Search results for ‘Metropolitan Police’
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Met chief: police ‘overwhelmed’ by surge in rape reports
Police will have to be taken off the streets unless there are more resources to cope with an “overwhelming” rise in reported cases of rape, the UK’s most senior police officer warns.
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Policeman found guilty of tuition fee protest assault
As a fluke helps convict a PC of assault during the 2010 tuition fees protest, student William Horner, who broke a tooth during the demo, tells Channel 4 News it could be “the tip of an iceberg”.
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Galloway referred to police over parliamentary funds
A complaint against former Respect MP George Galloway over his use of parliamentary funds has been referred to the police, the parliamentary standards watchdog reveals.
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Hatton Garden heist: police probe CCTV
Police are examining CCTV images apparently showing burglars pulling off a massive gem raid in London’s Hatton Garden jewellery district.
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Terror police probe imam Abdul-Hadi Arwani murder in London
Detectives from the Counter Terrorism Command are leading an investigation into the death of a man in north west London, Scotland Yard said, as he was named as 48-year-old Abdul-Hadi Arwani.
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What did police know about historic child sex offences?
The police watchdog is to investigate whether detectives covered up child abuse involving senior police and politicians as recently as 2005.
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FactCheck: are police cuts putting the public at risk?
Have we really lost the equivalent of nine police forces since 2010? And can crime really be falling at the same time? FactCheck investigates
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Police stop Syria-bound teen as plane nears take-off
A teenage girl is stopped from travelling to Syria by counter-terrorism police, who staged a last-minute intervention, removing her from a flight that had begun taxiing down the runway at Heathrow.
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Police given more time to question ‘Islamist plot’ suspects
Police are given an extra seven days to question four men, aged 19 to 27, arrested in a series of raids in London and High Wycombe on Thursday and Friday.
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Exclusive: police arrest targets do exist, despite denials
Despite repeated denials from the Metropolitan police, a Channel 4 News investigation finds officers have been set individual monthly arrest targets. Critics warn it could create perverse incentives.
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Police investigating Alice Gross murder find a body
Police searching for Latvian builder Arnis Zalkalns – the prime suspect in the murder of London schoolgirl Alice Gross – find a body in west London.
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Joining the police crack-down on banned drug khat
Popular among East African communities, the amphetamine-like drug khat was outlawed in the UK in June. Channel 4 News joined police in a crackdown on sellers.
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Police seek murder conviction details of Alice Gross suspect
The Metropolitan police contact their Latvian counterparts for details of a murder conviction against Arnis Zalkalns, the prime suspect in the disappearance of teenager Alice Gross.
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Man shot dead by police over London knife incident
Police shoot dead a man who was threatening a woman with a knife in London. The incident happened at a residential property in Islington.
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Watch new ‘plebgate’ footage released by Met Police
Scotland Yard finally releases new CCTV footage revealing Andrew Mitchell’s controversial encounter with police – now known as the “plebgate” incident – from the other side of Downing Street.