

‘Industrial scale crime’: British police bust gang sending stolen iPhones abroad; 80,000 phone thefts in  The Times of India

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2 w. ago Police offer £20,000 reward to catch killers of young father shot dead in east London

Hanif Redwood, 32, was shot dead outside the Factory 15 Bar in Barking one year ago today - as police appeal for information

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2 w. ago Moment police arrest prolific B&Q shoplifter who stole taps worth £16,000 across London stores

Daniel Cleveland, 33, sentenced to three years in jail but his accomplice remains at large

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2 w. ago London protests LIVE: Police arrest Youth Demand activists as 500,000 take part in huge Gaza march

Police remove counter-protesters holding placards reading ‘we stand with Britain's Jews’ from the crowd

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2 w. ago Didn’t see that coming: Fortune tellers accused of stealing almost $600,000 from victim by claiming they’d ‘remove curse,’ police say

Fortune tellers claimed they would lift curse from client in exchange for money, luxury goods and concert tickets

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2 w. ago Madagascar's Gen Z protesters clash with police as they call for president to step down

About 1,000 protesters have clashed with police in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo

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3 w. ago The Latest: Trump administration threatens no back pay for federal workers in shutdown

President Donald Trump’s administration is warning Tuesday of no guaranteed back pay for federal workers during a government shutdown, reversing what has been longstanding policy for some 750,000 furloughed employees, according to a memo being circulated by the White House

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3 w. ago Gold prices hit new high at $4,000 as investors turn to ‘safe haven’ amid fears of Trump policies and global conflicts

Gold has long been viewed as a stable investment in times of global and financial turmoil

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3 w. ago Tories promise negative net migration and 10,000 more police if elected

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said that the days of mass, low-skill migration have to end.

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