The Latest Breaking News from Met Police

Black girls are 'three times more likely to endure invasive Met Police strip searches'

Almost half of all girls subjected to strip searches by the Metropolitan Police between 2017 and 2022 were Black, according to a study of data analysed by Liberty Investigates

Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2023

Couple jailed for 57 years after ex-partner gunned down in 'honeytrap' meeting

Daniel Gaudin fired around 10 bullets into his victim

Wales Online · Apr 6, 2023

Canary Wharf cocktail bar could lose licence for serving underage girls

Police call for bar to lose licence over underage drinking and ‘clear pattern’ of harassment of women at venue

Evening Standard · Apr 4, 2023

Chris Kaba: Met officer who shot unarmed Black man dead after pursuit could face criminal charges

The family of Mr Kaba - whose death sparked protests - have welcomed the move and “hope CPS advise in favour of a prosecution”

The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2023

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 · Mar 29, 2023

The Met Police SHOULD be disbanded, say hundreds of Mirror readers

Baroness Louise Casey says the Metropolitan Police should be abolished if it does not change its “rotten” culture - but what did Mirror readers think?

Daily Mirror · Mar 29, 2023

Woman ‘repeatedly raped and burned with cigarettes by ex’ waiting for justice two years on

As court backlog for rape and sexual offences hits record high, one woman shared her frustration at bringing her attacker to trial

The Independent UK · Mar 27, 2023

Police carried out 2,800 strip searches on children as young as eight in last four years

A harrowing report by Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, found black children are six times more likely to be strip searched. The youngest child strip searched between 2018 and mid-2022 was just eight

Daily Mirror · Mar 26, 2023

Details of serial rapist David Carrick wiped from Met Police website

Details of horrific behaviour by Met Police officers including serial rapist David Carrick have been wiped from the force’s website, it has emerged.

Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2023

Amir Khan feared his kids would 'grow up without a dad' while being robbed at gunpoint

Amir Khan, his wife Faryal Makhdoom and their children now spend more time in Dubai than the UK as they claim Britain is no longer the safe place they thought it was following the terrifying attack

Daily Mirror · Mar 26, 2023