Jailing him for two years and four months on Friday, Judge Mark Lucraft QC described the messages as being of a “highly sexualised nature”.

Ex-police officer jailed for trying to send ‘highly sexualised’ messages to girl

Ben Hannam, 22, was found guilty of membership of right-wing extremist group National Action.

Police officer jailed for being member of neo-Nazi terrorist group

Police have released images of nine people they would like to speak to after anti-lockdown protests in central London turned violent.

Police want to identify people men after officers injured at protest

The family of the 19-year-old, who has sickle cell disease, have been spoken to by officers, who are waiting for formal identification.

Richard Okorogheye: Post-mortem due after body found in hunt for missing student

Police are appealing for the public’s help to locate a remand prisoner who was mistakenly released from HMP Wormwood Scrubs.

Police hunt for mistakenly released prisoner

Scotland Yard said it has reviewed testimonies on the "Everyone's Invited" website, a site where people can anonymously share their experiences of abuse.

Metropolitan Police investigate abuse reports from anti-rape culture website

Kit Malthouse called scenes from Saturday’s event “alarming” but did not back calls for Dame Cressida to resign - people in the crowd turn on their phone torches as they gather in Clapham Common, London.

Kit Malthouse called scenes from Saturday’s event “alarming” but did not back calls for Dame Cressida to resign.

Policing minister defends under-pressure Met Police chief following vigil

People holding placards outside New Scotland Yard in London, the day after clashes between police and crowds who gathered on Clapham Common on Saturday night to remember Sarah Everard. The Metropolitan Police has faced intense criticism for its handling of the vigil, with officers accused of "grabbing and manhandling" women during clashes with the crowd. Picture date: Sunday March 14, 2021.


National Police Chiefs’ Council chair Martin Hewitt said the difficult decisions faced by police commanders have been made harder under lockdown restrictions.

Police chief calls for clarity over handling of protests during lockdown

Ten people suspected of being members of a criminal gang conspiring to possess a firearm have been arrested.

Police make 10 arrests following 'rent-a-gun' raids

The National Crime Agency said the seizure is one of the largest ever in the UK.

Cocaine 'worth £184 million' hidden in banana boxes is seized in armed raid

General view of a Metropolitan Police sign on the side of a BMW London Metropolitan police motorcycle


Officers were called to a house on Paton Street at 11pm on Wednesday where there were reports of loud music and “loads of people coming and going”.

Islington house party in breach of Covid lockdown rules broken up by police 

It comes after a review of the Met's gang violence matrix, which includes suspected gang members and those seen as at risk of becoming involved in violence.

A thousand young black Londoners removed from controversial Met gangs database

Nine Metropolitan Police officers have been fined £200 each for breaching Covid-19 regulations for eating in a cafe while on duty, Scotland Yard has said.

Nine police officers fined for breaching Covid rules with cafe visit

General view of a BMW badge and Police sign on the back of a London Metropolitan police motorcycle


It comes after criticism of the way stop-and-search is used with data showing black people are much more likely to be stopped. 

Police to record ethnicity of drivers pulled over after profiling concerns

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick during a visit to Wembley Stadium, north London, where officers from the Metropolitan Police are being trained to assist the London Ambulance Service.


Cressida Dick said the force is receiving “hundreds of calls a day” from concerned people, with fines handed out to those who are “completely reckless”.

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