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Rival groups gather as asylum hotel protest begins

The Metropolitan Police said it has imposed conditions on a protest and counter-protest outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel.

The Independent UK

London migrant protests LIVE: Arrests as masked men clash with rivals outside Islington asylum hotel

The force has imposed conditions on a protest and counter protest outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel

Evening Standard

‘Increased police presence’ at asylum hotel protest

The Metropolitan Police said it has imposed conditions on a protest and counter protest outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel.

Evening Standard

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Police impose conditions on London asylum hotel protest ‘to prevent serious disorder’

There will be an ‘increased police presence’, the Met says, for a protest and counter protest outside in London

The Independent UK

Police impose conditions on asylum hotel protest

The Met Police said there would be an ‘increased police presence’ for a protest and counter protest outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel.

Evening Standard

Met Police to double use of facial recognition technology amid budget cuts

The move by London’s police force comes as it restructures to cover the loss of 1,400 officers and 300 staff amid budget shortages

Evening Standard

Britain’s biggest police force to double use of live facial recognition

The Metropolitan Police is also planning to expand its public order crime team amid a rise in protest-related offences in the past two years.

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Mapped: London’s knife crime hotspots revealed

The West End is the capital’s knife crime hotspot, accounting for one in every 15 knife attacks in London, report says

The Independent UK

Man arrested after two killed in Southwark quadruple stabbing

A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder

The Independent UK

Two dead after stabbing at business in south London

Police and the London Ambulance Service attended the scene and treated four people for stab wounds

The Independent UK

Two killed in ‘targeted’ quadruple stabbing in south London named as rugby player and his father

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after Terry and Brendan McMillan were fatally stabbed in Bermondsey on Monday afternoon

Evening Standard

Police officers detained after smacking son win appeal after ‘unlawful’ arrests

The officers, who both serve with the Metropolitan Police, were arrested in March 2019

The Independent UK

Paul Gallagher, older brother of Oasis stars Liam and Noel, charged with rape and other sexual offences

Paul Gallagher, who lives in East Finchley in north London, has been charged by Scotland Yard following an investigation that began last year

Evening Standard

Ex-cop who led Levi Bellfield and London's night stalker investigations unveiled as Reform's crime advisor

Colin Sutton will help Nigel Farage's party develop its pledge to halve crime in five years

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Police offer £20,000 reward for information over fatal stabbing

The Metropolitan Police says it remains committed to finding Imran Maroof’s killer, a year after he was stabbed to death in east London

The Independent UK

Top Boy actor Micheal Ward charged with rape and sexual assault

The 27-year-old starred in drama series Top Boy

Evening Standard

Top chef says thieves have targeted Notting Hill restaurant 20 times — but Met do nothing about it

Richard Wilkins, who runs London's smallest fine dining restaurant, has branded Scotland Yard ‘a failure of organisation’

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Outrage as 4-Star Hotel in London to Welcome Hundreds of Asylum Seekers

Protests erupt at Britannia Hotel in Canary Wharf as it prepares to house asylum seekers. Eggs thrown, police deployed, and costs hit £3bn yearly. Tensions rise over immigration policy, with locals and politicians divided.

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The Independent UK

Full list of police officer numbers in England and Wales, by force

The Metropolitan Police saw the largest drop in officers in the latest year, down 1,022 from 34,315 to 33,293.

The Independent UK

‘Travesty’ no officers prosecuted for Jean Charles de Menezes’ death – family

Dozens of people joined his relatives for a vigil outside Stockwell Tube station in south London, where the Brazilian was shot and killed by police.

Evening Standard

Four people hospitalised after gas leak in Kilburn

The Metropolitan Police, London Fire Brigade, and London Ambulance Service were all scrambled to the scene

Evening Standard

More than 100 Palestine Action protesters arrested across UK

Demonstrations were held in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol and Truro on Saturday.

Evening Standard

Dozens of Palestine Action protesters arrested across UK

Demonstrations were held in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Bristol and Truro on Saturday.

Evening Standard

Facial recognition cameras to be used at Notting Hill Carnival, Met says

It is among a range of crime-cutting measures being used at the west London event over the August Bank Holiday weekend, the Metropolitan Police said.

The Independent UK

Police to use controversial facial recognition cameras at Notting Hill Carnival

The technology will be used to search for people who are marked as being wanted on the Police National Computer

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