The Latest Breaking News from Metropolitan Police

Serving female Metropolitan Police officer charged with sexually assaulting woman

PC Julie Bragg is due before Westminster Magistrates Court on Wednesday, Scotland Yard confirmed in a statement

Evening Standard · Apr 22, 2025

Mother of Jean Charles de Menezes says ‘everyone should watch’ TV drama

Brazilian electrician Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times by police in Stockwell underground station in July 2005.

Evening Standard · Apr 21, 2025

Family of student shot and stabbed to death in Peckham 10 years ago launch fresh appeal

Ola Raji, 21, was attacked and killed in Peckham, south London in 2015

The Independent UK · Apr 21, 2025

Four arrests as dozens gather for annual 420 cannabis protest in Hyde Park

Dozens were seen gathering in Hyde Park for the annual 420 rally

Evening Standard · Apr 16, 2025

Metropolitan Police officer jailed for more than four years for rape

Pc Samuel McGregor, 33, had been found guilty of raping a woman at an address in London on May 11 2021 after a trial at Inner London Crown Court.

Evening Standard · Apr 15, 2025

Locals ‘devastated’ after 400-year-old tree mysteriously felled in London park

The incident has been reported to the Metropolitan Police and Enfield Council has put an emergency preservation order in place.

Evening Standard · Apr 15, 2025

Family of missing 11 year-old Kaliyah Coa told body found in the River Thames

Officers were alerted to a body in the River Thames in Maritime Quay in east London on Sunday at 9.03am, the Metropolitan Police said.

Evening Standard · Apr 13, 2025

Police launch probe after transport minister seen using mobile phone while driving vintage bus

Peer was reported to police last month by one of the passengers on his vehicle

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2025

Rail minister admits using phone while driving vintage London bus

A spokesperson for Lord Peter Hendy said the minister had reported himself to the police.

Evening Standard · Apr 12, 2025

Met Police officers dress up as Batman and Robin in ‘creative tactic’ to catch street scammers

Metropolitan Police officers apprehended scammers on Westminster Bridge dressed as Batman and Robin in February, after having to hatch "creative plans" to "deliver vengeance."

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2025