Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from The Metropolitan Police

Caroline Flack’s mother says real story ‘is much darker’ in documentary trailer

Caroline Flack: Search For The Truth looks at the events that led up to the TV presenter taking her life.

Evening Standard

Lammy admits 'mountain to climb' on prisons crisis as 40 more inmates may be wrongly freed before Christmas

Pressure is increasing on the Justice Secretary David Lammy over his handling of the blunders

Evening Standard

David Lammy told to ‘get a grip’ as search continues for mistakenly freed prisoners

Robert Jenrick has expressed a lack of confidence in David Lammy and said the deputy prime minister’s performance at PMQs was a ‘disgrace’

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Prison governors in crisis talks as hunt continues for wrongly released inmates

Justice minister Alex Davies-Jones said she was furious about the situation.

Evening Standard

Prisoner manhunt continues as Lammy faces slew of questions

Police are trying to track down two inmates released in the last week from HMP Wandsworth.

Evening Standard

Released by Mistake: Algerian Migrant Sex Offender Freed in Prison Blunder—Nationwide Manhunt Underway

UK authorities are scrambling to recapture Algerian sex offender Brahim Kaddour-Cherif, wrongly freed from HMP Wandsworth in a shocking prison blunder that's triggered outrage, political fallout, and a nationwide manhunt.

International Business Times UK

Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail

Surrey Police said Billy Smith handed himself into to HMP Wandsworth following his accidental release

Evening Standard

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

'I Thought She Was My Wife': Javed Inamdar's Shocking Excuse After Assaulting Girl on Mumbai-Heathrow Flight

Cabin manager Rebecca Rooney testified that she found the girl 'visibly distressed,' sitting with her knees pulled to her chest.

International Business Times UK

Ben Duncan Cause of Death: Did Prince William's University Friend Die of Suicide? Authorities Say It's 'Non-Suspicious'

Authorities are investigating the unexpected death of Ben Duncan, who once moved in the same St Andrews circles as the royal couple.

International Business Times UK

Early review finds mistakes in grooming gang investigations

Thousands of cases are set to be assessed as part of Operation Beaconport

The Independent UK

Agent Arrested After Premier League Player ‘Threatened With Gun’

The Metropolitan Police confirmed an altercation took place in September.

Sports Illustrated

Londoners dialled 999 over spiders in their room and missing KFC as force says just 15% of calls genuine

Another time-waster said their dog would not come back into their house

Evening Standard

Police investigation launched after Premier League player 'threatened with gun by football agent'

The alleged incident was said to have taken place earlier this year

FourFourTwo

Met Police to scale up use of live facial recognition cameras after hundreds of arrests

Scotland Yard claims its Live Facial Recognition cameras are making London safer and plans to expand their use across the capital

Evening Standard

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Hadush Kebatu makes bombshell claim: 'I tried to hand myself in to police before arrest'

The Metropolitan Police has said it is ‘not aware of any evidence’ to support Kebatu’s claim.

Evening Standard

Mother’s tribute to ‘much-loved’ son, 20, stabbed to death in Lewisham as police hunt killer

Messiah Robb, 20, collapsed on Benin Street, near Hither Green Lane, at around 3.20pm on Tuesday

Evening Standard

Metropolitan Police officer who ‘trivialised’ rape allegation sacked

Sergeant Clayton Robinson was dismissed without notice after it was found he had committed gross misconduct.

Evening Standard

Man arrested over Uxbridge stabbing entered UK in lorry in 2020, officials say

A 49-year-old man was killed in the incident on Monday evening and two other people were injured.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Timeline of events in case of asylum seeker who was released accidentally

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

Evening Standard

Search for asylum seeker mistakenly released from prison enters third day

The Metropolitan Police has revealed the last sighting of Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was in Hackney, London, on Friday.

Evening Standard

Asylum seeker tried to return to prison ‘several times’ after release in error

Police said Ethiopian national Hadush Kebatu is carrying a ‘distinctive white bag with pictures of avocados on it’.

Evening Standard

Kebatu manhunt LIVE: Epping sex offender arrested in north London after mistaken prison release

Kebatu was freed by mistake at HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

The Independent UK

Asylum seeker released in error spotted in London area, police say

An asylum seeker, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, 38, who was jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, was accidentally released from HMP Chelmsford instead of being transferred to an immigration detention centre. Kebatu, an Ethiopian national, was last seen in the London area after boarding a train from Chelmsford, prompting an…

Evening Standard

Asylum seeker released from prison in error seen in London area, police say

Ethiopian national Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu was accidentally set from HMP Chelmsford on Friday.

The Independent UK

Hadush Kebatu manhunt live: Met Police issue update after mistakenly released sex offender ‘takes trains across London’

Metropolitan Police make direct appeal to Hadush Kebatu to hand himself in

1 2 3 4 5

People

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

The Metropolitan Police

British Transport Police

National Crime Agency

302 stories

the Ministry of Justice

214 stories

Crown Prosecution Service

201 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.