All news on the topic: Metropolitan Police
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Three men arrested after fatal attack on woman in Chadwell Heath
According to police, three men have been arrested as part of a murder investigation initiated after a woman in her 20s was fatally attacked.
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Pro-Palestine protesters chant ‘RAF shame on you’ at High Wycombe air base demo
Pro-Palestine protesters chanted “RAF shame on you” as they held a demonstration outside an air base calling for an embargo on selling arms to Israel.
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Ten new facial recognition vans to be deployed across regions of England and Wales
The UK plans to expand facial recognition to catch suspects more quickly, reduce crime rates, and enhance neighborhood patrols by 2029.
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Police seize 72 luxury cars worth over £6m in West End crackdown on antisocial driving
The Met reports that 72 luxury vehicles were removed from West End streets as they were either unroadworthy or being driven illegally.
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Over 50 arrested at London protest backing banned group Palestine Action
Police report that they have arrested over 50 individuals at a demonstration in London supporting the banned group Palestine Action.
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Wembley Stadium investigates claims hundreds of Oasis fans paid £350 to sneak into reunion gig via disabled entrance
Wembley Stadium officials have launched an investigation into allegations that hundreds of Oasis fans were smuggled into one of the band’s recent reunion shows without a ticket.
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Top Boy star Micheal Ward accused of rape and sexual assault — five counts involving one woman
Top Boy actor Micheal Ward has been charged with rape by the Metropolitan Police.
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Record number of police officers sacked in England and Wales amid misconduct crackdown
A record number of police officers were sacked from forces in England and Wales in the past year, new figures show.
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Security forces break up protests: Dozens arrested over pro-Palestine Action slogans
Seventy-one arrests have been made at protests across the UK against Palestine Action being proscribed a terror group, police have said.
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Former London police chief Lord Ian Blair dies aged 72
Tributes have flooded in for former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Ian Blair, who has died at the age of 72.
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Fatal crash in Hendon: Shoaib Kochay dies in hospital eight days after incident
A man has died in hospital eight days after he was struck in a hit and run in north London, allegedly following a fight with weapons.
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Young man stabbed to death near casino in central London — police search for attacker
A man in his twenties has died following a stabbing outside a London casino.
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Thomas Partey, former Arsenal midfielder, charged with five counts of rape and one of sexual assault
Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape.
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London police strip-searched 15-year-old girl: officers dismissed for gross misconduct
Two Metropolitan Police officers have been dismissed for gross misconduct following the strip search of a 15-year-old Black girl.
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Three youths stabbed near mosque in Willesden, police initially suspected “dirty bomb”
One of the victims of a triple stabbing in west London ‘staggered’ into a mosque looking for help with his injuries, a Muslim leader has said.
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Violin worth over £150,000 stolen in London: the instrument is 285 years old
Police have released CCTV photos of a man leaving the pub carrying the 285-year-old instrument.
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Iranian nationals engage in violent clash outside their embassy in the UK
Police officers responded to reports of an altercation in Knightsbridge on Friday, resulting in two men being taken to the hospital.
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First-of-its-kind operation for Met: synthetic DNA helps uncover large-scale shoplifting network
In a first-of-its-kind operation for the Met, the synthetic DNA allowed stolen goods to be uniquely identified and traced back to their original stores
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London nursery worker sentenced for assaulting and neglecting 24 children across two childcare centers
Former nursery worker Roksana Lecka has been convicted of abusing children as young as ten months who were left in her care.
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“Stolen — returned by themselves”: London couple tracked down their own Jaguar as police were “too busy”
A couple whose Jaguar car was stolen from outside their home had to steal back their own vehicle because the police were ’too stretched’ to investigate.
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Two children fall into Thames in Gravesend: boy rescued, girl still missing
A significant search is underway following an incident where two children encountered difficulty in the River Thames.
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Brent house fire kills pregnant woman and her three children
Neighbours have expressed how devastated they are following a fatal fire in Brent, London - a mum and three young children died in the blaze that occurred on Saturday morning
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Man in London deliberately rams cyclist after bloody knife and bat fight
Shocking footage captures the moment a street fight erupted and escalated, ending with a driver running over a cyclist as horrified bystanders looked on.
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Armed motorcyclist opens fire in London park in broad daylight — police hunt for shooter
A search is in progress after a ’biker gunman’ fired shots into a crowd in a suspected gang-related attempt to target a rival in front of children walking home from school.
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West London pub faces closure after staff ‘downplay’ stabbing incident
A pub could face closure after "downplaying" a stabbing incident on 17 May.
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