In Tuesday's edition of the VG daily newspaper, the Oslo police warned of the consequences of a sharp increase in organised crime in the capital. Police officers will no longer be able to respond to every call. Juvenile gangs and their professionalisation are said to be responsible for the growing wave of violence.more
Facial recognition technology could be used more often by UK police forces, according to new plans announced by the Home Office.
A 10-week publication consultation on how to regulate the technology and protect people's privacy has been launched, which could pave the way for new laws.more
Police have launched an urgent manhunt for a second foreign prisoner freed mistakenly, two days after the justice secretary, David Lammy, brought in stronger checks for jails.more
The main adversary of the British counter-terrorism police is ‘the big three, namely Iran, Russia and China,’ said the head of the unit, Deputy Commissioner Laurence Taylor, as quoted by the UK Defence Journal.more
London’s robbery hotspots are revealed in a new interactive map as it is revealed an average of nearly 100 crimes are happening every day in the capital.more
New rules in England and Wales will make it harder to punish police officers accused of wrongly using force, with critics saying it will lead to greater “impunity and injustice”.
Ministers hope to quell fears among firearms officers that they will be hounded for doing their job.more
The Metropolitan Police in London announced today that they had arrested an asylum seeker convicted of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, who was mistakenly released from prison on Friday. Officers found the Ethiopian national in the early hours of the morning in the Finsbury Park area in north London.more
A new interactive map reveals London’s violent crime hotspots, as latest figures show the capital still accounts for almost a third of knife offences in England and Wales. Capital accounts for almost a third of knife offences in England and Wales, research shows.more
A new Scotland Yard trial will see drones launched remotely in London to support police officers responding to 999 calls, solving crime and locating fugitives.
The aircraft can arrive at an emergency in just two minutes and from there stream live footage back to trained operators in a control room.more
Six people were arrested during riots that broke out yesterday evening in front of a hotel in Dublin where illegal immigrants are staying, Irish police said today. They added that one police officer was injured.more
More than 30 people have been arrested in the Metropolitan Police’s largest-ever crackdown on shoplifting gangs.
Officers carried out raids at 120 shops in the capital suspected of purchasing items stolen from major retailers and reselling them at discounted prices.more
The Metropolitan Police says it will no longer investigate non-crime hate incidents to allow officers to "focus on matters that meet the threshold for criminal investigations".
The announcement came as the Met confirmed it was dropping a probe into Father Ted creator Graham Linehan after he was arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of inciting violence in posts on X.more
Detectives have smashed an international crime network suspected of smuggling tens of thousands of phones stolen in London out of the UK.
The Metropolitan Police says the gang is believed to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the UK to China over the past 12 months – up to 40% of all phones stolen in London.more
The police are investigating the arson attack on a mosque that took place on Saturday night in Peacehaven, East Sussex, in southern England. Investigators have concluded that the fire was caused by third parties, and a hate crime investigation has been launched.more
The Metropolitan Police said yesterday that the number of people arrested during a protest in London in support of Palestine Action had risen to 492. The protest went ahead despite calls from the British government to postpone it in light of the recent attack on a synagogue in Manchester.more
Forty people were arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration held yesterday evening outside the British Prime Minister's office on Downing Street, according to London police. Violent clashes with security forces broke out during the demonstration.more
British police have confirmed that yesterday's attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Manchester was an act of terrorism. The perpetrator was 35-year-old Jihad al-Shamie, a British citizen of Syrian origin, who was killed on the spot after police intervention. Two members of the Jewish community were killed in the attack and three others were injured.more
Two people are dead after an incident in Manchester, where a man drove into a group of people outside a local synagogue and stabbed a security guard, police said, as quoted by AP. The attacker is also dead. The government has announced that it will increase security at synagogues in the United Kingdom.more
The Munich authorities have announced that due to bomb threats, the Oktoberfest beer festival will be closed today until 5 p.m. The decision is related to an explosion in the northern part of the city and a letter left by the perpetrator of the incident, according to reports.more
Two men and a woman were arrested in Essex, eastern England, on suspicion of collaborating with Russian intelligence services, British police said yesterday.more
Dozens of flights were delayed and thousands of travellers were affected by the incident at Terminal 4 of Europe’s busiest airport on Monday evening, which sparked a multi-agency response from the Metropolitan Police, London Fire Brigade (LFB) and London Ambulance Service.more
A new interactive map reveals London’s sex offences and stalking hotspots, as the mother of murdered model Sally Anne Bowman says women are still in “constant danger” 20 years on.
Latest figures show Croydon - where 18-year-old Sally Anne was stabbed and raped yards from her front door - has the highest overall rate.more
Thousands have taken to the streets of west London for this year's Notting Hill Carnival.
Sunny skies and temperatures up to 26C were out for the third and final day of Carnival, Europe's biggest street party, which celebrated its 57th year.more
The London police announced today that they had arrested 100 people as part of an operation to ensure safety during the Notting Hill Carnival. An estimated two million people are expected to attend the event, which begins tomorrow and runs until Monday.more
