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Met chief Mark Rowley says many questions remain and detectives are liaising with German and Portuguese police

Live facial recognition has been used in more than 700 arrests this year

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley said a minority of people were intent on violence among thousands who went to peacefully protest.

Asked why he had broken a manifesto pledge to keep a 24-hour police front office counter in every borough, mayor says: ‘When the facts change, I change my mind’

Head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Gavin Stephens said officers are expected to referee social debate using laws that pre-date social media.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said 50 registered sex offenders in breach of their condition are among those arrested.

Campaign group Defend Our Juries said hundreds of people were expected to demonstrate against the Palestine Action ban in London on Saturday.

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley has responded to the controversial arrest of Graham Linehan earlier this week, saying that police "should not be policing toxic culture war debates." Linehan's arrrest over anti-trans posts has sparked heated debate in the UK over freedom of speech.

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The police must focus on issues that matter most to the public, Sir Keir Starmer has said, after he was asked about the arrest of comedy writer…

Rowley says officers should not be ‘policing toxic culture wars debates’ and are in an impossible position