The Latest Breaking News from Mark Rowley

Rivus, which won six contracts to maintain and repair the force’s 5,200 vehicles, has collapsed into administration

Sir Mark Rowley says he would be ‘stunned’ if countries such as Russia, Iran and China were not trying to add to the polarisation of debate about protest policing

Reform of the Met will be “more limited” and slower than it should be because of a huge budget shortfall and officer shortages compounded by the demands of policing the Gaza protests and other major events, Sir Mark Rowley warned on Tuesday.

Ministers were facing a furious backlash on Wednesday from Scotland Yard over calls to arrest fewer people because of a lack of prison space as Sir Mark Rowley told his officers to carry on detaining every suspect possible.

The Met has come under fire for its policing of previous marches.

Chris Philp says police should not ‘tiptoe around using these powers in an aim to appease’ despite concerns over racial bias

It comes after the death of the secondary school pupil Daniel Anjorin

Teenage boy died in attack by man armed with sword, while two police officers and two others were injured

Bancroft’s school in Woodford Green said it was in ‘profound shock and sorrow’ after death of Daniel, 14, whom it described as a ‘true scholar’