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Anthony France is Crime Correspondent for Evening Standard and is based in London

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Anthony France is Crime Correspondent for Evening Standard and is based in London

Crime

Dad of murdered teen Kiyan Prince sets out vision for young Londoners

Dr Mark Prince OBE has dedicated his life to steering young people away from knife crime since Kiyan, 15, was fatally stabbed trying to break up a fight outside his Edgware school 20 years ago

18 May 2026
Crime

Burglary ‘decriminalised’ across London as break-ins go unsolved

In one north London neighbourhood, zero out of 131 burglaries were solved by police

30 Mar 2026
Crime

First picture of man, 26, stabbed to death near Westminster Abbey

Farmanullah Sherzad, 26, collapsed on Abbey Orchard Street and died in hospital

30 Mar 2026
Crime

London parents illegally streaming children’s TV lost £2,000 to scams

Two in five households across the capital became victims of financial fraud, higher than national average

28 Mar 2026
Crime

Inside London’s smash and grab crimewave

The capital’s jewellers and luxury stores are under attack from gangs of brazen, machete-wielding robbers. Anthony France investigates what’s fuelling the crisis

28 Mar 2026
World

Tiger Woods arrested for driving under influence after Florida crash

Woods will remain behind bars for at least eight hours, according to the police department

27 Mar 2026
Crime

Pervert exposed himself to woman on south London train

British Transport Police asked anyone who recognises the man pictured to come forward

27 Mar 2026
FILE PHOTO: Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.
World

FBI director Kash Patel has emails hacked by Iran-linked cyber group

Private pictures of Donald Trump’s law enforcement chief published online as US-Israeli war continues

27 Mar 2026
Crime

Man interviewed on suspicion of sex trafficking in Al Fayed probe

The suspect, in his 60s, was interviewed under caution this month after 154 people came forward to report sex abuse

27 Mar 2026
Gunna performing at O2 Arena in London
Crime

Police arrest man over sexual assault at Gunna’s O2 London rap concert

Officers detained male suspect who had been apprehended by security staff in North Greenwich

27 Mar 2026
Crime

Met officer ‘intimidated Al Jazeera journalists’ after arson attack

Video of Special Constable referred to the Scotland Yard’s professional standards department for assessment

26 Mar 2026
Crime

Weapon-obsessed teenager, 18, jailed for making explosives in bedroom

Sakhile Ntsele spent years making a collection of weapons after watching videos in his bedroom

26 Mar 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump gives remarks at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) annual fundraising dinner in Washington
Politics

Trump warns Iran 'it won't be pretty' as he eyes huge war 'final blow'

The Pentagon is drawing up military options for a ‘final blow’ in Iran that could include the use of ground forces , according to Axios

26 Mar 2026
London

Awards for hero Met officers who confronted sword-wielding killer

Yasmin Mechem-Whitfield, Cameron King and Moloy Campbell honoured for their actions after 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin murdered

26 Mar 2026
Crime

Iran war has raised risk of attack in Britain, top terror chief warns

‘I think it would be very surprising if the events in the Middle East didn’t have an impact on the UK’ - Assistant Commissioner Laurence Taylor

26 Mar 2026
Crime

Police officer barred by two forces got Met job in new vetting scandal

PC Richard Fieldhouse served for around three years until his lies were uncovered, gross misconduct hearing told

26 Mar 2026
Politics

Royal Marines Commandos to seize Russian ‘shadow fleet’ in Channel

Sir Keir Starmer said military will ‘go after’ sanction-breaking ships ‘even harder’

25 Mar 2026
Crime

TA corporal guilty of battering his girlfriend’s toddler son to death

Scott O’Connor, 36, texted Zoe Coutts to say ‘slap him back to sleep, lol’ before Kol Page was found with catastrophic brain injuries in Bromley

25 Mar 2026
Crime

Manhunt as woman in her 20s sexually assaulted in lift at Tube station

British Transport Police urged anyone who recognises male to come forward after attacker strikes in rush hour

25 Mar 2026
London

Disgraced Huw Edwards attacks ‘unfair’ Channel 5 drama about downfall

Martin Clunes plays the shamed newsreader, 64, who is planning to tell his side of the story

24 Mar 2026
Golders Green arson attack
Crime

Met Police chief deploys armed patrols to stop attacks on Jewish sites

Scotland Yard chief Sir Mark Rowley hits out at ‘grave’ threats from the Iranian state in speech

24 Mar 2026