Anti-monarchy protester suing Met chief over coronation day arrest Exclusive: Republic’s Graham Smith seeking judicial review of lawfulness of arrest as well as damages The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2023
OPINION - The Standard View: A year in to the job, Sir Mark Rowley has far more still to do Sir Mark Rowley can no longer be described as the Metropolitan Police’s “new” Commissioner. And while a year into the job, Sir Mark may point to some areas of progress, he will know there is far more to do in order to turn Scotland Yard around. Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2023
Heat on Met chief Sir Mark Rowley 12 months into the job as he’s warned: Speed up reform One year into the job, the Standard analyses Sir Mark Rowley’s progress in fixing Scotland Yard Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2023
Met chief ‘dismissed child safety warnings’ in wake of Baby P case, says former detective Bernadette Murray, who worked in wake of scandal, said her concerns about police database failures were dismissed by Sir Mark Rowley in 2012 The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2023
Ex-soldier accused of terrorism flees London prison, sparking police hunt Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, escapes from HMP Wandsworth where he awaited trial for alleged terrorism and Official Secrets Act offences The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023
Rowley says progress made on ‘cutting out the cancer’ of rogue officers in the Met Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley said significant progress has been made “cutting out the cancer” of rogue police officers who riddled his force. Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023
Who killed Jill Dando? A forthcoming documentary about the murder of Jill Dando has reignited speculation about one of Britain’s high-profile unsolved cases. The Week · Sep 1, 2023
O2 Academy Brixton operator plans new crowd barriers if venue can reopen after fatal crush Future of the venue will be decided by Lambeth Council next month Evening Standard · Aug 31, 2023
Man killed in Erith was involved in ‘fight’ moments before being hit by bus Police are working to identify him Evening Standard · Aug 29, 2023
Met officers to be told to arrest landlords who try to illegally evict tenants Exclusive: Guidance says police should presume evictions they are called to are likely to be unlawful after concerns about bias The Guardian - UK · Aug 27, 2023
Britain’s most notorious whole life killers as Sunak plans to make UK’s toughest sentence mandatory Ministry of Justice confirmed 70 criminals are currently serving a whole-life order in UK The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2023
Fate of Brixton O2 Academy to be decided next month after crowd crush Councillors set to decide future of Brixton O2 Academy on September 11 and 12 Evening Standard · Aug 26, 2023
How many more predators in the Met? New heat on police chief to root out sex offenders Sir Mark Rowley faces intensified demands to clean up the Met after its latest rapist officer Adam Provan was jailed Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2023
Met probing if serial rapist officer attacked other women as he is jailed for 16 years Scotland Yard reviewing whether force should have caught Adam Provan sooner after judge criticises officers for protecting ‘one of their own’ Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2023
The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023 Met under fire for protecting ‘one of their own’ as serial rapist ex-Pc jailed Adam Provan was found guilty of eight rapes against two women and jailed for 16 years with a further eight years on extended licence.
Evening Standard · Aug 21, 2023 Three London men convicted after £2m Ming Dynasty vase stolen from museum Undercover police posed as buyers during a meeting at a central London hotel
The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2023 Three convicted after Met police sting operation recovers £2m Ming vase Detective from force’s specialist crime unit says cross-border operation was the result of four years’ work
Evening Standard · Aug 18, 2023 Man arrested after teenage girl reports being raped in Erith playground Scotland Yard is investigating the ‘extremely concerning incident’
Evening Standard · Aug 17, 2023 Stolen British Museum artefacts may have already been ‘melted down or sent abroad’, expert warns Scotland Yard is investigating the incident but said no arrests have yet been made
Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2023 British Museum staff sacked after 3,000-year-old artefacts go missing Scotland Yard are investigating
The National (Scotland) · Aug 13, 2023 Stone of Destiny students 'identified by British state moles in nationalist movement' THE Stone of Destiny liberators were identified by moles placed in the nationalist movement by the British state, newly released government files…
Evening Standard · Aug 8, 2023 Met Police appoints Assistant Commissioners to help run Scotland Yard Two former Met Police constables have been appointed as Assistant Commissioners to help run Scotland Yard.
Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2023 Ex-Met Police officer jailed for stag do sexual assault would have been sacked, hearing rules Laurence Knight has been jailed for sexually assaulting a woman while on his stag do
The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023 Ex-Met officer jailed for stag do assault would have been sacked, hearing rules Former sergeant Laurence Knight, 34, was jailed at Southwark Crown Court on July 28 for 12 months for sexual assault.
The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023 Scotland Yard homicide cases ‘not like on Midsomer Murders’, says top detective Detective Chief Superintendent Neil Cochlin said officers respond 24/7 to ever more ‘ferocious’ killings.