All news on the topic: Scotland Yard

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Scotland Yard admits possible bungled vetting in police uplift drive
Scotland Yard has launched a review of the vetting of hundreds of new recruits amid fears crucial background checks may have been bungled.
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Nine Met officers suspended over excessive force and discriminatory comments
Nine Scotland Yard officers have been suspended following an investigation into claims of excessive use of force and making discriminatory and misogynistic comments.
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Older brother of Noel and Liam Gallagher charged with rape and multiple sexual offences
The older brother of Oasis members Noel and Liam Gallagher has been charged with rape and several other sex offences including making threats to kill.
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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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In London, passenger used display stand to defend himself from pursuer in metro station — suspected watch theft attempt
A commuter has become the latest victim in a spate of violent thefts and attempted robberies targeting people with high-value-watches.
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Zhenhao Zou convicted of raping 10 women, faces more charges as 23 new potential victims come forward
Over 20 women have reported to the police, claiming they may have been raped by Zhenhao Zou, a Chinese PhD student in London who is thought to be one of the UK’s most prolific sex offenders.
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Scotland Yard to cut 1,200 officers amid £260 million budget shortfall
Scotland Yard is set to axe more than 1,200 police officers amid a £260 million hole in the Metropolitan Police’s budget.
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Two teenagers, aged 15 and 16, arrested for suspected murder of 14-year-old aspiring rapper stabbed on bus
Three people have been arrested by police investigating the killing of a 14-year-old on a London bus.
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Children as young as 10 involved in terror plots as police disclose prevention of three late-stage attacks
The terror threat to the UK is currently “smouldering”, according to one of the country’s lead Counter Terror officers.
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Met Police refer themselves to watchdog following complaints about Fayed investigation
Force refers itself after two women complained about handling of inquiries into allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed
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Undercover policeman admits to spying on Keir Starmer when he was a barrister
Spy says he accessed details of legal advice Starmer gave campaigners in McLibel case
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Met officers allegedly took hampers and cash bribes to help Fayed persecute staff
Scotland Yard faces claims corrupt officers helped Harrods owner quash potential complaints of abuse
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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