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The Latest Breaking News from The Metropolitan Police

Watch live: Kneecap’s Mo Chara to find out whether terror charge to be dropped

Watch live as Kneecap’s Mo Chara arrives at court in London to find out whether his terrorism charge will be dropped.

The Independent UK

Kneecap rapper Mo Chara's terrorism charge thrown out by London court over technical error

Charge dropped against the rapper - real name Liam Og O hAnnaidh - who was accused of displaying a flag in support of proscribed terror organisation Hezbollah

Evening Standard

Police unveil new tool to crack down on ‘abhorrent’ vape spiking

Children as young as 14 were admitted to hospital after cannabis products were placed in vapes

The Independent UK

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Police use new detection technology to crack down on vape spiking

The Met received more than 2,000 allegations of spiking between March 2024 and March 2025.

Evening Standard

£20k reward in search for missing Bexley teacher feared murdered as daughter says 'world stood still' since disappearance

Nazire Koreli is thought to have vanished from her Bexley home a year ago, amid fears the former teacher was murdered

Evening Standard

Man banned from every Boots store after £100,000 shoplifting spree

Liam Hutchinson has been banned from entering all UK Boots stores for the next 10 years

The Independent UK

Prolific shoplifter who stole more than £100,000 of goods from London Boots stores is jailed

Liam Hutchinson, 32, has been banned from entering the borough of Kensington and Chelsea for the next five years and every Boots store in the UK for ten years

Evening Standard

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Report into police surveillance of journalists and lawyers to be published

The PSNI commissioned the independent review amid allegations of police spying on reporters, solicitors and NGOs in Northern Ireland.

Evening Standard

Freed Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner claims he can solve ‘scandal of century’

German national Brueckner, 49, told phone shop manager he is ‘sitting on crucial information’, reports say

Evening Standard

Police release pictures of 18 people they want to talk to from the Unite the Kingdom rally

Police previously said out of the 24 people arrested, 23 were believed to be involved in the Unite the Kingdom rally

The Independent UK

Bid to trace 18 more people over alleged offences on Unite the Kingdom rally day

The Metropolitan Police previously said out of the 24 people arrested at the protests, 23 were believed to be involved in the Unite the Kingdom rally.

Evening Standard

Fact check: ‘Unite the Kingdom’ protest and Labour’s ‘Hillsborough Law’ pledge

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

Revealed: Met Police PC's 'predatory' abuse of children as he begins nine-year jail sentence

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Merriman’s crimes while a Met Police officer can finally be reported today after The Standard successfully applied for reporting restrictions to be lifted

Evening Standard

Three people arrested in Essex on suspicion of spying for Russia

Scotland Yard said it would not disclose the nationalities of those involved

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Man dies and woman in hospital after London park shooting

Hackney Council said on social media that it was ‘supporting the police with their investigations’

Evening Standard

Man dies and woman in hospital after shooting in park

The Metropolitan Police said officers responded to reports of a shooting in Clissold Park in Hackney at 7.06pm on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Thousands take to streets in protest against Trump’s second state visit

The Metropolitan Police said up to 5,000 people were at a rally, organised by the Stop Trump Coalition, in central London.

Evening Standard

Fact check: Video posted by police was from Unite the Kingdom protest in 2025

A video appears to have been correctly labelled by the Metropolitan Police, despite claims to the contrary.

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Main suspect in Madeleine McCann's disappearance is released from prison

Christian Brueckner, 48, was released from prison in Germany after serving a sentence for an unrelated sex crime in Portugal’s Algarve region where McCann disappeared

The Independent UK

Police launch search for 11 violent disorder suspects linked to Tommy Robinson rally

It comes as eight people have been charged after the rally following several incidents of violent disorder

The Independent UK

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner refuses to speak to Met Police before German prison release

The German national ‘remains a suspect’ in an ongoing investigation, the force has said

The Independent UK

Man charged after spate of ‘revolting’ attacks on synagogues and Jewish premises in London

Ionut-Cristian Bold, 37, allegedly smeared a substance on a number of premises in the Golders Green area between 4 and 11 September

The Independent UK

Memphis mayor says he got confirmation National Guard would be deployed from Trump's TV comments

The Memphis mayor says President Donald Trump’s TV announcement was the first hard confirmation he received that Trump would send in the National Guard to address crime

Evening Standard

Police ‘assaulted’ and face ‘aggression’ from Tommy Robinson protesters

More than 100,000 people were estimated by police to have gathered for ‘Unite the Kingdom’

The Independent UK

Police officers ‘assaulted’ as Tommy Robinson march draws thousands to London

The Unite the Kingdom event drew an estimated 110,000 people to Whitehall, according to Metropolitan Police

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