A knife crime charity boss has issued a chilling warning following the death of a 14-year-old boy in a sword attack in east London. The boy died at the scene in the Thurlow Gardens area of Hainault after being stabbed on Tuesday morning (30 April), w ...

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has warned anyone displaying a swastika at a Palestine protest will be arrested. Sir Mark issued the warning when he appeared on LBC on Wednesday (1 May) and stated: “Displaying a swastika is an offence and you are ...

Refugee Council issues warning after children wrongly issued with notices of intent by Home office

The National Crime Agency said a 23 year old Sudanese national was detained in Hayes, west London, and is being interviewed by officers

A Barclays London office has been cordoned off by police this morning (1 May) after pro-Palestine protesters are alleged to have sprayed the building with red paint. Police have taped off the building close to Moorgate Underground Station. Red paint ...

Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has given a detailed minute-by-minute account of the terrifying Hainault sword attack. A 14-year-old boy died at the scene on Tuesday (30 April) and four people were rushed to hospital with injuries believed not to be ...

Interim role will include overseeing compensation payments as result of Horizon IT scandal

Met chief says one officer sustained hand injuries and another had surgery for ‘horrifically serious’ wounds to her arm

The attack left four injured and a 14-year-old boy was killed

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Hamza Nasir was caught after officers recognised a picture of a hotel on his Snapchat

1 May 1899: The Guardian’s weekly cycling column questions a police officer’s evidence in a speeding cyclist case and reassures riders that brake blocks cause little damage to rims

Patrick Stewart and Cliff Baty will leave at the end of the season with Jean-Claude Blanc taking over as interim CEO until 13 July

NYPD enters campus Tuesday evening in reported move to dispel students who took over academic building earlier in the day

A terrifying shoot-out between police and two gunmen in Charlotte, North Carolina, was caught on video by a neighbour. Footage shared by Saing Chhoeun on Facebook shows two heavily armed officers taking cover behind a car as gunfire is heard around t ...

The boy’s mother has since been relieved of her duties as a Miami-Dade County Public Schools officer

Columbia University will have “blood on its hands” if police bring weapons to campus, students have said. An anonymous protester who spoke at a press conference on Tuesday 30 April called on school administrators to de-escalate the response ...

Terry Clark Hughes Jr was killed in a shootout with police in Charlotte on Monday, which also claimed the lives of four law enforcement officers

‘North Carolina lost four heroes and saw four other heroes wounded,’ state governor said

Sudanese man being held in Croydon after arriving for routine sign-in believed to be first potential deportation under new law