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No longer the “plastic bobbies” of popular repute, PCSOs in the Met have clearly been far too successful in their work. Having been deployed to purge the streets of all those little crimes and misdemeanours caused by bored kids, the powerless policemen have done such …

Looks like the new police commissioner is a toughie, striding out firm wristed within just a few days in office to fight the good fight. He has demanded that Limehouse nick remove the rainbow flag that they were flying in support of Lesbian Gay Transgender …

A policeman has been killed in a road crash in Bromley… …whilst a Polish man has died in police custody in Chelsea. Is Gordon Ramsay feeling the pinch? d’Offay’s offering: his rather splendid gift to the nation is to go on display. Network Rail is …

Image courtesy of parl under a Creative Commons Attribution licence There’s a bit of confusion on the crime statistics front, particularly that perennial favourite, knife crime. National figures for last summer show a jump of 18% in knife crime, but the Met are claiming a …

Kray fishing: gangster fans will be able to buy memorabilia at an auction next week. Trevor Phillips has given the Met a pat on the back. The Mayor’s overseas offices aren’t doing a very good job. London gets some more Michelin stars. ITV has been …

Critter crime. Seems to be on the increase. Squirrels for example. We all know that they are prolific thieves, but turns out that they are closet fire-starters, wicked fire starters, as well. The squirrels’ brush with arson was discovered when fire broke out at a …

Though we never knew you at all. As Sir Ian Blair ‘enjoys’ his last day as Met police commissioner, we feel we should take a look back at his time as London’s top cop. He was only in office for less than four years but …

Oh, Facebook. Something about being on the site just calls for people to post inappropriate photos and divulge private information that should probably be left off the interwebs. Even the police aren’t immune to the lures of the Facebook Spill-Your-Guts Demon — 18 officers were …

Knife crime has been a big concern for the Met as of late and has led to some rather interesting new tactics to combat the problem that has become especially prevalent amongst London’s youth. The latest campaign involves super-graphic images of real-life knife induced injuries. …

Residents vs. architects: Those who live in Robin Hood Gardens want the estate demolished, whilst architects fight to save “seminal” modernist buildings. Your daily crime round-up: “Osama bin London” jailed indefinitely; cleaner who killed 94-year-old widow jailed for life; financial trader denies involvement in murder …