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OPINION - Are 'mega forces' the solution to Britain’s policing woes?

Britain has too much crime because it has too many police forces, apparently. But don’t fret, Britons, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has had A Big Idea. Sir Mark Rowley, chief of the ever-showered-in-glory Metropolitan Police, has proposed a radical overhaul of the make-up of police forces. What…

Evening Standard

Prince of Wales joins those remembering victims 20 years on from July 7 attacks

William attended a ceremony in Hyde Park that followed a service in St Paul’s and an earlier wreath-laying on the 20th anniversary of the atrocities.

The Independent UK

Victims of July 7 attacks remembered 20 years on with service at St Paul’s

The 2005 bomb attacks killed 52 people and injured several hundred more.

The Independent UK

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Prince William pays respects to victims of 7/7 bombings as London remembers 20 years on

Day of moving commemorations to mark 20 years since 7/7 bomb attacks which killed 52 people and injured several hundred

Evening Standard

Police chiefs call for cuts to number of forces in England and Wales

Reduction from 43 forces to as few as 12 could save money and end ‘postcode lottery’ for crime victims, leaders say

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Met Police chief says policing football matches costs £70m a year

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Law has 'no age limit' says Met chief after 83-year-old arrested at Palestine Action protest

Sir Mark Rowley said the law would be enforced ‘whether you’re 18 or 80’ after Sue Parfitt was held at a protest in support of Palestine Action

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Met Police chief says policing football matches across country costs £70m

Sir Mark Rowley said that policing of football matches costs £70 million which it does not get back from football clubs.

Evening Standard

Met Police chief says football clubs should pay for their own policing

Sir Mark Rowley said the cost across the country is around £70million

The Independent UK

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley urges creation of 15 ‘mega forces’ in radical police reform plan

Sir Mark Rowley said bigger forces would be better able to utilise modern technology and reduce expenses.

Evening Standard

Met chief calls for ‘mega’ forces in push for police reform

Sir Mark Rowley said bigger forces would be better able to utilise modern technology and reduce expenses.

The Independent UK

Revealed: West End’s phone theft hotspot streets as numbers of London crimes soar

Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping precinct, tops the list with 6,539 reports last year – nearly 18 a day

Evening Standard

Mayor says device to assess bruising to darker skin shows police have changed

The devices, known as Project Archway, allow officers to better assess victims’ injuries, particularly on darker skin.

Evening Standard

Groundbreaking technology to help police tackle violence against women

The handheld device is the first of its kind to be developed

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Met chief praises officers’ ‘extraordinary bravery’ responding to sword attacker

Marcus Arduini Monzo, 37, killed 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin with a samurai sword in Hainault, north-east London, on April 30 last year.

Evening Standard

Notting Hill Carnival 'can't be fixed' if it remains unsafe, Met Police boss says

Sir Mark Rowley questioned if funding for extra stewards will be secured in time for late August, while an officers’ group called the event ‘unsafe’

The Independent UK

Police officers and Met chief express concerns over Notting Hill Carnival

Sir Mark Rowley questioned if funding for extra stewards will be secured in time for late August, while an officers’ group called the event ‘unsafe’.

Evening Standard

Pro-Israel protesters threatened with arrest during heated Palestine Action demonstration

Tensions were high on Monday as Palestine Action protesters clashed with police and two counter-protesters near Trafalgar Square

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The Independent UK

Met chief apologises to broadcaster Selina Scott over police response to her mugging

The 74-year-old former news anchor said she felt ‘humiliated and angry’ after the incident.

Evening Standard

Met chief apologises to broadcaster Selina Scott over police response after violent mugging

The former news anchor, 74, said she felt ‘humiliated and angry’ after the incident

The Independent UK

Palestine Action protesters clash with police as government confirms ban on group under anti-terror laws

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has decided to proscribe Palestine Action, following the group’s vandalism of two planes at an RAF base

Evening Standard

Protesters clash with police at Palestine Action demonstration

The crowd surged towards police when officers tried to detain someone in Trafalgar Square.

The Independent UK

Police ban Palestine Action from Parliament protest

The group says it will move the protest elsewhere

Evening Standard

Palestine Action’s behaviour ‘totally unacceptable’, Chancellor says

Rachel Reeves condemned Palestine Action ahead of an update from the Home Secretary to Parliament on Monday on the Government’s plan to ban the group.

Evening Standard

Proscribing Palestine Action a terrorist group may be ‘escalation too far’ - Labour peer Shami Chakrabarti

Baroness Shami Chakrabarti: It’s ‘one thing’ to be a threat to property, but it is ‘another thing altogether’ for a whole group to be proscribed as terrorists

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