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Police use new detection technology to crack down on vape spiking

The Met received more than 2,000 allegations of spiking between March 2024 and March 2025.

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025

Police unveil new tool to crack down on ‘abhorrent’ vape spiking

Children as young as 14 were admitted to hospital after cannabis products were placed in vapes

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

£20k reward in search for missing Bexley teacher feared murdered as daughter says 'world stood still' since disappearance

Nazire Koreli is thought to have vanished from her Bexley home a year ago, amid fears the former teacher was murdered

Evening Standard · Sep 25, 2025

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Man banned from every Boots store after £100,000 shoplifting spree

Liam Hutchinson has been banned from entering all UK Boots stores for the next 10 years

The Independent UK · Sep 24, 2025

Prolific shoplifter who stole more than £100,000 of goods from London Boots stores is jailed

Liam Hutchinson, 32, has been banned from entering the borough of Kensington and Chelsea for the next five years and every Boots store in the UK for ten years

Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025

Report into police surveillance of journalists and lawyers to be published

The PSNI commissioned the independent review amid allegations of police spying on reporters, solicitors and NGOs in Northern Ireland.

Evening Standard · Sep 24, 2025

The Hack: what really happened in the case of Daniel Morgan?

The private investigator was murdered, but his case remains unsolved

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025

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Freed Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner claims he can solve ‘scandal of century’

German national Brueckner, 49, told phone shop manager he is ‘sitting on crucial information’, reports say

Evening Standard · Sep 23, 2025

Police release pictures of 18 people they want to talk to from the Unite the Kingdom rally

Police previously said out of the 24 people arrested, 23 were believed to be involved in the Unite the Kingdom rally

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025

Bid to trace 18 more people over alleged offences on Unite the Kingdom rally day

The Metropolitan Police previously said out of the 24 people arrested at the protests, 23 were believed to be involved in the Unite the Kingdom rally.

Evening Standard · Sep 22, 2025

Fact check: ‘Unite the Kingdom’ protest and Labour’s ‘Hillsborough Law’ pledge

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025

Hyde Park Rape Suspect Is Confirmed To Be An Islamic Terrorist: Did He Enter UK As An Asylum Seeker?

Abdelrahmen Abouelela, convicted of rape in Hyde Park, was previously sentenced in Egypt for terrorism offences, raising scrutiny over UK asylum checks and security gaps.

International Business Times UK · Sep 19, 2025

Revealed: Met Police PC's 'predatory' abuse of children as he begins nine-year jail sentence

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Merriman’s crimes while a Met Police officer can finally be reported today after The Standard successfully applied for reporting restrictions to be lifted

Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025

Three people arrested in Essex on suspicion of spying for Russia

Scotland Yard said it would not disclose the nationalities of those involved

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2025

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Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

Man dies and woman in hospital after shooting in park

The Metropolitan Police said officers responded to reports of a shooting in Clissold Park in Hackney at 7.06pm on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

Man dies and woman in hospital after London park shooting

Hackney Council said on social media that it was ‘supporting the police with their investigations’

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

Man arrested for 'calling for Starmer to be assassinated' at huge Tommy Robinson rally

Arrest comes after a video circulating on social media appeared to show a man saying ‘Keir Starmer needs to be assassinated’

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025

Thousands take to streets in protest against Trump’s second state visit

The Metropolitan Police said up to 5,000 people were at a rally, organised by the Stop Trump Coalition, in central London.

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Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

Fact check: Video posted by police was from Unite the Kingdom protest in 2025

A video appears to have been correctly labelled by the Metropolitan Police, despite claims to the contrary.

Evening Standard · Sep 17, 2025

Main suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance is released from prison

Christian Brueckner, 48, was released from prison in Germany after serving a sentence for an unrelated sex crime in Portugal’s Algarve region where McCann disappeared

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2025

Met chief reveals why facial recognition was not used at Tommy Robinson protest

Live facial recognition has been used in more than 700 arrests this year

WhatToWatch · Sep 16, 2025

The Hack: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interview and everything we know

The Hack is a hotly anticipated phone hacking drama starring David Tennant.

Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2025

About 50 more arrests expected after protest disorder

Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley said a minority of people were intent on violence among thousands who went to peacefully protest.

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025

Police launch search for 11 violent disorder suspects linked to Tommy Robinson rally

It comes as eight people have been charged after the rally following several incidents of violent disorder

The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2025

How aristocrat Constance Marten fell from high society darling to being locked up for killing her baby

CONSTANCE MARTEN TRIAL : Complex family rift and a deep distrust of the authorities helped to drive Constance Marten off-grid with her rapist partner Mark Gordon, reports Amy-Clare Martin

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