
London police have been criticised after it was revealed they wrote to ‘New Jihadi John’ Abu Rumaysah politely asking him to surrender his passport weeks after he had already fled to Syria. It formed part of a series of blunders
by Nick Hallett6 Jan 2016, 8:38 AM PST0

All 2,000 of London’s firearms officers will be on duty in the capital this evening, amid terrorism threats from Islamic State. Although firearms officers have had leave cancelled for special events before, such as the Olympics, this is the first
by Donna Rachel Edmunds31 Dec 2015, 4:33 AM PST0

There has been a dramatic 61 per cent increase in anti-Semitic hate crime in the UK capital over the past 12 months according to the latest statistics released by London’s Metropolitan Police. A total of 483 anti-Semitic crimes were committed up
by Simon Kent26 Dec 2015, 5:24 AM PST0

London’s Metropolitan Police have spent £80,000 of taxpayers’ money employing a Muslim American pop star for two weeks so he can tackle terrorism by rapping and dancing. The rapper has a well publicised history of impersonating police officers and faking so-called “Islamophobic” harassment, which
by Liam Deacon21 Dec 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

Analysis of terrorism arrests in Britain carried out in the last two years shows the towns and cities that form the UK’s terror hotspots, and a sharp increase in the number of women detained for terrorist offences. Data from across Britain
by Sarkis Zeronian10 Dec 2015, 11:19 AM PST0

LONDON (Reuters) – London police could deal with an attack by heavily armed marauding terrorists, one of the capital’s most senior officers said on Wednesday, rejecting suggestions the mostly unarmed force would struggle to cope with a Paris-style assault. Following
by Reuters2 Dec 2015, 1:31 AM PST0

The number of armed police officers trained to deal with terror attacks in London is to increase by a third in the wake of the Paris terror attacks, with the total number eventually doubling, the head of the Metropolitan Police
by Nick Hallett18 Nov 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

The mainstream media howled with outrage this morning, republishing the Metropolitan Police’s press release talking up the “rise” in “Islamophobic” attacks in Britain’s capital over the last year. The problems however, are that the police won’t release the details of
by Raheem Kassam7 Sep 2015, 9:01 AM PST0

A police officer has been accused of homophobia after telling a gay colleague he “screamed like a little girl” when he had a spider flicked at him. Sergeant Mark Goodenough of London’s Metropolitan Police teased junior colleague PC Aaron Prayter
by Nick Hallett31 Jul 2015, 7:57 AM PST0

England’s Metropolitan Police Service (Scotland Yard) says it can do nothing to stop a group of neo-Nazis from carrying out a planned protest in the heavily-Jewish Golders Green community of London on July 4.
by Adelle Nazarian29 Jun 2015, 9:36 PM PST0

A London police officer appeared to remove his ‘Help for Heroes’ wristband after being criticised by Islamist hate preacher Anjem Choudary. A video uploaded to Youtube shows Choudary walking up to the officer and asking him whether he is a
by Nick Hallett22 Jun 2015, 5:44 AM PST0

One of the four petitioners whose legal action toppled Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman has accused the Metropolitan police of corruption. Andy Erlam told BBC Radio 4 that the police seemed at times to be protecting Mr Rahman. He has
by Donna Rachel Edmunds24 Apr 2015, 4:36 AM PST0