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Family of father-of-two battered to death with crutch in mass Tottenham brawl speak of their ‘heartbreak’

Police believe witnesses saw Gregory Castillo Volquez being attacked outside a block of flats in Tiverton Road but haven’t spoken to them

Evening Standard

Fury erupts over Met Police review into its funding of black, disabled and female staff unions

Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley wants to know if it efficient to divert full-time resources

Evening Standard

Whole life orders: The prisoners who will die in jail

More than 60 criminals are serving a whole-life order, four of whom are being held in secure hospitals.

The Independent UK

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‘They wanted to kill me’, says lawyer targeted by Russian spy ring

Kirill Kachur, 33, was being hunted by the team who had been tasked with kidnapping him and sending him back to Moscow, either dead or alive.

Evening Standard

‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Bulgarian spies reveal changing nature of Russia terror threat

‘Extremely sophisticated operation’ uncovered on UK soil forms part of an emerging trend across Europe

The Independent UK

Spy ties and Coke bottle cameras: Inside the Bulgarian gang’s James Bond-style spyware

INSIDE STORY: Over the course of three years, five Bulgarian individuals, assisted by a host of others, carried out sophisticated surveillance on British soil and fed secrets back to their Russian handler, writes Holly Evans

The Independent UK

Stockwell shooting: Man, 32, arrested on suspicion of murdering Lathaniel Burrell, 16, in south London

Lathaniel Burrell, 16, was fatally shot in broad daylight close to Stockwell Tube station on Tuesday afternoon

Evening Standard

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UK-based Bulgarian spy ring tracked Russian dissidents and passed secrets to Putin’s regime

Bulgarian nationals Katrin Ivanova, 33, Vanya Gaberova, 30, and Tihomir Ivanov Ivanchev, 39, formed part of a group that carried out surveillance on Russian dissidents

The Independent UK

Appeal for information about time spent by convicted student rapist in Belfast

Zhenhao Zou, 28, has been convicted of rape in London.

Evening Standard

How police came to rescue of woman assaulted by partner on holiday abroad using Instagram

A Metropolitan Police contact handler used Instagram to safeguard a victim of domestic abuse who made a report while she was on holiday.

The Independent UK

Zhenhao Zou: Serial rapist may have attacked dozens more women, police say, as international appeal launched

Police conclude a large number of victims remain unidentified as they say they are still trawling through 6.5 terabytes of data on rapist’s devices

The Independent UK

International appeal to trace further potential victims of rapist PhD student

Detectives fear Zhenhao Zou may have targeted more than 50 other women.

The Independent UK

Actor and Holocaust survivor ordered to attend police station over Gaza march

The Crown star Khalid Abdalla has been summoned to attend a formal interview by the Metropolitan Police in relation to a pro-Palestinian protest, he…

The National (Scotland)

First came the £3m museum heist, then the murder plot, court hears

They carried out a brazen museum heist before career criminal’s shooting, jurors told

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Increased police presence arranged for Crystal Palace vs Millwall FA Cup derby

South London rivals have not met each other since January 2022

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Met Police special constable spared jail after groping schoolgirl in Tesco queue

Hassnain Shahzad has an ‘unhealthy’ interest in following women in the street

The Independent UK

Met Deputy Commissioner Dame Lynne Owens to retire

The 56-year-old was brought in to help clean up the London force at arguably one of the most troubled times in its history.

Evening Standard

Emily Mortimer to play Cressida Dick in show about Jean Charles de Menezes death

The Disney+ drama focuses on the police shooting of the Brazilian man wrongly suspected of being a terrorist after the 7/7 London bombings.

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Gang violence behind one in three London killings, new report finds

Researchers studied 147 murder and manslaughter convictions over a two-year period

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Met Police still facing ‘substantial tough choices’ over cuts despite £83m windfall

Funding rises from local and central government are not enough to plug the budget gap, the Metropolitan Police has warned

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Moment serial shoplifter tackled off e-scooter by police in north London

Gavin Nicholls was behind a £700 spree targeting shopkeepers in the Barnet area

Evening Standard

Police called to BBC headquarters after red paint sprayed and doors smashed

The Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation after protesters vandalised the broadcaster’s offices in Portland Place.

Evening Standard

Driver charged over death of girl, 9, who was hit by London bus

Ada Bicakci, 9, died in hospital on August 5 last year, two days after the collision in Bexleyheath, south-east London .

Evening Standard

Met Police officer seriously injured after being hit by car during foot chase in southeast London

The incident occurred around midday on Thursday when officers responded to concerns about a woman's safety in Bexleyheath

Evening Standard

Rowley: Officials ‘dragging feet’ over calls for powers to sack rogue officers

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley blamed the Home Office for failing to introduce strengthened rules.

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