The Latest Breaking News from Metropolitan Police

Police launch investigation after newborn baby’s body found outside church

Officers were called at 12.46pm on Tuesday, to Talbot Road in Notting Hill after a report a baby’s body had been found outside in a bag church.

Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025

Missing boy, 12, sparks urgent police search across London

Anyone with information about Joel’s whereabouts or to report sightings should call 101

Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025

Museum burglars convicted of plot to murder £54m Securitas robber in his east London home

Paul Allen, now 47, was left paralysed for life after six shots were fired into his kitchen

Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2025

Flights begin landing at Heathrow after mass disruption caused by power outage

Around 200,000 passengers have been affected by the closure of what is Europe’s busiest airport.

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2025

Passengers to face more delays as Heathrow aims to return to normal operation

Europe’s busiest airport was shut for hours on Friday after an outage caused by an electricity substation fire.

Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2025

Counter terror tactics help Met Police catch 100 predators targeting women and girls

The Metropolitan Police says the V100 initiative has doubled the likelihood of them arresting the worst predators, but Sadiq Khan warned ‘there is still work to do’

The Independent UK · Mar 20, 2025

Met’s war on 100 most dangerous predators targeting women and girls on London’s streets

Police vow ‘relentless’ focus on men like child snatcher Adam Baillie and knifepoint rapist Louis Collins

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2025

More than 100 convicted as part of Met crackdown on abuse of women

A new points-based system has been used to track down the worst suspected abusers of women in the capital.

Evening Standard · Mar 20, 2025

Woman denies killing five-year-old girl by scalding her in bath in 1978

Janice Nix was charged in February over the death of Andrea Bernard, who died from her injuries in 1978.

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2025

Murders of Playboy bunny and girl, 16, in London marked 50 years on as police continue hunt for double killer

DNA links killings of Eve Stratford, 22, and 16-year-old Lynne Weedon in 1975

Evening Standard · Mar 18, 2025