The Latest Breaking News from Metropolitan Police

Escaped prisoner’s military training works against police, says Hunted star

Mel Thomas is a ground hunter on the popular Channel 4 programme.

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Met Police chief ‘worried’ about severity of crime at Notting Hill Carnival

The annual west London event this year saw eight people stabbed, police officers assaulted and 275 arrests across the two days.

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

Police search huge London park for terrorism suspect who escaped from prison

British police are scouring scoured a huge London park on Friday for an ex-soldier who escaped from prison while awaiting trial on terrorism charges

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2023

All we know about how suspected terrorist Daniel Abed Khalife escaped HMP Wandsworth

Urgent manhunt is underway after Daniel Khalife escaped from HMP Wandsworth

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Serving Metropolitan Police officer charged with six rapes

Pc Cliff Mitchell has been suspended from duty.

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Terror-accused ex-soldier escapes prison by clinging to delivery van

Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, was working in the kitchen at HMP Wandsworth when he managed to flee on Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Soldier accused of planting fake bombs escapes from prison clinging to delivery van

Manhunt under way after Daniel Khalife broke out of HMP Wandsworth wearing chef’s uniform

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Rowley says progress made on ‘cutting out the cancer’ of rogue officers in the Met

Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley said significant progress has been made “cutting out the cancer” of rogue police officers who riddled his force.

Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023

Police hunt teenager after boy pushed off e-scooter in daylight robbery in Croydon

Detectives are on the hunt for a teenager after a boy was pushed from an electric scooter before it was stolen in a daytime robbery in Croydon.

Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023

Police appeal after man’s fatal fall from Finsbury Park tower block

Metropolitan Police are appealing for information after a man fell to his death from a block of flats in north London.

Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2023