Moment prolific thieves are caught as Met Police vow West End crime crackdown Extra 80 officers join team focusing on hotspots around Oxford Circus and Regent Street Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2025
Mapped: London’s knife crime hotspots revealed The West End is the capital’s knife crime hotspot, accounting for one in every 15 knife attacks in London, report says The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2025
Murder probe as woman found stabbed to death in home as man dies on train tracks in Romford Met Police were called to Bushy Close just after 9pm on Sunday following concerns for the welfare of a woman in her 60s Evening Standard · Jul 29, 2025
Lives are in dangers, warns Coroner as he slams 18-month delay in dog walker hit-and-run death investigation Maria Theobald was out walking her dogs when she was hit by a car Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025
Epping disorder a ‘signal flare’ for further unrest this summer, police federation warns as protests continue The head of the Police Federation, Tiff Lynch, said officers were likely to be taken away from neighbourhood duties Evening Standard · Jul 24, 2025
Music video-shoot raiders guilty of double murder Leonardo Reid, 15, and Klevi Shekaj, 23, were fatally stabbed and Abdullah Abdullahi, 28, was badly hurt in the incident in London in June 2023. Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025
Man faces life sentence for killing a stranger on a night out in east London Hamza Kamali, 29, was found guilty of murdering 38-year-old Saley Beya outside a venue in Romford Road in the early hours of Saturday August 10 last year Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025
Police officers in Bristol faced ‘worst nightmare’ in suitcase murders The suitcases contained the body parts of two murder victims. Evening Standard · Jul 21, 2025
Met Police tried to prosecute itself for not answering its own letters The Met Police charged itself with crimes, then abandoned the cases Evening Standard · Jul 19, 2025
Explosion at law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles kills three as federal investigation launched The blast happened at the Biscailuz Center Academy Training in the east of the city on Friday morning Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025
Fury as Metropolitan Police to close half its police station front desks after budget cuts Move would break Scotland Yard’s pledge to have one counter accessible 24/7 in all 32 London boroughs Evening Standard · Jul 18, 2025
Met Police warn protesters supporting Palestine Action will be arrested ahead of mass demonstration The Met Police has warned anyone expressing support for Palestine Action at a stand alone protest or as part of a large -scale Palestine Coalition march will likely be arrested Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025
Terror-accused Tesco worker denies making kill list of ‘race traitor’ customers Alfie Coleman was caught trying to buy Makarov pistol and ammunition when he was arrested by counter terrorism police The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2025
Ex-Tesco worker denies compiling kill list of ‘race traitor’ staff and customers Alfie Coleman was arrested by counter terrorism police in a Morrisons car park, moments after picking up a Makarov pistol and ammunition. Evening Standard · Jul 17, 2025
Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025 Man arrested over theft of £150,000 violin stolen from pub in Islington Met Police said a 43-year-old man was arrested on June 25 on suspicion of theft
Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025 Blue Stevens murder: Police say Knightsbridge stabbing of father, 24, could be ‘targeted attack’ Blue Stevens, 24, collapsed outside the Park Tower Hotel and Casino on Seville Street last Wednesday evening
Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025 How police search for baby Victoria ended in ‘shock and devastation’ After a six-month Old Bailey retrial, Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were found guilty of the manslaughter of their daughter.
Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025 Key CCTV of baby Victoria alive made police chief ‘wince’ Detective Superintendent Lewis Basford, from Scotland Yard, recalled his reaction to the first sighting of the newborn child.
Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025 Prosecutor reflects on ‘long road’ to justice for baby Victoria Samantha Yelland, senior crown prosecutor for CPS London, said: ‘I feel that justice has been done.’
Evening Standard · Jul 14, 2025 Fugitive aristocrat and partner guilty over baby’s death Constance Marten and Mark Gordon went on the run with tragic Victoria, the court heard.
The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2025 Met chief calls racial disparities in London’s justice system ‘shameful’ Sir Mark Rowley addressed the racial disparities between suspects and victims of crime in London
Evening Standard · Jul 13, 2025 Racial disparities in criminal justice system ‘shameful’ – Met Police chief Sir Mark Rowley discussed the racial disparity among suspects and victims of crime in London.
The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025 ‘Spiritual healer’ raped woman after claiming sex would rid her of evil spirit Met Police have urged any other victims of Bernard Williams, 77, to come forward, fearing he ‘abused his trust’ as a respected ‘elder’ of Brixton
Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2025 Brixton 'spiritual healer' who raped woman 'to exorcise spirit' may be serial attacker, police fear Police describe Bernard Williams’ offending as ‘shocking’ as he is sentenced to nine years in prison
The Independent UK · Jul 10, 2025 Murder probe after man stabbed to death outside luxury hotel in London Police are investigating whether the attack was a robbery