Scotland Yard refers itself to police watchdog again over Operation Midland
Scotland Yard has reported itself to the police watchdog again over claims of more blunders in the disastrous investigation into false claims of a VIP paedophile ring.
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No evidence union boss in megaphone noise ‘assault’ case had committed a crime
The trial of a cab drivers’ union boss accused of assaulting two police officers by using a megaphone collapsed because there was no evidence he committed a crime.
Drugs gang members who supplied cocaine worth £70m jailed for 111 years
Seven members of a drugs gang who supplied at least a tonne of high-purity cocaine worth up to £70 million to dealers around the M25 have been jailed for a total of 111 years.
Elderly man critical after being hit by moped gang rider
An elderly man is in a critical condition after he was knocked down by a moped rider whose gang then circled him before they “callously” rode off.
Police find ‘no evidence’ of racist abuse directed at Rudiger and close case
The Metropolitan Police has found no evidence to support Chelsea defender Antonio Rudiger’s allegation of racist abuse, Tottenham have announced.
Strip club could lose licence after customers claim they were charged thousands
Customers at a London strip club claim they were fleeced out of thousands of pounds while drunk – with one man losing £50,000 in a single night.
Man arrested outside Islamic centre ahead of memorial to Iranian general
A man has been arrested outside an Islamic centre in London shortly before it was due to hold a memorial for a top Iranian general killed in a US air strike.
Police granted more time to quiz four men over suspected terror plot
Police have been granted more time to quiz four men arrested in different parts of the country over a suspected terror plot.
Four men arrested across England over suspected terror plot
Four men have been arrested in different parts of the country over a suspected terror plot.
‘I ordered one saveloy, they sent three’ – police reveal time-wasting 999 calls
A mistake with a chip shop order and an out-of-date packet of biscuits were among more than 22,000 time-wasting calls to the UK’s largest police force this year.
Met chief pledges to co-operate with watchdog probe into paedophile ring inquiry
The head of the Metropolitan Police has said she will be “extraordinarily co-operative” with an investigation into her involvement in the botched inquiry into an alleged Westminster paedophile ring.