Police Confiscate Food And Sleeping Bags From Homeless In Ilford
Food parcels donated by the public are taken.
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Mitchell Launches Action Over ‘Plebgate’
Mitchell on the warpath, Met and media on the hook.
Met Encouraged Rape Victims To Drop Claims
Damning IPCC report, suggests police sought to improve detection rates.
London Assembly: Crime Victims ‘Deserve Better’
Met urged to ‘up their game’ when dealing with victims of crime.
“Racist” Music Regulations Reviewed
The Met appear to have backed down further over Form 696, the ‘risk assessment’ document that venues in 21 London boroughs have to complete in advance of a show. The form was branded racist as it asked for details of the audience’s “likely ethnic group”; …
Haringey Among UK’s Worst Burglary Hotspots
Image by of nicobobinus Does any good news ever come out of Haringey? The borough that’s notorious across the land for its social care tragedies has found itself near the top of a list of Britain’s burglary hotspots. Haringey sits in fourth place, and is …
“Mummy, Where’s The Toilet? I Need To Do A Code Three Incident”
Image / roll the dice The litany of euphemisms for the body’s excretory functions is immense, and we’re all familiar from childhood with Numbers One and Two, but what release of effluvial matter would a Number Three involve? Scotland Yard’s police control room in Lambeth …
Metropolitan Police Publish Photography Advice
Image by Natalie Ujuk Following what it euphemistically describes as “ongoing debate” over the right to take photographs of the police – a debate that saw hundreds campaign earlier in the year – the Met today issued a document offering photography advice to the concerned …
Get Cape. Wear Cape. Enforce Law
The hard-working men and women of the Met deserve snazzy, comfortable outfits, and who better to help spruce up their uniforms than the fashion forward students at the London College of Fashion? Back in January, we told you about a contest for the fashion students …
When Storm-clouds brood on the towering heights….
And we’re not just talking about the hills of the Chankly Bore. Londoners are being advised to batten down the hatches on Monday morning, when a rather ferocious weather front is predicted to romp across the UK. The Met Office has gotten all serious on …
Extra, Extra
The Met’s Olympic security chief has plans and he’s been outlining them. In Abu Dhabi. The Chocolate Wrapper Killers have been put away. As has the First Date Murderer. The first sign of a financial hiccough, and and the non-doms will be off. Apparently. A …
