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Home Office ‘suspends official after racist WhatsApp posts’

The Home Office has reportedly suspended an immigration official and ex-Metropolitan Police officer after a BBC investigation alleged he had been posting racist content on WhatsApp. The BBC’s Newsnight reported Rob Lewis had created a group chat ...

06 Oct 2022 at 11:39

Questions over plan for police to attend all home burglaries

A police pledge to attend all home burglaries has prompted warnings that it could pile pressure on officers and risks becoming another “box-ticking exercise” unless “proper resources” are provided. Police chiefs in England and Wales have ...

05 Oct 2022 at 17:53

Two charged with murder and fraud after death of 71-year-old woman

Two people have been charged with murder and fraud after the death of a 71-year-old woman. Chelsea Grant, 27, and Xyaire Howard, 22, were arrested after Susan Hawkey’s body was found by Metropolitan Police officers at a house on ...

02 Oct 2022 at 14:18

Relatives of Chris Kaba share tearful embrace outside coroner’s court

Relatives of a man who was shot dead by police shared a tearful embrace outside a coroner’s court as the family called for an urgent decision on criminal charges in the case. Chris Kaba, who died in Streatham Hill, south London ...

04 Oct 2022 at 14:37

Woman facing jail over attack on Sir Captain Tom Moore’s statue

A woman is facing jail after pleading guilty to pouring faeces over a memorial for Sir Captain Tom Moore. Madeleine Budd, 21, from Manchester, damaged the life-sized statue of the World War Two veteran in Thistley Meadow, ...

04 Oct 2022 at 17:44

Coroner offers condolences to family of Chris Kaba

A coroner has offered his condolences to the family of Chris Kaba as the inquest into the 24-year-old’s death was opened and adjourned. Relatives of the father-two-be attended Inner South London Coroner’s Court on ...

04 Oct 2022 at 11:11

Three in court over ‘torture’ and killing of vulnerable woman

Three people have appeared in court accused of torturing and killing a vulnerable woman and leaving her body to rot in a child’s bunk bed. Shakira Spencer, 35, was allegedly fatally assaulted in the days before ...

04 Oct 2022 at 17:21

54 arrests after Just Stop Oil protest in London

Police have arrested 54 people after environmental protesters blocked roads in central London. The Metropolitan Police said 54 protesters were arrested on suspicion of wilful obstruction of the highway on ...

04 Oct 2022 at 18:48

Woman to appear in court accused of pouring faeces over Captain Tom Moore statue

A woman is set to appear in court accused of pouring faeces over a memorial for Sir Captain Tom Moore. Madeleine Budd, 21, of Kedleston Avenue, Manchester was arrested by the Metropolitan Police in ...

04 Oct 2022 at 09:54

Inquest into police shooting of Chris Kaba due to open and adjourn

The inquest into the death of Chris Kaba, who was shot by police in south London, is due to be opened and adjourned in a short hearing on Tuesday. Mr Kaba, 24, was killed after a police car chase ...

04 Oct 2022 at 03:45

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Dad who hit rock bottom and tried to end his life in a jail cell gets sober and wins police award for his work helping young offenders

A loving father whose life was transformed when he found recovery after hitting rock bottom and trying to end it all in a prison cell now uses his experience to help young offenders – work so ...

19 Aug 2022 at 09:00

Sprinter Ricardo Dos Santos pulled over for a second time by police

An athlete who was allegedly racially profiled during a stop and search has said he was pulled over for a second time by seven armed police officers while driving home in London. Ricardo Dos ...

14 Aug 2022 at 23:40

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