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Man and woman found dead at Premier Inn with 'mystery substance' at hotel scene
Two people have been pronounced dead inside Romford's Premier Inn in what police described as an 'unexpected' incident, with specialist officers dispatched to the scene after a substance was found
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Boy, 17, found stabbed to death in canal named as 3 teenagers still in custody
Victor Lee, 17, from Ealing, was discovered in the water by Ladbroke Grove, in West London, last weekend and a post-mortem examination concluded he died from stab injuries
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Rowdy stags hijack Just Stop Oil London protest before pinching group's banner
A rowdy stag do hijacked Just Stop Oil's slow march near Waterloo Station in London today with chants of 'we love you oil, we do!' before one of the stags pinched the group's banner
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School fined £35,000 after boy, 7, accidentally set on fire during nativity play
The boy was wearing a costume made of cotton wool when another child tripped while holding a candle, accidentally setting the outfit on fire at Our Lady of the Annunciation Church in Croydon in 2019
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Boy stabbed to death as 'group of 20 took laughing gas' next to expensive cars
Blood stains are visible in two places on a white Mercedes, part of an area Metropolitan Police has cordoned off as they investigate the tragedies in Islington, north London
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Boy, 15, and man, 23, dead in triple stabbing as 'group filmed music video'
Metropolitan Police have launched a double murder investigation following two fatal stabbings in Islington, north London - and a third person remains in hospital
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Met Police officer launched sex attack on woman in the sea at his own stag do
Sergeant Laurence Knight, who was based at Stoke Newington Police Station, north London at the time, denied rape and sexual assault but has today been convicted of the latter
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Cop used identity of dead six-year-old boy to trick 'vulnerable' woman into sex
Vincent Harvey used the name of a dead child as a cover as he attempted to infiltrate left wing groups. He went on to become director of UK operations at the National Criminal Intelligence Service
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'Stephen's family act with dignity, but they surely can't endure much more pain'
Eva Simpson says that, 30 years on from his horrific murder, the family of Stephen Lawrence still can't find the peace they deserve following the news that there is a sixth suspect identified as being involved in the racist attack
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Girl, 13, missing after travelling 175 miles from home found after public appeal
Carmelle Hepi had travelled 175 miles from her home in Barnsley to London to go to a birthday party but her family reported her missing shortly after midnight on Sunday 24 June
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Three Just Stop Oil protestors arrested after Lord's Ashes Test halted
The first day of the second Ashes Test at Lord's between England and Australia on Wednesday was disrupted after Just Stop Oil protesters ran onto the field of play
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'Stephen Lawrence suspect revelation too late for family but not for Met Police'
News that Matthew White should also have faced charges over the racist murder which rocked our nation are a tough reminder of the changes still needed in the Met following the Casey Review
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Teenager, 17, stabbed and dumped in canal as police launch murder investigation
The 17-year-old was pulled from the Grand Union Canal in Harlesden, north west London, following reports of a stabbing at 5.45pm on Sunday
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Sixth suspect threatened to 'Stephen Lawrence' black man near where teen killed
Metropolitan Police confirmed that Matthew White, who died in 2021 at the age of 50, was a major suspect at the time following the killing in Eltham, south east London in April 1993
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Stephen Lawrence's mum 'unsurprised' by police failures as new suspect named
Stephen Lawrence, an 18-year-old aspiring architect, was murdered on his way home in an unprovoked attack by a gang of racists in Eltham, south-east London, in April 1993
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Where Stephen Lawrence's murderers are now as new suspect is named
Police have confirmed the name of a sixth alleged attacker in the UK's most notorious racist murder after the Metropolitan Police admitted 'many mistakes' were made in the 1990s investigation
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New Stephen Lawrence suspect named as Met Police makes rare decision
Police have confirmed the name of a sixth alleged attacker in the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence after the Metropolitan Police said 'many mistakes' were made in the 1990s investigation
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Brother of cop shot dead in custody suite accuses Met Police force of a cover-up
De Zoysa was still handcuffed when he shot Sgt Ratana at the Croydon custody block in South London, after being stopped and searched in nearby Norbury and found with seven rounds of ammunition
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Partygate Tory Shaun Bailey admits he was in building during bash
The failed Tory London Mayor candidate admitted, through his lawyers, that his claim to have left to go on BBC Newsnight was "unintentionally inaccurate"
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Matt Ratana due to retire and get married months after murder at police station
After joining the Met Police in 1991, Sergeant Matt Ratana returned to New Zealand working with the British High Commission wing of the New Zealand police in 2003, before returning to the UK in 2008
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Man guilty of murdering Met police officer with hidden gun at police station
Sgt Matt Ratana was just weeks from retirement when he was shot by Louis de Zoysa in a custody station in Croydon in September 2020
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Police gobsmacked after Brit calls 999 to say they're being followed by a cat
A Met Police officer was stunned when a 999 caller rang the emergency service claiming to be stalked "for some time" by a cat in Finchley, North London
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Inside horror cramped space where smugglers forced migrants to hide on way to UK
A gang of smugglers have been jailed for bringing Albanian migrants to the UK, with new photos released by police showing the claustrophobic conditions inside the lorries
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Moment police officer pepper sprays robber dangling from tower block
PC Luke Wenham, of Dartford, Kent, was convicted of two counts of common assault following attacking serial robber Carl Cumberbatch in Elephant and Castle, London
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Two men attacked with mattock in hospital stabbing as suspect arrested
Two men, who are in their 40s, suffered injuries at Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal, west London, yesterday, which led to armed police arriving at the facility
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