Just Stop Oil protesters disrupt West End performance of Les Miserables October 5, 2023 Just Stop Oil protesters disrupted a performance of Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre in London’s West End on Wednesday night. The protesters entered the stage during a performance of Do You Hear The People Sing? Just Stop Oil said that four protesters then locked themselves to the stage using flexible bicycle locks at around [...]
Arrested woman re-bailed until next year after Wimbledon school crash September 23, 2023 A woman arrested after a Land Rover crashed into a prep school in south-west London, killing two eight-year-old girls, has been re-bailed until January. Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died after a car crashed through a fence and collided with a building at The Study Prep school in Camp Road, Wimbledon, on the morning of [...]
Sadiq Khan announces London Policing Board to help scrutinise the Met September 22, 2023 The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said representatives from communities with “the lowest levels of trust in the Met” will help him scrutinise the force. The brother of Stephen Lawrence, who was killed in a racially motivated attack in 1993, Stuart Lawrence and retired Metropolitan Police officer Neil Basu are among those who have [...]
Met Police: More than a THOUSAND officers suspended or restricted – and clean-up will take “years” September 19, 2023 Met Police bosses have warned rooting out "corrupt" officers will take "years" despite a new push
Westminster’s alleged spy for China says he is ‘completely innocent’ September 11, 2023 The parliamentary researcher arrested on suspicion of being a spy for China has insisted he is “completely innocent”. The man said he had spent his career highlighting the “challenge and threats presented by the Chinese Communist Party”. The arrest under the Official Secrets Act led to the Prime Minister confronting Chinese premier Li Qiang at [...]
Chiswick latest hotspot in search for escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife September 9, 2023 Police are searching the Chiswick area in west London as the hunt for terror suspect Daniel Khalife enters its fourth day.
Strike by staff at London Mayor’s Office for Police and Crime September 8, 2023 Staff at the London Mayor’s Office for Police and Crime (Mopac) are to strike in a dispute over pay. Around 100 members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) will walk out on September 20, 21,22, 25 and 26. The union said the workers had received a seven per cent pay rise but were [...]
ULEZ camera vandalism requiring ‘significant amount’ of resources from Met September 8, 2023 The Metropolitan Police are dedicating a “significant amount” of resources to tackling ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) camera-related crime, the force’s commissioner has said. There were 510 crime reports relating to Ulez cameras logged between April 1 and the end of August, figures released by the Met Police last week show. Two arrests have been made, [...]
ULEZ: More than 200 reports camera-related crime logged in month to expansion September 2, 2023 There were 222 reports of crimes relating to Ulez cameras logged in the month leading to its expansion across London, according to figures released by the Metropolitan Police. Previous figures released in August showed there had been 288 reports since the force began collecting the data in early April, taking the current total released on [...]
ULEZ: Sadiq Khan hails launch of London-wide low emission zone August 29, 2023 London has become the world’s largest pollution charging area after the ULEZ was expanded to include the whole of the capital.