BIZARRE: 6 - What They Never Told You

Revealed: Full list of London police station front desks being shut - check our interactive map to see if your area is affected

In a list published overnight, Scotland Yard confirms it will break its pledge to have one accessible 24 hours a day in each of the capital’s 32 boroughs

Evening Standard · Aug 6, 2025

Romford stabbing: Woman killed at home named as Nkiru Chima, 60, after murder investigation launched

Scotland Yard believe the stabbing is connected to the death of a man on the train tracks at Romford station

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2025

Teenager arrested in Paris on suspicion of murder as Met continue investigation into shooting of Keanu Harker

Scotland Yard said extradition proceedings ‘will commence in due course’

Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2025

Top chef says thieves have targeted Notting Hill restaurant 20 times — but Met do nothing about it

Richard Wilkins, who runs London's smallest fine dining restaurant, has branded Scotland Yard ‘a failure of organisation’

Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2025

Man killed after car ploughs into east London pub in early hours as two arrested at scene

Scotland Yard were called to the Albert Bow in Tower Hamlets at 1.30am after a vehicle swerved off at a junction

Evening Standard · Jul 20, 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

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

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

Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Ian Blair dies aged 72

Lord Ian Blair ran the force from 2005 to 2008, including the period of the July 7 bombings

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2025

Metropolitan Police 'truly sorry' to Mohamed Al Fayed victims as detectives set to give update on investigation

Scotland Yard are investigating 40 allegations relating to the former Harrod's boss, including rape and sexual misconduct

Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025