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Massive rise in London mobile phone thefts as Met Police admit 'we have a growing and very serious problem'

Some 80,000 devices were stolen in the capital last year - about 16,000 more than in 2023

Evening Standard

MPs accuse Apple and Google of profiting from rise in phone thefts

Firms defend security features after police tell committee 80,000 phones were stolen in London in 2024

The Guardian - UK

Man killed in Hackney stabbing named by police

A young man who died after being stabbed in east London has been identified by police as 20-year-old Jason Junior Romeo.

Evening Standard

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School policing overhauled in Hackney after Child Q strip-searching scandal

The role of police officers in Hackney’s schools is to be overhauled, four years after the Child Q strip-searching scandal.

Evening Standard

Tributes paid to ‘jolly, cheerful, caring’ man stabbed to death in east London

Jade Anthony Barnett, who was attacked in Clapton, used a mobility scooter after losing a leg in a motorcycle accident

The Guardian - UK

Girl, 9, shot in front of parents at Dalston restaurant ‘may never speak or move properly again’

‘She only went there for ice cream’ devastated parents speak out as girl still in critical condition following shooting in May

The Independent UK

Nine-year-old shot in Hackney may never again ‘speak or move properly’

Police renew appeal for information on motorcyclist who fired into restaurant where girl was having family meal out

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Hackney shooting: Girl, 9, remains in critical condition one week on from Turkish restaurant drive-by

The girl remains ‘in a hospital bed fighting for her life’ after being shot at random

Evening Standard

Real target of Hackney drive-by shooting that left girl, 9, critical, says: 'I wish it had been me'

The intended victim is said to be a man linked to London’s Turkish gangs, who survived a previous attempt on his life four years ago

Evening Standard

Family of girl, 9, critically injured in Dalston shooting ‘praying to God’ for her recovery

The girls’s grandmother said she was ‘praying for her survival’ after the drive-by shooting at a restaurant in Dalston

The Independent UK

Met Police issue update on Hackney shooting as girl, 9, fights for life

Gunman on stolen motorbike opened fire on Turkish restaurant while child was eating with family

The Independent UK

Hackney shooting: Police release image of motorbike used in drive-by as girl, 9, remains fighting for life

A motorbike stolen in Wembley in 2021 was used in the drive-by shooting in Hackney, police have said

Evening Standard

Metropolitan Police charge man with Hackney fire which injured four

Man charged with three offences to appear in court on Monday

Evening Standard

‘Beautiful soul’ shot dead in street may have been gangland victim, police say

Lianne Gordon is thought not to have been the intended target of the triple shooting in Hackney on Tuesday evening

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

I feel betrayed by police, says mother of Black teenage boy arrested at gunpoint over water pistol

Boy was knocked to the ground, handcuffed and arrested on suspicion of having a firearm after being confronted by marksmen

The Independent UK

Mother of water pistol boy surrounded by armed police says she was betrayed

The mother said she and her son had been treated with contempt.

Evening Standard

Boy, 13, knocked off bike by police in Hackney after water pistol mistaken for real gun

The boy was knocked off his bike by a police van and handcuffed during the incident in east London in July.

The Independent UK

Boy, 13, confronted by armed police after water pistol mistaken for real gun

The boy was knocked off his bike by a police van and handcuffed during the incident in east London in July.

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The Independent UK

Police officers could face sack over school strip-search of 15-year-old girl

The girl was searched with no appropriate adult present while on her period at a school in Hackney in 2020.

Evening Standard

Man jailed for brutal hammer murder in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

Erik Feld was obsessed with ‘horrific violence’ and ‘fuelled by homophobia’, police said

WEKU

A fatal mistake: The truth behind a Marine Corps lie and broken promises

A mortar blast killed two Marines in Iraq almost 20 years ago. But families weren't told for years it was "friendly fire," a tragic accident, despite regulations. Some of the wounded were never told.

The Independent UK

Police officer badly injured and colleague hurt in balcony attack

The two officers were confronted at an address in Hackney, east London.

Belfast Live

'Tattoos for Toys' fundraiser brings festive cheer to Northern Ireland kids this Christmas

Over the past two years, the gesture has raised almost £10,000 for charity

Manchester Evening News

Following in the footsteps of the heroic Stockport milkman who helped bring WW2 to an end

The Cockleshell Heroes mission retraced - 80 years on

Tribune News Service

The census missed some folks. These cities want them counted

When the 2020 census found that tiny McNab, Arkansas, had lost more than half its residents, Mayor James Conway went door to door and found 45 people in the rural town instead of the 30 reported by the census.

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