Margaret Davis
Crime4 Jun 2026
Islington man accused of filming women through their windows at night
The 35-year-old man has been charged with 19 counts of voyeurism between January 2020 and March 2026
Crime
Two teenagers in court charged over TfL cyber attack
Thalha Jubair, 19, from Tower Hamlets, east London, and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall, West Midlands, are due in court on Thursday.
18 Sept 2025
UK
Police using ‘Al Capone’ approach in biggest-ever standards clean-up
Some 1,442 staff and officers were sacked, or resigned or retired between 2022 and June 2025.
17 Sept 2025
UK
About 50 more arrests expected after protest disorder
Metropolitan Police chief Sir Mark Rowley said a minority of people were intent on violence among thousands who went to peacefully protest.
16 Sept 2025
UK
Head of police group tells Government: Stop setting us up to fail
The president of the Police Superintendents’ Association outlined the challenges of policing issues such as offensive online statements.
16 Sept 2025
UK
Chris Kaba’s family ‘fight to get justice’ three years after police shooting
They are expecting progress on both his inquest and misconduct proceedings against the police officer who shot him in the coming weeks.
16 Sept 2025
UK
Police plans under daily review in run-up to Trump visit
Assistant Chief Constable Christian Bunt said Thames Valley Police have prepared for ‘just about every eventuality’.
15 Sept 2025
UK
Eight charged after disorder at London protest
Thousands turned out on Saturday for Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally and a counter-protest.
15 Sept 2025
UK
Police chiefs write to Home Secretary to push for law change after Linehan row
Head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Gavin Stephens said officers are expected to referee social debate using laws that pre-date social media.
10 Sept 2025
Crime10 Sept 2025
Former Premier League referee charged over child abuse video
David Coote, 43, has been charged with making an indecent image of a child and will appear in court on Thursday
UK
Tip-off from UK internet user ‘stopped school massacre plot in Ukraine’
It is alleged that a 15-year-old boy was planning to livestream himself carrying out a mass stabbing at his school.
9 Sept 2025
Celebrity News
Banksy mural reported as criminal damage and set to be removed
The image appeared on the wall of the Royal Courts of Justice in central London on Monday.
9 Sept 2025
Politics
Palestine Action ban protesters plan to ‘go floppy’ and refuse street bail
Several hundred protesters are set to take action in London, Belfast and Edinburgh this weekend.
3 Sept 2025
Politics
‘Hundreds more’ to take part in mass protest against Palestine Action ban
Defend Our Juries said the arrests of five alleged supporters of the banned group had encouraged more protesters to come forward.
3 Sept 2025
Politics3 Sept 2025
Police left ‘between rock and hard place’ amid Linehan arrest debate
Head of the Met Police Sir Mark Rowley said his officers should not be ‘policing toxic culture wars’ and are in ‘an impossible position’.
UK
Police dealt with more than 3,000 protests in three months over the summer
Chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Gavin Stephens said public figures should avoid sowing division amid a climate of increased tension.
3 Sept 2025
UK
Arrest of Father Ted creator Graham Linehan over trans posts condemned
Conservative MPs described it as ‘ridiculous’ and accused the police of ‘arresting people for making jokes’.
2 Sept 2025
UK2 Sept 2025
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan ‘arrested over trans issues posts’
Linehan, 57, said he was stopped by police at Heathrow Airport over entries posted on X in April.
Crime
Ex-church warden’s murder conviction to be reviewed again by appeal judges
Benjamin Field, 34, is serving a life sentence for the murder of Peter Farquhar, 69, after plotting to make him think he was losing his mind.
2 Sept 2025
UK
Police charge 47 more people over alleged support for Palestine Action
The total number of suspects charged so far is 114, and hundreds have been arrested in total.
1 Sept 2025
UK
More than 280,000 crimes unrecorded by police last year, watchdog finds
An inspectorate praised the reduction in unrecorded offences since 2014 but said certain crimes must be better documented.
28 Aug 2025