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London’s shoplifting epidemic is revealed as thieves rob retailers of £16.7million a month

Frontline workers brace themselves for the annual rise in offending during the January sales

Evening Standard

Freemasons seek injunction to halt plans forcing Met officers to reveal their membership

An inquiry into 1987 axe murder of private detective Daniel Morgan recommended that Freemasonry membership should be declared

The Independent UK

Man charged with murder of boy, 15, found stabbed to death in London street

Adam collapsed on Westbourne Road, Islington sparking two-week manhunt across the capital

Evening Standard

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Prime suspect in fatal stabbing of boy, 15, arrested after two-week manhunt across London

Scotland Yard said Abdel Derdour, 22, among five people detained at an address in north west of capital on Boxing Day

Evening Standard

Russell Brand charged with further counts of rape and sexual assault

The alleged offences took place in 2009, the Crown Protection Service said

The Independent UK

Burglars jailed for using Grindr to dupe victims into letting them in their home

After arranging to meet their targets at home, Rahmat Khan Mohammadi and Mohammed Bilal Hotak took mobile phones and passwords to steal their money.

Evening Standard

Man, 79, dies after being hit by car while crossing busy road in northwest London

Victim sadly lost his fight for life in hospital on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said

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Two burglars jailed after using Grindr to trick victims

Rahmat Khan Mohammadi and Mohammed Bilal Hotak have been found guilty of using the dating app Grindr to trick their victims

The Independent UK

Police officer dismissed for sexual assaulting another off-duty officer

Eugene Emmanuel was found to have committed gross misconduct and has been dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Force

Evening Standard

Met reveals latest cost-cutting plans: more station closures and smaller lockers for police officers

Force wants to open 40 ‘policing hubs’ in council buildings across London

Evening Standard

Police seek to trace man after boy, 15, killed in London stabbing

Detectives urgently want to speak to 22-year-old Abdel Derdour in connection with the fatal stabbing of Adam Henry.

Evening Standard

Revealed: The 10 vehicles most likely to be stolen as thefts soar

More than 80,000 vehicles stolen between January and September this year, according to new data

The Independent UK

'London is a cycling Wild West': Lycra louts are flouting law in front of police, Lords told

Bikers on pavements in the capital have made them potentially as dangerous as the roads, says a former minister

Evening Standard

Metropolitan Police staff to strike on New Year’s Eve over pay

Union chief has warned strikes may mean ‘delays to emergency callouts’

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Evening Standard

Mother jailed for nine and a half years after killing baby daughter

Three-month-old Kaylani Kalanzi died in July 2024 after she was admitted to hospital having been violently shaken.

Evening Standard

'Flabbergasted' retail chiefs are furious after Met Police boss Mark Rowley called on them to 'step up and do better' in the fight against shoplifting

The head of a retail group blasted Met Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley after he called on the sector to "step up and do better" at tackling shoplifting.

Evening Standard

Virginia Giuffre's family 'deeply disappointed' Met Police won't investigate claims Andrew ordered smear campaign on her

Met Police said, after assessing the allegations, this ‘has not revealed any additional evidence of criminal acts or misconduct

Evening Standard

London protests LIVE: Tommy Robinson 'Unite the Kingdom' rally gets underway with carol concert

The protest began in the north end of Whitehall from 3pm

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Moment Algerian migrant on bail caught brazenly stealing designer clothes from Selfridges

Dade Mustafa told police ‘no problem, no problem’ when confronted on London’s Oxford Street

The Independent UK

Trump talking ‘complete nonsense’ on violence in London, Met Police chief says

US president reignited feud with London mayor last month, making claims about crime in the capital

Evening Standard

Illegal pangolin meat and cane rats seized by police in Deptford

Officers from the Food Standards Agency and the Metropolitan police found the bushmeat at a site in south-east London on December 5

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How A Wealthy US Student Behaved After Leaving Girlfriend Unresponsive After Altercation

The student allegedly left his victim to pass away from her injuries while he called his dad for a lawyer.

Evening Standard

London teenager who threatened to blow up school collected homemade guns and explosives in his bedroom

Sakhile Ntsele, 18, from Wandsworth, stored terrifying armoury of homemade guns and explosives in his home

The Independent UK

Met police using facial recognition in fresh crackdown on e-bike phone snatchers

Metropolitan Police commissioner said rules around e-bikes are clear and ‘pretty tough’

Evening Standard

Met Police launch Christmas blitz on e-bike phone snatchers in London’s West End using facial recognition

Standard invited out on patrol with unit ‘taking the fight’ to criminals as Sir Mark Rowley turns to high-tech cameras to combat scourge

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