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Showbiz

Romeo Beckham fined after Met police stop Porsche over 'loose dog'

Romeo Beckham fined after he was caught scrolling on his phone while driving his Porsche 911 in central London and passenger had ‘unrestrained’ dog

17 Jun 2026
Crime

Teens jailed for life for smiling machete murder of 14-year-old boy

Kelyan Bokassa cried out “I want my mum” after he had been fatally stabbed on a bus in Woolwich

25 Jul 2025
Young suspects being arrested
Crime

Inside London youth courts trying to intervene before tragedy strikes

Teenage knife crime dominates London news — but what is being done to intervene before tragedy strikes? Courts correspondent Tristan Kirk looks at how the capital’s youth courts try to stop first-time offenders caught with blades from spiralling into murderers

25 Jul 2025
Crime

Solicitor killed by housemate gripped by Princess Diana delusion

Habiba Naveed believed she was the lost daughter of Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed

25 Jul 2025
Crime

Lives are in dangers, warns Coroner as he slams 18-month justice delay

Maria Theobald was out walking her dogs when she was hit by a car

24 Jul 2025
Crime

Replacing juries with judges 'dangerous', says cleared banker

Tom Hayes called on MPs to block the ‘dangerous’ idea

23 Jul 2025
Crime

Met officers accused of bust-up with Romanians after Thames boat party

The officers had been drinking heavily before they boarded a river boat for their Christmas party, a court heard

23 Jul 2025
Crime

City trader Tom Hayes wins Supreme Court bid to overturn conviction

Tom Hayes has battled for ten years to clear his name

23 Jul 2025
Tom Hayes outside the High Court
Business

Ex-bank trader Tom Hayes says 'faith in justice restored'

Tom Hayes shared cells with killers. Now he has successfully cleared his name

23 Jul 2025
Crime

Osteopath's 'Jekyll and Hyde' double life as one of worst voyeurs

Renowned osteopath hid his dark secret for years as he slipped under the radar to target thousands of women

23 Jul 2025
Crime

Celebrity osteopath jailed for secretly recording thousands of women

Torben Hersborg has been dubbed one of London’s most prolific voyeurs

22 Jul 2025
Crime

Mother mourning death of baby convicted over unpaid car insurance

Disabled and vulnerable people routinely face criminal convictions for not paying household bills

21 Jul 2025
Crime

Police 'getting it wrong' when enforcing Palestine Action ban - judge

Palestine Action was proscribed by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper earlier this month

21 Jul 2025
Crime

Man guilty of murdering couple before dumping remains in suitcases

Yostin Mosquera murdered the couple in a plot to raid their savings and steal their London home

21 Jul 2025
London

Game, Set and Match? Wimbledon win High Court expansion plan battle

A High Court judge has ruled on Wimbledon’s plans for a huge expansion

21 Jul 2025
UK

Mum died in fall amid court feud with ex-fiancé over £2.7m London home

Rachel O’Hare was in a dispute with Owen Pacey before her untimely death

21 Jul 2025
Crime

Disabled people face harsh justice in 'secret' courts, report finds

Think tank Transform Justice delivers damning assessment of the courts system with ‘deep concerns about the justice it delivers’

21 Jul 2025
Crime

Met Police tried to prosecute itself for not answering its own letters

The Met Police charged itself with crimes, then abandoned the cases

19 Jul 2025
Crime

Four accused of Palestine Action attack on RAF planes face 2027 trial

The defendants face a year-and-a-half wait for their trial over £7million alleged criminal damage at RAF Brize Norton

18 Jul 2025
Crime

Ex-postman set for 2027 trial over Hampstead cinema 'attempted rape'

Cyrille Moreau denies attempting to rape the woman at a Hampstead cinema

17 Jul 2025