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Met Police facial recognition cameras scan 127k faces but arrest just nine

A deployment of facial recognition cameras in London led to just a handful of arrests despite taking the biometric data of thousands of people, new figures show.According to a freedom of information request obtained by the Standard, five deployments of live facial recognition cameras in Oxford Circus from February 27,…

Evening Standard

‘Deeply concerning’: 125k people scanned by police cameras in London

Facial recognition cameras have scanned the faces of more than 125,000 people in London in a little over a year, but resulted in just nine arrrests, according to figures obtained by the Standard.

Evening Standard

Killer walks into police station and confesses to murdering man found tied up in 1980

John Paul, 61, was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the murder of Anthony Bird in 1980 - the case remained unsolved until May 2021 when Paul walked into a police station to confess

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Dad of man who was Tasered by police and died 'never thought this would happen to me'

Oladeji Omishore was believed to be suffering a mental health crisis when he was Tasered multiple times by Met Police before plunging into the River Thames. His father is calling for a criminal and disciplinary investigation.

Daily Mirror

Hounslow: Man charged with rape and attempted murder after woman attacked in west London

A man has been charged with rape and attempted murder after a woman in her 60s was found seriously injured in west London, the Met Police has said.

Evening Standard

Uninsured driver who killed 31-year-old woman in south London pedicab crash jailed

Drunk driver Luis Balcazar-Soto caused the death of Sophie Strickland in the early morning collision

Evening Standard

Police refuse to reveal if officers have been sacked over damning report into vetting

The report looking into the recruitment of officers was ordered after the rape, kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard in March 2021 by serving police officer Wayne Couzens.

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More than 100 accused Met Police officers are still on duty

Officers under investigation for domestic abuse claims are working as normal

Evening Standard

‘Thousands’ of corrupt and ‘predatory’ officers recruited as police after vetting failures, damning report warns

‘We are close to a tipping point in policing,’ the chief inspector of constabulary warns

The Independent UK

Murder hunt police find body in river of man wanted over double stabbing

Miguel Angel Alvarez Florentino was found dead five days after the incident in which a woman died and a second was injured

Wales Online

Stratford: Masked yobs aim fireworks at police and ‘mother with pram’

‘We saw from the video where a firework exploded by a pushchair just how real the risk of serious injury could be.’

Evening Standard

Police 'gang list' targeting black men removes 1000 names who were 'little to no risk'

Young men who posed ‘little to no threat’ have been removed from a controversial gang matrix targeting black men who were not supposed to be on the list

Daily Mirror

Wembley: Two men arrested following fatal stabbing

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Evening Standard

Lambeth: Man dies after fatal stabbing near Waterloo station

A man has died after a fatal stabbing in Lambeth, the Met Police have said.

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'Our loved ones suffered with mental health but were killed by police'

Families across the UK will be attending an annual United Families & Friends Campaign march in London to pay tribute to their loved ones who have died following police contact

Evening Standard

Ilford shooting: Police name two men shot dead under cover of Diwali fireworks in east London

A third man is fighting for life in hospital as Met Police detectives hunt suspects

Evening Standard

London pedicabs: Council launches awareness campaign to warn against nuisance operators

Westminster City Council has launched a new awareness campaign in tandem with the Met Police to warn against rogue pedicab operators.

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Yolanda Saldana Feliz: First picture of woman stabbed to death in Stratford flat as police launch manhunt

Police have warned the public not to approach Miguel Angel Alvarez Florentino but dial 999

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Just Stop Oil activists block iconic Abbey Road crossing

Just Stop Oil activists blocked the famous Abbey Road crossing in what is the group’s 23rd day of civil unrest in the capital.

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Roehampton: Two ‘dangerous’ teens jailed after fatal stabbing

Two teenagers have been sentenced following the fatal stabbing of a rival drug dealer, the Met police has said.

Daily Mirror

Mum handed new info in mystery phone call 25 years after son found dead in river

Ricky Reel was found dead 25 years ago today - no-one has ever been arrested or charged in connection with his death but now his family have written to police saying someone has approached them with new information

Evening Standard

Pair attacked as they walked home from night out in Leyton

The Met Police has launched an appeal after a man suffered serious stab wounds during a violent robbery as he walked home from a night out in east London.

Daily Mirror

'A stranger took over my house when I was abroad, now I'm forced to live two hours away'

Filippe Scalora claims he now has to take a bus and several trains just to make vital hospital appointments after the horrific ordeal

The Independent UK

Police can’t tackle violence against women while officers pose threat, warn campaigners

‘The failure to address misconduct point to a disturbing culture of lawlessness and impunity that will alarm every Londoner,’ Mandu Reid says

Evening Standard

Two men jailed for swindling victims out of £674,000 in online dating scam

One female victim from Switzerland lost more than £600,000 after the men tricked her into thinking she was in an online romance

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