Most of young people were victims of knife crime and were killed by other teenagers London has recorded its highest ever level of teenage homicides in a single year after two boys were killed on Thursday.A 15-year-old was stabbed to death in a park in …
Police suffer minor injuries in London scuffles with anti-vax protesters
Shoving broke out between police and demonstrators as thousands marched against Covid restrictionsPolice officers suffered minor injuries during “scuffles” at an anti-vaccine protest in Parliament Square in Westminster.The officers were injured while a…
Two Met police officers jailed over photos of murdered sisters
Deniz Jaffer and Jamie Lewis sentenced to two years and nine months for taking and sharing photos of Nicole Smallman and Bibaa HenryTwo Metropolitan police officers who “dehumanised” two black murder victims” by taking and sharing photos from the scene…
Sarah Everard: former prosecutor to lead inquiry into rape and murder by police officer
Dame Elish Angiolini to examine policing failures that allowed Wayne Couzens to attack 33-year-oldThe Home Office inquiry into the rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a police officer will be chaired by Dame Elish Angiolini, formerly Scotland’s top pro…
Man killed and woman in critical condition after stabbing in Brentford
The man in his 20s and the woman in her 80s were stabbed in the street in the west London suburbA man has been killed and a woman in her 80s is in a critical condition in hospital after they were stabbed in a street in Brentford.The Metropolitan police…
Eight police officers injured in clashes with protesters in Parliament Square
Anti-establishment Million Mask March group gathered to let off fireworks and demonstrate against the governmentEight police officers have been injured after clashing with hundreds of anti-establishment protesters in Parliament Square on Bonfire Night….
Met police drops investigation into Prince Andrew in Virginia Giuffre case
Officers made decision after reportedly talking to Giuffre and a review of documentsThe Metropolitan police are taking no further action after a review prompted by Virginia Giuffre, who is taking legal action against Prince Andrew.Met officers made the…
A third of police forces referred sex assault claims to watchdog
Twenty-seven allegations about officers passed on in week Couzens sentencedAlmost a third of police forces in England and Wales referred allegations of sexual assault and harassment against their own officers to the police watchdog in the days followin…
Met appoints Whitehall troubleshooter Louise Casey to wipe out misogyny
Casey is to lead review into lax Met standards after crisis caused by Wayne Couzens scandalThe former Whitehall troubleshooter Louise Casey has been brought in by the Metropolitan police to root out misogyny and lax standards, as it battles to dig itse…
Austerity hit police’s ability to tackle violence against women, say ex-officers
Former senior figures call for ‘Stephen Lawrence moment’ to overhaul forces in England and WalesSystematic underfunding of the police in England and Wales during 10 years of austerity “severely diminished” officers’ ability to recognise and target crim…