All news on the topic: Metropolitan Police
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Mum feels 'betrayed' after armed police ram boy, 13, off bike over water pistol
The boy was hit by a van then surrounded by armed police during a waterfight with his younger sibling. He was holding a white and blue water pistol
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Muslim women 'sexually assaulted on buses' - police want to speak to this man
Met Police say they are hunting for a man who purposely sits next to his victims travelling on buses in west London before touching them without staying a single word
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Cops ram boy, 13, off bike and handcuff him after mistaking water pistol for gun
Armed units from the Metropolitan Police rushed to reports of a gun in Hackney, east London and knocked the suspect off his bike before realising it was just a 13-year-old having a water fight
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'Game-changing' facial recognition tech rolled out by cops to tackle shoplifters
Twelve top firms were approached for a police pilot scheme and asked to provide images of their worst offenders - and within 60 seconds, it generates a match report for an officer
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Top Tory 'threatened' by alleged fake policeman who pursued him, court told
The ex-Education Secretary, who gave evidence in court today, said he was 'fearful' after being pursued by a 'very aggressive man' that he could be the victim of a knife attack
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Greta Thunberg charged after blocking entrance to hotel during climate protest
Climate activist Greta Thunberg, whose address was given as Dorset, has been charged with obstructing the highway following a protest outside an energy conference in central London
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Man caught writing 'coloniser' on UK poster of hostage kidnapped by Hamas
Police have launched an investigation into the footage, which shows a woman confronting a man in West Hampstead, London, and accusing him of writing "coloniser" on the poster of a missing two-year-old girl
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Hate crimes confirmed at Jewish schools as cops hunt red paint throwing vandal
The Metropolitan Police confirmed to the Mirror that two separate events involving Jewish schools and the spattering of red paint are now being treated as hate crimes.
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Met Police officers accused of racism in stop and search of Olympic sprinter
Five police officers have been accused of being racist after stopping and searching Ricardo Dos Santos and Bianca Williams in July 2020 on suspicion of having drugs and weapons
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Cop ran down and killed aspiring social worker while racing to knife attack
PC Gary Watkinson was driving at 64mph in a 30mph zone in Kensington, central London, when he collided with Jade Mutua, a social studies student, who suffered a brain injury
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Police hunt women wearing 'offensive images' at London pro-Palestine protest
Metropolitan Police said they investigating a public order offence and are appealing for help identifying two women who were at the demonstration in London yesterday
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British fugitive 'drug smuggler' arrested in Spain on international warrant
The 35-year-old has been held in the resort of Javea north of Alicante as the UK’s National Crime Agency swoop after Spanish police said he was “directly linked” to drug importation
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Police hunt killer after man stabbed to death in Hounslow and appeal for footage
Naython Muir, 43, died after being stabbed in Hounslow, west London, on Friday night. The Metropolitan Police have now asked anyone who was in the area to get in touch
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Palestine protest turns ugly as bottles and flares hurled at cops - live updates
Ugly scenes broke out in Trafalgar Square in London after a day of largely peaceful protests around the country in support of Palestine. Bottles and flares were hurled at police with several arrests
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'Burglary tourists' from abroad believed to have targeted Perrie Edwards' home
Burglars raided the £3.5m mansion of Perrie Edwards and her fiancé Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain a year ago and stole jewellery and designer handbags worth thousands
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Cops on 'high alert' over fears of UK terror threat after Gaza evacuation order
Met deputy assistant commissioner Laurence Taylor said a 'very significant policing operation' is in place with officers patrolling vulnerable locations after Israel ordered the evacuation of Gaza
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Police fine 24 people over Tory HQ Partygate video after Mirror exposé
The Metropolitan Police re-opened its investigation into the 'Jingle and Mingle' bash after requesting the damning video of aides dancing, drinking and laughing at Covid rules
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Shop owner filmed 'strangling' customer 'in hiding with kids living off bread'
Sohail Sindho, a shop keeper from south London who was filmed with his hands around the throat of a customer during a row, claims he has been forced to go into hiding
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Female police officer 'sexually assaulted junior colleague at Christmas party'
Metropolitan Police officer Rachel Bright, 45, is alleged to have put her hand up a junior colleague's skirt at a work Christmas party where she had been drinking Prosecco all evening, a court heard
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London kosher restaurant has glass shattered while Met Police boosts patrol
The last few days have been marked by growing violence amid the long running conflict between Israel and Palestine and the Met Police have since increased patrols in the capital
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Operation Yewtree - launched after Jimmy Savile's death and sick stars convicted
Jimmy Savile's crimes sparked Operation Yewtree, which was run by the Met Police and exposed abuse carried out by several other high profile figures
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'Hallucinating' killer hacked sister-in-law to death after trying to deport him
Svetlana Mihalachi, 53, told police officers she was 'scared' Virtosu would kill her and an Old Baily judge conceded that the victim was 'poorly served' by UK authorities
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8 terrifying celeb kidnappings - from Victoria Beckham to Duffy and Jessica Alba
A man has appeared in court accused of attempting to kidnap This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby - but other celebrities have, or claim to have, been the victims of abductions, here are their stories
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Photo of dog leads cops to would-be killers who plotted revenge murder
Frankie Sinclair and Paul Fontaine were using an encrypted phone network that had been hacked by the National Crime Agency - and were caught thanks a pic of a dog
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Met Police step up patrols amid reports of people 'celebrating attack on Israel'
Scotland Yard was urged to intervene as a video was posted on social media by Countdown presenter Rachel Riley which showed people waving Palestinian flags, beeping car horns and clapping in west London
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