The Latest Breaking News from Metropolitan Police

‘Impossible’ for alarm response police officer to know No 10 party was illegal, says acting Met chief

Lawyers say officers had no difficulty deciding when the general public had broken Covid rules

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

At least one more child strip-search complaint case ongoing, acting Met chief reveals

At least one further case of Metropolitan Police officers allegedly conducting an inappropriate child strip-search will emerge in the wake of Child Q and “Olivia” revelations, Scotland Yard has revealed.

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

Mystery that remains around No10 ‘ABBA party’ will impede Boris Johnson’s attempts to move on from Partygate

The Standard’s Courts Correspondent Tristan Kirk looks at questions that still remain after Sue Gray’s report into the scandal

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

Met Police chief candidate Mike Bush has drink-drive conviction

Former head of New Zealand police caught over the limit as an off-duty detective constable in 1983

The Independent UK · May 26, 2022

Met Police officer denies GBH over Tasering of Jordan Walker-Brown

A Metropolitan Police officer accused of leaving a young man paralysed after shooting him with a Taser has pleaded not guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm.

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

Sue Gray report: The names of the people who attended Downing Street lockdown parties and who they are

The Prime Minister is unlikely to resign, but he could be forced out of Number 10

Wales Online · May 26, 2022

Tories cave in to windfall tax demand as PM tries to shift focus from partygate

THE UK Government is caving in to demands for a windfall tax on energy giants as Boris Johnson seeks to shift attention away from partygate.

The National (Scotland) · May 26, 2022

£20k reward offered a year on from shooting of BLM activist Sasha Johnson

A £20,000 reward has been offered for information a year on from the shooting of Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson in south-east London.

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

Boys in blue battle for the top job at the Met

The shortlist is narrowing, but with accusations of institutional racism, homophobia and misogyny, is the Commissioner’s job a poisoned chalice, asks Anthony France

Evening Standard · May 26, 2022

Boris Johnson shifts to cost of living crisis response after partygate report

A snap poll from YouGov suggested three in five Britons want the Prime Minister to quit over partygate

Wales Online · May 26, 2022