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The evenings are drawing in, it’s definitely woolly hat weather and FHM’s November ‘After Dark’ Special is out now, packed with 45 pages of nocturnal naughtiness to heat up those wintry evenings. We’re fond of our vampires but they tend to be of the local …

Did you know you’ve been influencing the Met’s priorities? The MPA tell us that in previous years, they’ve had a good response to their annual consultation from Londonist readers and it’s that time of year again. Concerned about knicker nickers? Cross at the cost of …

Knitted policeman by Heather Brown / M@ Brown Despite getting the law changed to allow himself to chair the Metropolitan Police Authority, Boris Johnson has today decided he doesn’t have the time to do it (he could always give up his Telegraph column if he’s …

The MPA are threatening to disband the Met’s specialist human trafficking unit, handing over its remit to ‘Vice and Clubs’ comprising Met officers without specific knowledge or training in the third largest international crime after arm and drugs trading. Labour MEP Mary Honeyball is presenting …

By adotjdotsmith They say a policeman’s lot is not a happy lot and it’s not been an easy year for the Met. They’ve antagonised photographers, had problems policing protests and even nicked a Londonista and that’s on top of the usual stabbings, break-ins, ASBO enforcing …

We’re taking it as a compliment and indication of this here site’s influence and esteemed readership that the Metropolitan Police Authority are emailing us asking for help in publicising their consultation on future policing priorities. They want to know what Londoners think the police should …