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Knife crime in England and Wales: Latest numbers and trends

A total of 54,587 offences were recorded by forces in England and Wales in 2024.

Evening Standard

Police continue to analyse transgender rights protest footage after banner claim

Questions have been raised over whether some protesters held signs with apparent death threats.

Evening Standard

Hotel manager jailed for rape after guest woke up to find him in her room

Ahmed Fahmy, 46, sexually assaulted several women to “indulge his foot fetish,” the court heard

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Hotel worker jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of sexual assaults

Ahmed Fahmy, 46, of Barnet, was found guilty in July last year of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

Evening Standard

Trans rights rally placards should be investigated by Met, policing minister says

Placards carried at a trans rights protest in London over the weekend should be investigated by the Metropolitan Police, the policing minister has said.

The Independent UK

Appeal to find hit-and-run victim who was carried on car’s bonnet for 30 yards

A car carried the woman around 30 yards on the bonnet before she was thrown to the ground, the Metropolitan Police said.

Evening Standard

Four arrests as dozens gather for annual 420 cannabis protest in Hyde Park

Dozens were seen gathering in Hyde Park for the annual 420 rally

Evening Standard

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Locals ‘devastated’ after 400-year-old tree mysteriously felled in London park

The incident has been reported to the Metropolitan Police and Enfield Council has put an emergency preservation order in place.

Evening Standard

Family of missing 11 year-old Kaliyah Coa told body found in the River Thames

Officers were alerted to a body in the River Thames in Maritime Quay in east London on Sunday at 9.03am, the Metropolitan Police said.

Evening Standard

Police launch probe after transport minister seen using mobile phone while driving vintage bus

Peer was reported to police last month by one of the passengers on his vehicle

The Independent UK

Rail minister admits using phone while driving vintage London bus

A spokesperson for Lord Peter Hendy said the minister had reported himself to the police.

Evening Standard

Greenpeace activists arrested after blood-red dye poured into US embassy pond

The US Embassy said the protest had ‘damaged a 1.5 million gallon water supply on the property, wasting a local environmental resource’.

Evening Standard

Romanian man arrested at Stansted over suspected spy link to DHL depot fire

The Metropolitan Police said a man, 38, was arrested on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service after he arrived in the UK on March 19.

Evening Standard

Romanian man arrested by counter-terror police over DHL fire

The Metropolitan Police said a man, 38, was arrested on suspicion of assisting a foreign intelligence service after he arrived in the UK on March 19.

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Evening Standard

Businessman jailed for exploiting Ukraine war effort for £6.7m money laundering operation

Valeriy Popovych used his business shipping vehicles to Ukraine as a front for a £6.7m money laundering operation

The Independent UK

Cashpoint thief tackled to ground in seconds as off-duty police catch him in act

Two off-duty police officers caught a cashpoint thief whilst on their way to work, according to the Metropolitan Police.

Evening Standard

Boy, 15, who died after getting into difficulty in London park lake is named

The Metropolitan Police named the teenager, who got into difficulty in a lake in Beckenham Place Park, as Izaiah Smith.

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Mental ill-health is losing its stigma, but it’s still used to blame victims of abuse

In the latest case of its type, the Met police failed a woman targeted by a predatory officer

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The Independent UK

Pro-Palestine protesters moved on by police in central London rally

The campaigners began gathering at Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Holborn, on Saturday morning and made their way to King’s Cross station.

Evening Standard

Boy, 15, dies after getting into difficulty in lake in London park

The Metropolitan Police said the search had been stopped after a boy was found on Friday night.

International Business Times

UK Comedian Russell Brand Charged With Rape

British comedian and actor Russell Brand denied rape and sexual assault allegations on Friday after being charged with five offences by London's Metropolitan Police.

Evening Standard

Brand says he ‘never engaged in non-consensual activity’ after being charged

He has been charged with sexual offences, including rape.

Evening Standard

Timeline of Rupert Lowe’s fallout with Reform UK and Nigel Farage

The party suspended Mr Lowe and reported him to the police on March 7.

International Business Times UK

Katy Perry's Ex Russell Brand Accused Of Rape, Oral Rape And Assault: What You Need To Know

British comedian Russell Brand has been formally charged with rape and multiple sexual offences following a police investigation into allegations dating back to 1999.

The National (Scotland)

Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault by Met Police

Comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with one count each of rape, indecent assault and oral rape as well as two counts of sexual…

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