The Latest Breaking News from Metropolitan Police

Metropolitan Police officers could be sacked for posting offensive messages

The officers worked in a unit at Bethnal Green police station and posted inappropriate, highly offensive and discriminatory content on WhatsApp.

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Coach party held after ‘unlawful’ Met intervention

A coach party from Bournemouth which was held for three hours by the Metropolitan Police under Covid laws may have been unlawfully blocked from entering London, it has emerged.

Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2022

Pride organisers say uniformed police officers ‘not welcome’ at parade

Campaigners protest against Met Police’s ‘homophobic’ handling of investigation into serial killer Stephen Port

The Independent UK · Jul 1, 2022

Scandal-plagued Met Police to be sued over partygate probe 'failings'

THE Good Law Project will sue the embattled Metropolitan Police over its “failure” to properly investigate partygate, the legal charity has…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 29, 2022

‘Women should be safe on our streets’: Zara Aleena’s family speak out after killing sparks calls for change

Family of 35-year-old aspiring lawyer say she is ‘not the only woman’ to have her life violently taken on London streets

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022

Moped drivers outside McDonald's in mass brawl hitting each other with helmets

The footage, which was filmed yesterday, shows a group of at least a dozen delivery drivers kicking and hurling helmets at each other outside the fast-food change in Tooting, South London

Daily Mirror · Jun 29, 2022

How did the papers cover the First Minister's indyref2 announcement?

NICOLA Sturgeon’s announcement yesterday of both a proposed date for indyref2 and the beginnings of a legal battle with Westminster was the top…

The National (Scotland) · Jun 29, 2022

The Standard View: ‘Special measures’ ought to be rock bottom for the Metropolitan Police — Londoners deserve better

It’s no one-off. The problems cannot be laid at the door of a single rogue officer or isolated WhatsApp message. The Metropolitan Police, London’s police service, has essentially been placed in special measures after being hit by a series of scandals, from the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving…

Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2022

What does the Metropolitan Police being put under ‘Special Measures’ mean and why has it happened?

Everything you need to know about the Met Police’s ‘Special Measures’

Evening Standard · Jun 29, 2022

Met Police officers ‘shared Meghan Markle joke in racist, sexist and homophobic Whatsapp group’

‘All of the content in the log is submitted to be explicitly racist, homophobic, sexist, ableist and islamaphobic,’ a tribunal heard

The Independent UK · Jun 29, 2022