Met Police set to reopen 9,000 cases in major London grooming gangs probe Suspected grooming gangs cases exposed by Standard investigation to be reexamined as part of huge Met Police review Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025
Police response to grooming gangs faces ‘significant challenges’, watchdog says Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley said force had a ‘steady flow’ of ongoing investigations Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025
Police on misconduct charges over use of force to face ‘more consistent’ rules Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley welcomed the rule change for fairness but also public safety. Evening Standard · Oct 23, 2025
Standard exclusive investigation: Inside London’s grooming gang shame Police failure. Institutional cover-up. Establishment silence: The real story of London’s harrowing grooming gang epidemic Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025
Police will get clarity from non-crime hate review, says Downing Street The Metropolitan Police has said it is no longer investigating non-crime hate incidents. The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025
Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley at war with his own federation boss over Freemason questions Sir Mark Rowley claims Matt Cane ‘launched a tirade’ against his anti-corruption measures Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025
Palestine Action cases placing ‘big burden’ on counter terror police, Met chief admits Sir Mark Rowley said he fears the ‘justice system isn’t moving fast enough’ as he revealed the toll of policing those defying the terror ban The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2025
‘Damning’ review of anti-Black racism within Met police ‘buried’ by force Exclusive: External consultancy report found discrimination ‘baked into HR systems’ at London force The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2025
Case dropped against Met police officer who shot unarmed man Officer, known as W80, shot Jermaine Baker during a foiled prison break in 2015 The Guardian - UK · Oct 15, 2025
Marksman who fatally shot man faced ‘decade of legal madness’ – Sir Mark Rowley The officer, known only as W80, shot Jermaine Baker as police stopped a plot to snatch two prisoners from a van near Wood Green Crown Court in 2015. Evening Standard · Oct 15, 2025
Revealed: Met Police sacked over 180 disgraced officers last year as Sir Mark Rowley battles to clean up force Met Commissioner vowed to be ‘relentless’ during ‘biggest corruption clear-out in British policing history’ Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2025
Ex-Lord Speaker Baroness D’Souza faces ban after raising 20mph speeding tickets with Met chief Lady D’Souza used House of Lords headed paper to query her offences with the Metropolitan Police chief Evening Standard · Oct 14, 2025
Former lord speaker faces suspension for ‘improper influence’ over speeding offence Frances D’Souza wrote to Met commissioner in apparent attempt to evade sanction for exceeding 20mph speed limit The Guardian - UK · Oct 14, 2025
Ten Charing Cross police officers face fast-track misconduct hearings in weeks Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley says Londoners expect them ‘off the payroll as soon as possible’ Evening Standard · Oct 9, 2025
The Fashion Central · Oct 9, 2025 “This Is Not Who We Are” Met Police Officer Arrested After BBC Exposé Rocks the Force A serving Metropolitan Police sergeant has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice after a BBC Panorama investigation
The Conversation · Oct 8, 2025 It shouldn’t take undercover journalists to expose policing’s sexist and racist culture As a researcher of police occupational culture, I was horrified, but not at all surprised by the recent Panorama programme in which an undercover reporter exposed sexism, racism and general thuggishness among some Metropolitan Police officers.
The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2025 Police to get new powers in crackdown on repeat protests after hundreds arrested at Palestine Action rally Announcement comes hours after nearly 500 people were arrested in London
The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025 Police arrest more than 440 people over Palestine Action support Over 442 people were arrested in London during pro-Palestine protests for allegedly supporting the banned group Palestine Action, with the majority of arrests occurring in Trafalgar Square. The demonstrations proceeded despite appeals from politicians and police to reconsider, especially following a terror attack in Manchester. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer…
The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025 ‘Enough is enough’ says chief of Police Federation as ‘exhausted’ officers arrest 492 at Palestine Action protest Met Police said many of those arrested needed carrying away after they refused to walk from Trafalgar Square – but Amnesty International says arresting hundreds of people at the demonstration is ‘not the job of police’
Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2025 Sergeant arrested following Panorama secret filming of Met police officers A BBC documentary secretly filmed officers making racist and sexist comments.
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025 Serving Met police officer arrested after BBC Panorama secret filming A Panorama documentary secretly filmed officers making alleged racist and sexist comments
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2025 Starmer urges pro-Palestine protesters to ‘respect the grief of British Jews’ Writing before a planned protest against Palestine Action ban, PM says activists should recognise a time of mourning
Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2025 Met Police’s racism and misogyny shame after BBC Panorama exposé ...The Standard podcast Listen here on your chosen podcast platform.
The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025 Voices: A racist and sexist locker-room culture still exists at the Met I left five years ago COMMENT: The BBC’s ‘Panorama’ investigation into Charing Cross police station has unveiled more shocking behaviour. As former Met Police officer Shabnam Chaudhri writes, nothing has changed – and it must
The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025 Nadine Dorries is back – with her incisive thinking and deranged conspiracy theories Dorries is a woman of no regrets for whom the past isn’t just another country, it’s a parallel universe