All news on the topic: Scotland Yard

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Post Office scandal: UK assembles 80-detective team for criminal investigation
Scotland Yard is set to probe whether there are any grounds to bring criminal charges for perjury and perverting the course of justice over the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of Post Office workers
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Met police failed to act on Commons ‘honeytrap’ sexting reports last year
The force has said there was nothing to suggest at the time that the messages were part of a wider pattern
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Partner of cop shot in cell sues police saying he could 'be alive now'
Su Bushby is now suing Scotland Yard after a coroner outlined in an inquest the failures that let Louis de Zoysa smuggle a revolver into a custody suite and shoot her partner Matt Ratana
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Footprints of 'Essex Boys gunman' identified and killers could still be at large
Jack Whomes and Michael Steele were jailed for life for blasting three drug dealers with a shotgun in their Range Rover 29 years ago - now an ex-cop found a footprint in the snow that was previously missed
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Fresh hope as cops will fly to Trinidad to interview killer after 50 years
Nizamodeen Hosein served 20 years for the kidnap and murder of Muriel McKay more than 50 years ago, after he and his brother mistook her for Rupert Murdoch's wife
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Police searching Thames for Abdul Ezedi issue major update as two bodies found
Abdul Ezedi, thought to have doused a mum and her two young children with a chemical in Clapham, south London, is believed to have since jumped into River Thames
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Police probe footage of man 'punched and kneed in head by cop' while pinned down
A male officer was filmed bending down next to the detained man and apparently thumping him hard in the face during the incident in Portsmouth - Hampshire Police are investigating
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Moment police scour River Thames for body of Clapham chemical attack suspect
A police boat was spotted on the River Thames, circling between Vauxhall and Chelsea Bridge, but the Metropolitan Police fears it might never find his body due to the river's strong current
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Family of victim of UK's 'first racist murder' denied access to police files
The violent murder of carpenter Kelso Cochrane, who was stabbed by a gang of white youths in London's Notting Hill in 1959, remains unsolved more than six decades later
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Cops 'in dock' year after David Carrick jailed as Met told reform not working
In the year since serial rapist Metropolitan Police constable David Carrick was jailed for 30 years, more force members have been convicted, prompting one ex-officer to speak out
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'Spy in bag' mystery breakthrough over man found in padlocked North Face holdall
Scotland Yard officers ordered new laboratory tests to be carried out on key items found at the scene of Gareth Williams' death in the government-owned flat in Pimlico
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£20,000 reward as police search for body of woman believed to have been murdered
Police have launched a murder investigation after 48-year-old Fiona Holm was reported missing in London on June 29, and have offered a £20,000 reward for information that helps find her body
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Russell Brand probed by police over 'further' alleged historical sex offences
Comedian Russell Brand is thought to visited Scotland Yard for a second time on Thursday as police probed 'further' alleged historical sex offences
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Best family board games for 2023 tried and tested
Whether you're looking for an old favourite, a new classic, something immersive or casual we've got a board game for you this Christmas having tested a host of options with players from four to 71 years
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Rookie cop with nut allergy in hospital after peanuts were left in his locker
Scotland Yard said it is treating the incident as an attempted assault causing grievous bodily harm after the reported rookie officer had a reaction to the peanuts on Monday
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Met Police makes final ruling on allegations of Covid rule breaches
In a statement Scotland Yard said it had concluded a probe into a December 2020 event in Parliament with no fines being issued to Tory MPs alleged to be involved
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Mystery as woman's body found 'in recycling bin' with pink rucksack nearby
A picture from the scene at the block of flats near Golders Green, north London shows a cordoned off area with officers investigating. A pink rucksack can be seen on top of one of the bins.
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The vital clue that could have stopped the Yorkshire Ripper before he murdered
A horrifying police error that could have prevented the murders of 13 known Ripper victims 'and many more' has been exposed following ITV series The Long Shadow
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Home Secretary tells police to stop protesters shouting 'Jihad' on UK streets
Cabinet Minister Suella Braverman is expected to raise an incident at the weekend with Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley when the pair hold talks later
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Police fine 24 people over Tory HQ Partygate video after Mirror exposé
The Metropolitan Police re-opened its investigation into the 'Jingle and Mingle' bash after requesting the damning video of aides dancing, drinking and laughing at Covid rules
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Murderer John Cannan should never be released, says detective who quizzed him
Former Scotland Yard sleuth Jim Dickie spoke after the parole board revealed the serial rapist was too dangerous to free
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8 terrifying celeb kidnappings - from Victoria Beckham to Duffy and Jessica Alba
A man has appeared in court accused of attempting to kidnap This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby - but other celebrities have, or claim to have, been the victims of abductions, here are their stories
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Met Police step up patrols amid reports of people 'celebrating attack on Israel'
Scotland Yard was urged to intervene as a video was posted on social media by Countdown presenter Rachel Riley which showed people waving Palestinian flags, beeping car horns and clapping in west London
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Woman who danced in Tory HQ in lockdown lost for words when confronted by Mirror
The Mirror’s bombshell Partygate tape showed Malin Bogue twirling around at the 'Jingle and Mingle' bash in Conservative HQ as socialising indoors was prohibited
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'When ISIS snatched John Cantlie my stomach sank - I felt the dragon waking'
Nicky Perfect experienced many highs and lows in her time as a Met police hostage negotiator - but the hardest to handle was the ISIS kidnapping of a British journalist in Syria