Margaret Davis
Tech
Police push for phone companies to be forced to make stolen handsets unusable
Head of the Metropolitan Police Sir Mark Rowley wants to undermine the market for stolen phones by reducing their resale value.
11 Jun 2026
Politics
Full details of Southport killer’s three Prevent referrals in 16 months
A review said the concerns raised should have meant Axel Rudakubana was given further support to be diverted away from extremism.
5 Feb 2025
Crime
Ex-British soldier Daniel Khalife sentenced to 14 years after spying for Iran
The 23-year-old was also sentenced for breaking out of HMP Wandsworth by tying himself to the underside of a delivery truck in September 2023.
3 Feb 2025
Crime29 Jan 2025
Chinese PhD student accused of drugging and raping 10 women
Zhenhao Zou, 27, is standing trial at Inner London Crown Court and denies all charges.
Celebrity News
Two arrested after Just Stop Oil protesters disrupt Sigourney Weaver play
The Alien star is currently performing in a production of the Tempest in the West End.
28 Jan 2025
UK
Two fresh charges against sailor convicted of murdering wife in 1999
The remains of Debbie Griggs were found buried in a back garden in Dorset more than 20 years after she died.
28 Jan 2025
UK28 Jan 2025
Driver of 4×4 in fatal Wimbledon primary school crash arrested
Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau, both eight, died in the incident at the Study Prep School in July 2023.
Crime
Police waiting for correspondence from parties in newspaper intrusion case
The Met previously investigated claims of phone hacking at the now defunct tabloid News of the World between 2011 and 2015.
22 Jan 2025
Crime21 Jan 2025
Southport killer: what was known when?
Axel Rudakubana was known to agencies before carrying out the killings.
Crime
Terrorism laws must change in wake of Southport murders – PM
Sir Keir Starmer said the UK faces a new threat from loners radicalised by viewing extreme violent content online.
21 Jan 2025
Crime
Rudakubana charged over ricin and terrorist document three months after murders
Police said the Southport killings were not acts of terrorism despite the teenager possessing the biological weapon and an al Qaida document.
20 Jan 2025
UK
Three more people charged over pro-Palestinian protest in central London
A total of 77 arrests were made during the rally in Whitehall on Saturday.
20 Jan 2025
UK
Two teenagers arrested over murder of 14-year-old boy on bus
Kelyan Bokassa was fatally stabbed in Woolwich, south-east London on January 7.
15 Jan 2025
Crime
Just Stop Oil protesters charged over spray-paint on Charles Darwin’s grave
The incident occurred at Westminster Abbey on Monday.
14 Jan 2025
Crime13 Jan 2025
Nurse stabbing: 37-year-old man charged with attempted murder
Rumon Haque is also accused of possession of a bladed article after a nurse was stabbed at Royal Oldham Hospital
Crime
First person convicted of breaching new domestic abuse order in London
Connor Cude, 25, admitted three counts of breaching the order and is due to be sentenced on February 24.
13 Jan 2025
UK
Second man charged with assisting Daniel Khalife after prison escape
Adeel Khan, 30, from Waltham Forest, east London is accused of helping Khalife after he escaped from HMP Wandsworth.
13 Jan 2025
UK
UK Athletics and man charged over death of Paralympic athlete during training
UAE athlete Abdullah Hayayei was killed when he was hit by a metal pole during training in east London in 2017.
8 Jan 2025
UK8 Jan 2025
Tributes paid to 14-year-old aspiring rapper murdered on bus
The boy was fatally stabbed on a route 472 bus in Woolwich, south-east London, on Tuesday afternoon.
UK8 Jan 2025
Met handling of Mohamed Al Fayed complaints under investigation
The force’s Directorate of Professional Standards will investigate the way it dealt with the cases under the direction of a police watchdog
UK
Man charged with assisting escaped prisoner Daniel Khalife
Imran Chowdhury has been charged with assisting former soldier Khalife after he escaped from HMP Wandsworth in September 2023, police said.
6 Jan 2025