Armed officers including the country’s most highly trained police marksmen have swarmed a traveller site in south-east London in a raid targeting suspected organised crime.

Hundreds of police officers swoop on Orpington traveller site

Wilson Alexandre Garcia Varela, 24, died after being shot, in what police believe to be a case of mistaken identity.

£10,000 reward on offer for information about Kentish Town murder 

Extinction Rebellion is holding 10 days of demonstrations across central London as part of its ongoing campaign to highlight climate change.

At least 90 arrested at Extinction Rebellion protests 

Pcs Kerry Lynham and Sophie Dennis face a disciplinary hearing over claims of harassment made by Katrina Makunova in the weeks before her death.

Two Pcs accused of gross incompetence over teenager’s domestic abuse claims

Maggie Price was just 19 years old when she joined up in 1969 in Kingston

Former police officer honoured for more than 50 years of service 

A man in his twenties has been arrested on suspicion of failing to stop at the scene of a collision and causing death by dangerous driving.

Man arrested after cyclist killed in Newham 

While formal identification has not yet taken place, investigating officers are confident the victim is Sayagi Sivanantham.

Murder investigation following the death of girl, 5, in Mitcham

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick it had been a “very difficult few weeks” of lockdown easing in the city, with officers coming under attack as they tried to break up crowds.

Met Commissioner vows action as police tackle more illegal gatherings

The officer, a 21-year-old police constable who works within Frontline Policing, was arrested at an address in north London.


Serving Met Officer arrested for 'membership of right wing terror group'

Britain's largest police force has more than doubled the number of officers who deal with online images of child abuse.

Met double number of officers to deal with indecent images cases rise

Police discovered the boy in High Road, in Tottenham, on Thursday morning

Baby boy dies after falling from block of flats in north London

Police are asking for the public's help to find a man who bit a woman on the face 

Woman bitten and left with life-changing injuries at carnival

One woman was abducted in Chingford and another in Edgware.

Image released of car believed used in two abductions and rape attacks in London

It is 100 years since Commissioner Sir Cecil Macready announced the introduction of female officers into the Metropolitan Police.


Metropolitan Police celebrate 100 years of female officers

Britain's largest police force has been rebuked by a watchdog over its use of a controversial database set up to tackle gang crime.


London Metropolitan Police