85 m. ago Met Police officer sexually assaulted boy, 17, in hotel while watching Love Island

Former Police Constable Grant Fulker, 32, was convicted by a jury at Southwark Crown Court on Friday, January 9, of sexual assault and attempted sexual assault

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10 h. ago Woman feeding pigeons arrested and handcuffed by police as onlookers slam ‘ridiculous’ response

Video shows woman in her 40s being detained by at least six Met Police officers and council enforcement workers in Harrow, London

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13 h. ago Scotland faces fresh amber warning for snow after week of wintry weather

The warning will come into place from approximately 3am on Sunday.

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27 h. ago Britain's biggest police forces hired tens of thousands of officers without doing full employment checks

Some of the UK's largest forces secretly abandoned pre-employment checks on new recruits for six years after the last Government announced a £3 billion programme to recruit 20,000 officers nationwide.

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31 h. ago Former Met Police officer found guilty of sexual assaulting teenage boy in Heathrow hotel room

Former PC Grant Fulker was convicted of the offences at Southwark Crown Court

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37 h. ago Reform UK's Laila Cunningham accuses Met of failing to properly police Oxford Street

Reform UK's Laila Cunningham accuses Met of failing to properly police Oxford Street  London Evening Standard

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38 h. ago Reform UK's London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham attacks the Met: 'I don't see police on the street'

Scotland Yard defends its actions to tackle crime in the West End - saying extra officers are targeting crimes which Londoners ‘care about the most’

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39 h. ago UAE cuts funds for students keen to study in UK ‘over fears campuses radicalised by Islamist groups’

Abu Dhabi’s decision comes amid tensions over the UK’s decision not to proscribe Muslim Brotherhood

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51 h. ago Many schools closed for fifth day as wintry weather continues

The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of snow and ice covering much of Scotland until midday on Friday.

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52 h. ago The aftermath of the fatal shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent in photos

Protesters confronted federal officers in Minneapolis on Thursday, a day after 37-year-old Renee Good was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. The shooting intensified tensions amid the Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of officers to Minnesota for an immigration crackdown.

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54 h. ago Met Police officer created fake Instagram accounts to send unwanted sexual messages to women

PC Joss Astley sent unwanted messages to 11 women using fake accounts between 2014 and 2020, a misconduct panel found

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55 h. ago Dozens of schools to close for fifth day as new yellow weather warning issued

It comes after several days of “intense” snowfall, ice and sub-zero temperatures.

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59 h. ago US man jailed for ‘sustained’ bomb hoax campaign targeting London hospitals, bars and shops

David Hart, 22, also twice attempted to dial Westminster Abbey and a cancer support centre

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62 h. ago Moment Met PC on trial for GBH Tasers man ‘who fell 6ft’ and was left paralysed

Jurors hear Leonard Sandiford was running away from constable Liam Newman when stunned in east London

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65 h. ago Met hired child rapist in bid to boost diversity as force admits it failed to properly vet thousands of officers

Pc Cliff Mitchell (pictured) was recruited in 2020 despite having previously been accused of raping a child at the time of his application.

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65 h. ago Suspected burglar falls from wall after being tasered by Met Police officer

Body cam footage shows the moment a suspected burglar fell from a wall after he was tasered by a Metropolitan Police officer.

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67 h. ago Met police hired black child rapist to boost diversity, report reveals

Damning review reveals thousands of police officers and staff were not properly checked amid recruitment drive

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69 h. ago Met Police 'failed to keep London safe' by not properly vetting up to 22,000 recruits including serial rapists

Damning review reveals thousands of police officers and staff were not properly checked amid recruitment drive

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3 d. ago UK's Met police failed to properly vet thousands of officers

UK's Met police failed to properly vet thousands of officers  Reuters

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3 d. ago Met Police's 'dereliction of duty to keep London safe' in scandal over checks on 22,000 recruits including serial rapists

More than 130 officers and staff at Scotland Yard committed crimes or misconduct after they were not properly vetted, a damning review has found

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