Man charged with murder of London university student Sabita Thanwani March 22, 2022 A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of student Sabita Thanwani, who was found at City University accommodation in Clerkenwell on Saturday, the Metropolitan police have confirmed today. Maher Maaroufe is due to appear in Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court this morning. Thanwani, 19, was found with “serious neck injuries” early Saturday morning at [...]
Met has sent out 100 questionnaires in its Number 10 ‘partygate’ investigation March 21, 2022 The Metropolitan Police has sent out 100 questionnaires during its ongoing investigation into the Number 10 partygate scandal. The police today said it had been begun interviewing witnesses, however no fixed penalty notices have been given out. Outgoing Met commissioner Cressida Dick launched an investigation into the saga in January, with the police looking into [...]
World’s first: Met Police develops new forensics technology that can detect blood specks within seconds March 20, 2022 Tiny specks of blood on dark clothing can now be detected by forensic scientists in a matter of seconds, sometimes resulting in crucial evidence. Traditional methods, which have been used for 100 years, involve hours of painstaking examination but the new technology means suspects can be quickly identified or eliminated in a murder investigation, for [...]
Met police apologise over ‘traumatic’ strip search of Hackney schoolgirl March 16, 2022 The Metropolitan police have apologised after two officers strip searched a black schoolgirl who was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis.
‘Putin go F*** yourself’: Squatters occupy oligarch’s London mansion March 14, 2022 Squatters have occupied a mansion in London believed to be owned by a Russian billionaire who was sanctioned by the UK government last week.
Metropolitan Police did breach rights of organisers of Sarah Everard vigil, High Court rules March 11, 2022 The Metropolitan Police breached the rights of organisers of a vigil for Sarah Everard with its handling of the planned event, High Court judges ruled this morning. Reclaim These Streets (RTS) proposed a socially-distanced vigil for the 33-year-old, who was murdered by former Met officer Wayne Couzens, near to where she went missing in Clapham, [...]
London much better prepared for terror attack than five years ago March 11, 2022 London is significantly better prepared to deal with a potential terror attack than five years ago, although the capital will never be “entirely safe”, an independent review has found. Lord Toby Harris’ report said “very substantial progress” has been made by the emergency services and other agencies following the 2017 attacks on Westminster Bridge, London [...]
International Women’s Day and feminism every day March 8, 2022 In her book published last year, Amia Srinivasan wrote: “Feminist theory is grounded in what women think when they are by themselves, what they say to each other on the picket line and on the assembly line and on the street corner and in the bedroom, what they have tried to say to their husbands [...]
Khan’s mayoralty is an audition for Labour leader – but it’s at our expense February 21, 2022 Today was supposed to be an important day for the administration of London. The Crystal, the new home of City Hall in Newham, Royal Docks, was due to open and inaugurate a fresh chapter in our governance: a slimmed-down, more efficient headquarters for the mayor and the London Assembly in the east of the capital. [...]
Storm Eunice is coming: Red weather warning for London, Ireland holds its breath, Charles’s visit to Wales postponed February 18, 2022 A red weather warning for wind for the East of England including London has been issued by the Met Office ahead of the arrival of Storm Eunice. Meanwhile, schools and colleges in seven counties in the Republic of Ireland will be closed tomorrow after Met Eireann issued the high level of alert, a red wind [...]