Metropolitan Police

Police targeting of Belfast journalists exposes ‘lack of legal safeguards’ for press freedom

Tribunal ruling on Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey underscores need to protect press freedom and confidential journalistic sources

Tue Dec 17 2024 - 15:54

UK police officer who shot Chris Kaba acquitted of murder

Incident led to protests among London’s black community

Mon Oct 21 2024 - 20:52

Police in UK investigate 40 new allegations against Mohamed Al Fayed and others

Scotland Yard said people had come forward to make allegations, including of rape and sexual assault, since the broadcast of a BBC documentary about late billionaire’s behaviour

Fri Oct 11 2024 - 22:11

‘The fire broke our family’: Grenfell was, above all else, a human tragedy

Lives and deaths can be pieced together from the witness statements, transcripts and formal findings of this week’s inquiry into the fire at the tower

Sat Sept 07 2024 - 06:22

Grenfell Tower fire: Starmer issues state apology as inquiry’s damning final report is published

Irish building firm Kingspan among those criticised in long-awaited report into fire that killed 72 people in 2017

Wed Sept 04 2024 - 20:30

Keir Starmer announces new violent disorder unit as UK police brace for more riots

British prime minister speaks to police chiefs after protests following mass stabbing on Monday in which three children died

Thu Aug 01 2024 - 18:55

Man (34) arrested in connection with discovery of suitcases containing human remains in Bristol

Another man (36) arrested over remains found in London has since been released without charge

Sat Jul 13 2024 - 09:36

UK election: Sunak and Starmer clash over gambling scandal in final head-to-head debate

The Labour leader said placing bets on the future of the country showed the ‘wrong instinct’

Wed Jun 26 2024 - 18:04

Police officer working in Rishi Sunak’s protection team arrested over alleged UK general election bets

Metropolitan Police officer was detained on Monday on ‘suspicion of misconduct in public office’

Wed Jun 19 2024 - 19:39

Newborn baby found in London has brother and sister also abandoned

Judge in family court rules relationship between the siblings could be reported because of public interest of the case due to rarity of babies being abandoned

Tue Jun 04 2024 - 16:01

Roy Keane gestured to fan to ‘meet him outside’ after ‘banter turned more aggressive’, court told

Former Ireland international was allegedly headbutted through doors at Emirates Stadium by Scott Law last year

Thu May 30 2024 - 15:00

London attack: Boy (14) killed after stabbing incidents as sword-wielding suspect arrested

Four other people rushed to hospital and man (36) arrested after incident at Hainault in east of city

Tue Apr 30 2024 - 20:46

Failure to spot warning signs allowed UK police officer Wayne Couzens to commit rape and murder, inquiry finds

Offences were reported but not acted upon prior to the killing of Sarah Everard in London

Thu Feb 29 2024 - 17:09

Police mounted surveillance op to find source after journalists’ arrest, tribunal hears

Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney investigated the 1994 UVF massacre in Loughinisland, Co Down in their film No Stone Unturned

Wed Feb 28 2024 - 18:27

Ronan Bennett: ‘I’m not the only Irish person to criticise an Irish man in the White House for a lack of solidarity’

The novelist’s new book, based on his Netflix hit Top Boy, draws on his experience of being Irish in London – and of being wrongly convicted of murder. But his status as a former convict cuts little ice in his home city

Sat Jan 20 2024 - 05:30

Sinéad O’Connor died of natural causes, says London coroner

Sinéad O’Connor’s body was found in a flat near Brixton last July, weeks after the Irish singer-songwriter moved to London

Tue Jan 09 2024 - 16:17

Woman (41) arrested after child (4) dies in London knife attack

Police were called to an address in Montague Road, Hackney, on Wednesday following concerns about the welfare of a child

Thu Dec 21 2023 - 21:43

New PSNI chief constable has decades of policing experience

Jon Boutcher was key player in operation that foiled huge terrorist attack in UK and US, and headed up investigation into activities of ‘Stakeknife’ in North

Tue Nov 07 2023 - 21:52

Police in London investigate sexual assault allegations following Russell Brand reports

‘Number of allegations of sexual offences’ received by Metropolitan Police following media investigation

Mon Sept 25 2023 - 19:24

Russell Brand: Channel 4 boss says ‘no evidence’ alleged incidents reported to management

YouTube stops actor from making money on its platform while BBC pulls material that ‘now falls below public expectations’

Tue Sept 19 2023 - 19:43

British police receive report of alleged sex assault in wake of claims about Russell Brand

Comedian and actor (48) faces rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse allegations following Dispatches documentary

Mon Sept 18 2023 - 19:43

Why Catholic PSNI officers may feel the need to carry weapons to Mass

Many police officers can’t even tell their families what their real jobs are. A new independent police review is vital

Mon Sept 11 2023 - 06:15

Terrorism suspect Daniel Khalife recaptured in west London after prison escape

The 21-year-old former soldier was arrested after escaping from Wandsworth prison on Wednesday morning

Sat Sept 09 2023 - 13:02

UK police have confirmed sighting of escaped terrorism suspect

Daniel Abed Khalife (21) absconded from London’s Wandsworth prison on Wednesday after strapping himself to bottom of delivery truck

Fri Sept 08 2023 - 19:22

Man (42) released on bail after allegedly headbutting Roy Keane

Confrontation followed Arsenal’s 3-1 victory over Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium

Tue Sept 05 2023 - 10:57

Man (42) arrested after Roy Keane allegedly headbutted at match

Sky Sports say Micah Richards stepped in to try to ‘defuse a situation’ after Premier League match between Arsenal and Manchester United

Mon Sept 04 2023 - 15:14

Say ‘maaate’: New anti-misogyny campaign aimed at young men in UK divides opinion

London Letter: Initiative by mayor Sadiq Khan draws ridicule from some but is praised for putting onus on men to restrain sexist behaviour

Wed Aug 02 2023 - 05:00

Two children among four people found dead at flat in west London

Metropolitan police have launched an investigation after the individuals, all thought to be from the same family, were found dead at a home in Hounslow on Friday afternoon

Sat Jun 17 2023 - 15:37

Terrorism charges dropped against Irish citizen in London

Philip O’Keeffe was travelling to Ireland to deliver news of the death of Finbar Cafferkey when he was arrested

Wed May 17 2023 - 19:22

Finbar Cafferkey and Philip O’Keeffe bonded in Syria over opposition to imperialism and Isis brutality

When news started to filter through that Mr Cafferkey, from Achill, Co Mayo was missing in action while fighting in Ukraine, it was clear Mr O’Keeffe should be the one to break the news to his parents

Wed May 10 2023 - 21:21

‘Comrade’ of Cafferkey arrested while travelling to Ireland to inform family of Mayo man’s death

Philip O’Keefe, Irish citizen who fought with Cafferkey against Islamic State in Syria, arrested by UK counterterrorism police on way to Ireland

Wed May 10 2023 - 05:00

Controlled explosion carried out outside Buckingham Palace after man arrested, says police

Controlled explosion carried out after man approached gates of palace and allegedly threw items, suspected to be shotgun shells, into grounds

Tue May 02 2023 - 21:18

London Metropolitan police institutionally racist, misogynistic, homophobic, report finds

Investigation launched after then serving officer raped and murdered Sarah Everard in March 2021

Tue Mar 21 2023 - 16:45

David Carrick ‘no longer the big man’ following life sentences, says victim of UK police officer

UK police officer given 36 life sentences after pleading guilty to 85 serious offences including 48 rapes against 12 women

Wed Feb 08 2023 - 15:00