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Just two Met Police front counters to stay open 24/7 under cost-cutting measures

Originally set to cut its 37 front counters down to 19 by the end of 2025, the Met has now revised its plans to keep 27 open

Evening Standard

I reported a man for walking into my changing room, and he was convicted: it’s proof that women need to report ‘the small things’

FIRST PERSON: Olivia Petter was made to feel as if an incident with a stranger in a clothing shop’s dressing room was something she was supposed to simply brush off. But several bureaucratic roadblocks and a police investigation later, she finally felt vindicated

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Man who shared Islamic State propaganda on social media is jailed for six years

Abdullah Bellil, 29, shared videos supporting IS and showed others how to join a terror group

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Thousands of Met Police staff vote to strike in dispute over pay

Members of the Public and Commercial Services union will walk out after being refused a £1,250 allowance

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Two men arrested over cyber attack on nurseries in London

Two men, aged 17 and 22, were arrested following a Met Police operation at a number of properties in Bishop’s Stortford in Hertfordshire on Tuesday

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Man stabbed on busy south London high street

The man in his 20s was treated by paramedics at the scene in Streatham Hill

Evening Standard

Phone snatching network behind one in four thefts in London targeted in police crackdown

An organised crime gang was behind ‘industrial scale’ theft of phones being shipped to China, Met Police say

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‘Enough is enough’ says chief of Police Federation as ‘exhausted’ officers arrest 492 at Palestine Action protest

Met Police said many of those arrested needed carrying away after they refused to walk from Trafalgar Square – but Amnesty International says arresting hundreds of people at the demonstration is ‘not the job of police’

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Sergeant arrested following Panorama secret filming of Met police officers

A BBC documentary secretly filmed officers making racist and sexist comments.

Evening Standard

Met Police to scrap anti-social behaviour officers

Sources within City Hall have indicated concerns that combatting persistent anti-social behaviour will now be less effectively resourced

Evening Standard

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Voices: A racist and sexist locker-room culture still exists at the Met I left five years ago

COMMENT: The BBC’s ‘Panorama’ investigation into Charing Cross police station has unveiled more shocking behaviour. As former Met Police officer Shabnam Chaudhri writes, nothing has changed – and it must

The Independent UK

The five most shocking revelations from BBC Panorama documentary exposing Met police misconduct

An undercover documentary exposed Met Police officers exhibiting racism, misogyny and Islamophobia

Evening Standard

Shamed Met Police PC sobs as he is spared jail for 'despicable' WhatsApp images of vulnerable suspects

Jose Cunha was a PC in the Met Police when he committed the misconduct offences

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Sadiq Khan blames Tory 'decriminalisation' of shoplifting for explosion in London crimes

‘Shops don't report it because the police won't turn up, and if they do, people will be let off with a slap on the wrist’ - London mayor

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Woman convicted after Met Police make 'world's largest' cryptocurrency seizure worth £5.5bn

Zhimin Qian, 45, was convicted for her role in the multibillion Bitcoin fraud scheme

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Woman shot in Walthamstow within minutes of Sadiq Khan disputing Donald Trump's claim about rising crime in London

Mayor points to reduction in crimes that cause injury - but doesn’t mention increases in knife crime or the overall crime toll in the capital

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Man, 43, arrested on suspicion of murder after man fatally assaulted in Uxbridge

A 43-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and taken into custody, where he remains, police said

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Man jailed for 8 years for violent attack on two female Met Police officers responding to a call

Mark Weatherley, 43, pleaded guilty to two counts of grievous bodily harm with intent and was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday

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‘Smirking’ double murderers handed life sentences for video-shoot machete ambush

Leonardo Reid, 15, and Klevi Shekaj, 23, were killed and 28-year-old Abdullah Abdullahi was badly hurt.

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Man found guilty of killing boy, 16, in front of his mother

Romario Gordon, 22, was found guilty of manslaughter at the Old Bailey on September 25

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‘Smirking’ double murderers criticised in court by victims’ mothers

Valentina Locci said no sentence would be enough for the ‘callous, vicious, cold-blooded’ killing of her 15-year-old son.

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Prolific shoplifter who stole more than £100,000 of goods from London Boots stores is jailed

Liam Hutchinson, 32, has been banned from entering the borough of Kensington and Chelsea for the next five years and every Boots store in the UK for ten years

The Independent UK

Met Police launches review over fears 300 recruits were not properly vetted

Hundreds of Met Police recruits who joined force between 2016 and 2023 may not have been properly vetted, according to reports

Evening Standard

Ex-Billy Elliot ballet star suing Met Police for £600,000 after 'officer stamped on foot wrecking career'

Alexander Loxton says his career was ruined when a Met Police officer stamped on his leg during a ‘unreasonable and unnecessary’ stop-and-search

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