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Met Police data error sparks fresh concerns over strip searches of children

The Met said a ‘data transmission error’ meant they provided City Hall with ‘incorrect’ information on the number of child strip-searches carried out in 2021

Evening Standard

PM backs Met Police amid criticism of ‘bid to disrupt protest’ during coronation

A leading anti-monarchy campaigner who was arrested accused the police of having ‘every intention’ of arresting demonstrators.

The Independent UK

Laws limiting protest must be repealed, campaigner says after coronation arrest

Republic chief executive Graham Smith dismissed suggestions that arrests were needed to limit disruption as ‘disgraceful’.

The Independent UK

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Met Police bosses face grilling over 'worrying' Coronation protest clampdown

The head of the London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee said there are serious questions to answer after protesters were arrested, along with volunteers handing out rape alarms

Daily Mirror

Police ‘cannot be trusted’ with power to strip-search children, London politician says

London mayor Sadiq Khan said there remained ‘very exceptional circumstances’ where the strip-searching of children should occur

Evening Standard

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley again refuses to use ‘institutional’ to describe police’s problems

Sir Mark Rowley said the word had an “ambiguous” set of meetings, as well as being politically contentious

Evening Standard

Cross-party calls for new statue of the Queen in ‘prominent’ London location

The London Assembly has unanimously passed a motion in support of the idea

Evening Standard

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Concerns raised over use of police in London schools

Senior staff at City Hall said there was widespread support for police in schools - and that there was even a case to expand them into some primary schools

Evening Standard

Plan for 70 new public toilets at Tube and bus stations is refused

The plan won support from Greens, Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, but was voted down by the Labour group

Evening Standard

‘Our drug laws are killing people’, says Greens London mayoral candidate as she outlines priorities

Green Party candidate Zoë Garbett is the first challenger to Sadiq Khan to have been revealed so far

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan facing Tube and bus fares hike dilemma as mayor is urged to keep bus trips under £2

Aim is to keep bus fares ‘as low as we possibly can’ - though this could mean higher Tube fares

Evening Standard

Single serving Met cop subject to 20 inquiries over misconduct

One serving Metropolitan Police officer is the subject of 20 ongoing misconduct cases, figures have revealed.

Evening Standard

Met Police cuts number of knife images shared on social media by half

The Metropolitan Police has quietly reduced the number of knife images shared on its social media pages by half amid growing evidence that it causes harm.

Evening Standard

Shingi Mararike: Journalist accused of skipping Tube fare says he was racially profiled

Transport for London has apologised after a journalist said he was racially profiled by a ticket inspector at a station in east London.

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‘Shocking’ number of complaints made against Metropolitan Police

Scotland Yard received almost 2,000 complaints in the first two months of 2022, new figures have revealed.

Evening Standard

International Women’s Day: Meet some of the women leading the fight against climate change in London

The Standard takes a look at key figures in the capital’s fight for a greener future

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