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The Latest Breaking News from The Metropolitan Police

Arrest made over alleged arson attacks on properties linked to Prime Minister

A 21-year-old was arrested in the early hours of Tuesday, 13 May on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.

Evening Standard

Everything we know about the arson attacks targeting Keir Starmer as three men are charged

Three men, two Ukranians and one Romanian, have been charged with fires at homes linked to the prime minister

The Independent UK

Man arrested over fire at UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's house

Police are investigating whether the 21-year-old may be connected to three fires in London in recent days.

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Starmer thanks emergency services following fire at former home

The Metropolitan Police are investigating after the fire at the house in Kentish Town where the Prime Minister used to live.

The Independent UK

Former Alpine boss Oliver Oakes’ brother charged with transferring criminal property

William Oakes, the brother of former Alpine team boss Oliver Oakes and a director at Hitech Grand Prix, was arrested last week and charged with transferring criminal property.

Motorsport

Five Iranian men arrested over alleged plot to target Israeli embassy – reports

The Metropolitan Police had said they were arrested after a suspected plot ‘to target a single premises’ was uncovered.

Evening Standard

Five Iranian men arrested over ‘plot to target Israeli embassy in London’

Metropolitan Police had said they were arrested after a suspected plot ‘to target a single premises’ was uncovered.

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Man beat neighbour to death following row over closing a gate

Mr O’Neill was left with a bleed on the brain and died in hospital almost a fortnight lat

The Independent UK

Family ‘heartbroken’ after body found in River Thames confirmed to be schoolgirl

The Metropolitan Police said on Wednesday that a body found in Maritime Quay on The Isle of Dogs, east London, on April 13 is Kaliyah Coa.

Evening Standard

M&S cyber attack: How long will disruption last and what will happen to my orders?

The Metropolitan Police has worked with M&S to investigate the cyber attack

The Independent UK

David Amess’s daughter calls for police investigation into Kneecap ‘kill your MP’ comments

The organisers of Glastonbury festival are facing growing calls to remove Kneecap from the lineup

The Independent UK

Katie Amess says Kneecap’s response in ‘kill your MP’ row was ‘gaslighting’

The daughter of murdered MP Sir David Amess said police should investigate the footage of a group member appearing to call for Tory MPs to be killed.

Evening Standard

UK counter-terror police investigating two Kneecap videos

In a video of the Irish group from 2023, one member is alleged to have said: "The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP." This follows another video from last year that allegedly shows a Kneecap member shouting: "Up Hamas, up Hezbollah".

Euronews

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.

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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.

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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

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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.

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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

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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.

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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’.

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