Party shambles: Downing Street apologises to the Queen for ‘suitcase full of wine’ party night before Prince Philip’s funeral January 14, 2022 A spokesperson for the Prime Minister said this afternoon Downing Street has apologised to Buckingham Palace after it emerged parties were held in Number 10 the day before the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral last year. Two gatherings reportedly took place at Downing Street, with the Prime Minister’s former director of communications James Slack apologising for [...]
Where is Boris? No 10 eerily quiet as resignation calls grow over ‘bring your own booze’ party but Johnson ignores demands to come clean January 12, 2022 The Prime Minister is facing an increasingly hostile and outraged Conservative Party as he will meet with MPs today amid furious demands to come clean over his attendance at a reported “bring your own booze” party in the No 10 garden in breach of Covid lockdown rules. Boris Johnson will make his first public appearance [...]
Met Police sued over refusal to investigate Downing Street Christmas party allegations January 11, 2022 The Metropolitan Police has been sued by a legal charity over its failure to investigate Downing Street Christmas party allegations. The Good Law Project has issued formal legal proceedings against Britain’s largest police force after pleading with the Met to take action in December. The not-for-profit sent a letter to the Met before Christmas, asking [...]
A bash while Covid spread: Boris Johnson may face police probe over ‘bring your own booze’ drinks party at Downing Street when household mixing was outlawed January 11, 2022 The Metropolitan Police confirmed it is liaising with the Cabinet Office over damning claims the Prime Minister’s aide organised a “bring your own booze” Downing Street drinks party during the first lockdown, in May 2020. Martin Reynolds, the Prime Minister’s principal private secretary, sent an email to more than 100 Downing Street employees asking them [...]
Leaked email proves Downing Street had lockdown-busting party in May 2020 January 10, 2022 Downing Street staff were invited to a party during the height of lockdown in May 2020 to “make the most of the lovely weather”, a new leaked email has revealed. An email was sent by the Prime Minister’s Principal Private Secretary Martin Reynolds to more than 100 staff in Number 10, telling them to “bring [...]
London confidence in Met Police plummets amid series of controversies January 10, 2022 Confidence in the Metropolitan Police has dropped in the past year, according to new research, while the first part of the inquiry into Sarah Everard’s murder is underway. Research by the Police Foundation and Crest Advisory found “worrying evidence” that trust and confidence in the Met police had worsened amid a series of controversies. It [...]
Body of young Londoner who vanished after night out at Heaven night club in Embankment found in river Thames January 7, 2022 The body of 20-year-old Harvey Parker, who was missing, has been recovered from the River Thames, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed. The force was alerted to reports of a body in the Thames near Embankment, central London, by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at 11.51am on Tuesday. Parker was last seen on Friday after leaving [...]
Sadiq Khan eyes partial drug decriminalisation trial in Lewisham, Bexley and Greenwich January 4, 2022 Sadiq Khan may soon oversee trials of partial drug decriminalisation in three London boroughs to ensure under-25s caught with small amounts of cannabis escape arrest. The trials – in Lewisham, Bexley and Greenwich – would see police told to divert 18-24-year-olds found with small amounts of cannabis into drug courses or counselling instead of arresting [...]
2021 goes down as bloodiest year on record in London after double teen stabbing in Hillingdon and Croydon January 1, 2022 2021 has gone down as the bloodiest year on record for teen homicides in London as two boys were stabbed to death within an hour of each other. A 16-year-old boy was fatally wounded at Philpot’s Farm, Yiewsley, in Hillingdon in west London, and was pronounced dead at 8.25pm. It followed the fatal stabbing of [...]
Boxing Day murder: 26-year old Newham man arrested after woman’s body found in East London December 27, 2021 Police in London have arrested a man on suspicion of murder after the death of a woman in east London. Metropolitan Police officers were called to Earlham Grove in Newham at just before midday on Boxing Day following concerns over the welfare of a resident. A body of a woman, believed to be aged in [...]