The Latest Breaking News from Metropolitan Police

Madeleine McCann: German police to start fresh searches in Portugal

The Metropolitan Police said it is aware of the searches but British officers will not be present while they take place.

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025

Oxford Street chaos as 'woman hit by double-decker bus and air ambulance scrambled'

Metropolitan Police officers were called to the road outside Bond Street station on Saturday evening

Evening Standard · Jun 1, 2025

Phone theft victim loses £35,000 after ‘crypto mugging’ in Soho

Scotland Yard warns of organised gangs prowling central London after 292 arrests in a two-week crackdown

Evening Standard · May 29, 2025

Watch: Dramatic moment police chase suspect down dual carriageway on foot

Watch the moment Metropolitan Police officers jump out of their cars to chase a fleeing suspect down a busy dual carriageway in heavy traffic.

The Independent UK · May 27, 2025

Woman cleared of illegal abortion planning complaint over her treatment

Nicola Packer told the BBC her situation ‘could have been handled much more compassionately’ and that what she had been through makes her ‘feel sick’.

Evening Standard · May 27, 2025

Speed of release of race and ethnicity of Liverpool suspect ‘unprecedented’

Former Metropolitan Police chief superintendent Dal Babu said he believes Merseyside Police released the details to dampen down speculation.

Evening Standard · May 27, 2025

‘Don’t let her death be in vain’: Father urges UK to help extradite main suspect in daughter’s murder

A father urges one of UK’s most wanted men – the main suspect in his daughter’s rape and murder – to hand himself in

The Independent UK · May 26, 2025

Mother and three of her children were victims of fatal house fire

A 43-year-old woman, her 15-year-old daughter and two sons aged eight and four, died in their north-west London home.

Evening Standard · May 24, 2025

Kneecap declare ‘they are trying to silence us’ as rapper faces terror offence charge

The group have been outspoken on the war in Gaza and before they emerged on stage a screen displayed the message ‘Free Palestine’

The Independent UK · May 23, 2025

‘They are trying to silence us,’ Kneecap member facing terror charge tells crowd

The group have been outspoken on the war in Gaza and before they emerged on stage a screen displayed the message ‘Free Palestine’.

Evening Standard · May 23, 2025