All news on the topic: Metropolitan Police

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Police probing fatal house fire as detectives investigate cause of blaze
Police are investigating a house fire in London that left three Polish men dead and two others injured after the exact cause is still unknown. The blaze was spotted by concerned neighbours, who alerted the authorities after noticing a fire erupting from a boarded-up building
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Premier League star 'called concierge N-word twice in disgusting drunken rant'
A concierge at a luxury block of flats has accused a Premier League player of racially abusing him after allegedly turning up drunk in the early hours of the morning
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Manhunt after deadly knife attack with public told not to approach this man
Suspect Jerejs Vankovs, 38, is wanted by the Met Police following a deadly knife attack in Hackney, east London, on Boxing Day with the public warned not to approach him
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Christmas carnage across UK with several murders and arrest of a teenage boy
Polie have arrested nine people in connection with four separate murders over Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day with investigations continuing into all four
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Teenage boy arrested on suspicion of young woman's murder
The 22-year-old victim and the suspect who has been arrested were known to each other, police said, following the stabbing in Bermondsey, south London
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Four arrested after man stabbed to death in early Boxing Day attack
Officers were called to reports of a stabbing in Cranwood Street, Hackney, at around 3.10am on December 26, The Metropolitan Police said.
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Boy, 16, arrested after young woman, 22, stabbed to death on Christmas Eve
Metropolitan Police have opened a murder investigation and arrested a youth, after a 22-year-old woman was stabbed in the Bermondsey area of London on Christmas Eve
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Gun warnings 'ignored' by Met Police despite Matt Ratana shooting by prisoner
Deadly weapons including four guns have been smuggled into Metropolitan police custody centres despite warnings that came after the shooting of officer Matt Ratana
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Police called in after Banksy art worth up to £500,000 removed by man
The artist confirmed the artwork was his in a social media post on Friday shortly after midday - and within just an hour two men had torn it down and fled off with it
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'Murdered' four-year-old's devastated dad says he brought 'joy and laughter'
Kobi Macharia Dooly was found with knife injuries at an address in Hackney, east London, this week, and Keziah Macharia has since been charged with the boy's murder
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Woman and two dogs killed in hit and run and police search for driver
A 48-year-old woman and two dogs were killed in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Essex, with police appealing for information as the driver of the car is yet to be identified
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Suzy Lamplugh murder suspect's desperate plea as he insists 'I have an alibi'
Convicted rapist and murderer John Cannan claims that, on the day Suzy disappeared, he was treating his mother to lunch and has accused the police of prejudice against him
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Four-year-old boy dies of knife injuries as woman arrested and cops launch probe
A four-year-old boy was found with knife wounds at a home in Hackney, north London, on Wednesday and rushed to hospital, but died of his wounds, as police arrested a woman, 41
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Met Policeman probed over 'grooming' young girl cadets found dead
A Metropolitan Police officer, Ryan Gadsden, 23, was under investigation over allegedly inappropriate contact with young female cadets before his body was found in a London park
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Body of student who vanished on night out found as last CCTV sighting shared
Gurashman Singh Bhatia, 23, was on a night out with friends on Thursday December 14, he was last seen on CCTV in the South Quay area at around 04:20hrs on Friday
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Chelsea vow to ban fan who confronted Newcastle's Martin Dubravka in EFL Cup win
Mauricio Pochettino and Eddie Howe both condemned the security breach, which saw the supporter enter the Stamford Bridge pitch after Mikhailo Mudryk scored for Chelsea
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Dubravka pitch invader incident investigated by police as Chelsea launch probe
Newcastle goalkeeper Martin Dubravka was approached by a supporter in the aftermath of Chelsea’s Carabao Cup equaliser, with police and the Blues now taking a close look at the incident
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Tory MP put under investigation by standards watchdog amid Partygate claims
Conservative MP Miriam Cates is facing a probe by Parliament's Commissioner for Standards into allegations she caused 'significant damage to the reputation' of the House of Commons
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Terror cops arrest two over London ULEZ camera explosions
Two men aged in their 60s have been arrested by counter-terror police over the explosion of a ULEZ camera in Sidcup, south-east London, that led to damage to vehicles and a house
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Nigel Farage floored as parents of daughter’s boyfriend face 10 years in prison
The former UKIP leader and I'm a Celebrity contestant said he is "in shock" after the parents of 18-year-old daughter Izzy's boyfriend were arrested for drugs offences after a raid on their home
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Woman still in hospital a year after horror concert crowd crush that killed two
A woman is still in hospital in very serious condition a year after the tragic crowd crush at O2 Academy Brixton that killed Rebecca Ikumelo and Gaby Hutchinson
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Broken mum who watched son die in restaurant sobs 'I don't even want to live'
Rocio Chango Mullo witnessed the horror murder of her son Ian Gualavisi, and two years on from the killing says the lack of a suspect in the case has left her not wanting to live
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Images issued of people cops want to speak to over O2 Brixton Academy crush
Two people, including security guard Gaby Hutchinson, were killed when fans without tickets tried to force their way into a show at the O2 Brixton Academy in south London
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Mum shot dead at home was 'trying to protect family from balaclava-clad gunman'
Lianne Gordon died after being shot in the head at her home in Hackney last week. The Old Bailey has now heard the mum was trying to protect her family at the time
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Jimmy Tarbuck admits driving into cars in hit-and-run days after family funeral
Veteran comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, 83, was filmed driving his Lexus away from the scene near his £5.5million home as he left a row of damaged vehicles on May 15