13 h. ago London’s murder rate at record low as mayor says it disproves Trump's 'dystopian' claims

London’s murder rate at record low as mayor says it disproves Trump's 'dystopian' claims  Yahoo News Australia

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13 h. ago London's murder rate falls to record low, Mayor Sadiq Khan says

London's murder rate falls to record low, Mayor Sadiq Khan says  Euronews.com

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13 h. ago Why London’s lowest murder rate in more than a decade is drawing attention

Data for 2025 will be good news for the Met and the mayor Sadiq Khan as they bat away claims of a lawless city• Capital’s murder rate drops to lowest in more than a decadeThe number of murders in London in 2025 is drawing attention for being the lowest in more than a decade. Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan police commissioner, and Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, say figures show their policies and plans are working, which are best summed up as tough on crime, tough on the complex causes of crime.Has the Met turned a corner and can Khan shake off claims he presides over a city where crime is out of control? Continue reading...

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14 h. ago London’s homicide rate is at a record low as mayor says it disproves Trump's 'dystopian' claims

London's murder rate fell in 2025 to its lowest level in decades, officials said Monday

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20 h. ago Sadiq Khan slams Trump and Farage as UK city's murder rate hits 11

Homicide in London has fallen to its lowest level in more than a decade and the lowest murder rate in recorded history once population is taken into account, the Met said

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23 h. ago London murder rate falls to lowest in over a decade as Met Police chief hits out at 'disinformation'

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said facts ‘speak for themselves’ with homicides dropping 36 per cent in just six years

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24 h. ago Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan

Reform’s new candidate for mayor claims people pity Londoners for living in an unsafe capital. But the evidence is clear: we’re making our streets saferLast year, something extraordinary happened in London. As the conversation about crime got even louder, London quietly reached the lowest per capita homicide rate in its recorded history. Even London’s harshest critics have to accept this is impressive progress.For too many, it will no doubt come as a surprise. In recent years, politicians and commentators have sought to spam our social media feeds with an endless stream of distortions and untruths – painting a dystopian picture of a lawless place where criminals run rampant.Sadiq Khan is the mayor of London Continue reading...

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24 h. ago London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade

Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western worldLondon’s murder rate has dropped to its lowest in more than a decade with police in the capital and the mayor saying it is now one of the safest cities in the western world.The figures come as those on the radical right criticise the city for having a crime problem, hoping to gain politically from such claims being believed. Continue reading...

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30 h. ago Number of homicides in London falls to lowest in over a decade, says Met Police

Number of homicides in London falls to lowest in over a decade, says Met Police  Sky News

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30 h. ago Met reignites feud with Donald Trump after latest crime stats showed homicides in London dropped to lowest rate on record

Metropitan Police Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes launched a robust defence of London's reputation - criticised by the likes of Donald Trump - after data showed homicides are at to record lows.

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30 h. ago London murder rate falls to lowest per capita since records began, as Met Police chief insists city is ‘safer’

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said facts ‘speak for themselves’ with homicides dropping 36 per cent in just six years

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30 h. ago Mark Rowley: London is ‘extraordinarily safe’ as murder rate hits historic low

Mark Rowley: London is ‘extraordinarily safe’ as murder rate hits historic low  Financial Times

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30 h. ago Police chief says London is ‘extraordinarily safe’ as murder rate hits historic low

Metropolitan Police chief rejects claims the capital has descended into lawlessness

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30 h. ago Police chief calls London ‘extraordinarily safe’ as murder rate hits historic low

Metropolitan Police chief rejects claims the capital has descended into lawlessness

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1 week ago Homicides are falling in London: What the 2025 data says as yearly tally set to drop to lowest level

Homicides are falling in London: What the 2025 data says as yearly tally set to drop to lowest level  My London

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2 w. ago London's back! Buyers looking to move outside the capital at lowest level since 2013

Even those who are making the move out of town are staying closer with Home Counties trumping far flung pandemic hotspots

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3 w. ago ‘Don’t be disheartened by mistakes’: 10 lessons my artist father taught me

David Gentleman’s brilliant career spans eight decades, from watercolour painting to tube station murals to drawing the Tottenham riots. Here his daughter, the Guardian journalist Amelia Gentleman, dispenses his invaluable adviceWhen we were children, my father, the painter David Gentleman, never offered much advice to me or my siblings. If we wanted to draw, he would hand out pencils and let us get on with it. He was encouraging, but never gave us instructions. If we were enjoying ourselves, more paper was available; but if we wanted to go and do something else, that was fine too. The idea of teaching people how to do things still makes him uncomfortable, so his latest book, Lessons for Young Artists, has come as a surprise to us all. At 95, he has attempted to distil everything he has learned about working as a painter since the late 1940s into clear advice. These lessons are not aimed exclusively at art students, or even at older people who want to paint, but are for anyone wonde...

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