The Latest Breaking News from The Metropolitan Police

Blue Stevens, 24, was stabbed to death Knightsbridge, central London, last week

The Metropolitan Police made 42 arrests in central London on Saturday, while there were 16 arrests in Manchester and 13 arrests in Cardiff.

Lord Ian Blair ran the force from 2005 to 2008, including the period of the July 7 bombings

Ministers have confirmed a pause in possible public contract bans for seven firms ‘to prevent any impact on criminal investigations’

The group said the Government ‘failed to do its basic due diligence’ in engaging with police and prosecutors before announcing its own investigation.

The Cabinet office confirmed in February that seven companies were facing possible bans.

Street festival gets bailout from City Hall and two councils but there’s dismay that Government has declined to help

Britain has too much crime because it has too many police forces, apparently. But don’t fret, Britons, the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has had A Big Idea. Sir Mark Rowley, chief of the ever-showered-in-glory Metropolitan Police, has proposed a radical overhaul of the make-up of police forces. What…

A 24-year-old man was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of vandalism, the Metropolitan Police said.