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Serial burglar jailed for stealing £100k in jewellery and watches

News • Jun 10, 2021 16:15 BST

A prolific burglary now faces a lengthy jail sentence following a sentence hearing at Kingston Crown Court.

Serial phone snatcher pleads guilty to seven offences

News • Jun 09, 2021 15:45 BST

Just two days after his arrest, a prolific phone-snatcher who operated in Hackney and Islington has pleaded guilty to seven offences.

Met continues work to keep children across London safe

News • Jun 09, 2021 06:00 BST

Specially trained officers across the Metropolitan Police Service are working with a new programme to help young children in London protect themselves from danger.

Commissioner outlines Met's work to keep women safe in speech to Women's Institute

News • Jun 08, 2021 19:32 BST

The Commissioner Cressida Dick joined the National Federation of Women’s Institutes annual meeting today (Tuesday, 8 June), where she outlined the work of the Met to keep women safe.

Statement following conclusion of inquest into death of Richard Cottier in 2018

News • Jun 08, 2021 18:26 BST

Statement from Commander Kyle Gordon of the Met's Specialist Firearms Command.

Three arrested and nearly £4 million in suspected Class B drugs seized in east London

News • Jun 08, 2021 18:11 BST

Three men have been arrested after officers seized almost £4 million pounds worth of suspected Class B drugs from a car in Barking.

UPDATE: Two men jailed for nearly 60 years for the murder of Chad Gordon

News • Jun 08, 2021 15:10 BST

Two men have been jailed for nearly 60 years for the murder of a man who was shot and killed on his own doorstep in Finsbury Park.

Appeal after firearms incident in Poplar

News • Jun 08, 2021 08:00 BST

Detectives are appealing for witnesses and any footage following an incident at a restaurant in Poplar where a firearm was brandished.

Images issued of two men sought following Edmonton attempted robbery

News • Jun 07, 2021 07:00 BST

Officers investigating an attempted robbery in Edmonton have issued images of two men they would like to trace and speak to.

Woman found dead at a property in Bexleyheath

News • Jun 06, 2021 14:00 BST

An 89-year-old woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Appeal after gunpoint robbery in Tower Hamlets

News • Jun 05, 2021 06:00 BST

The three suspects are reported to be in their 20s, black, slim build, wearing dark-coloured tracksuits and balaclavas.

Boat party organiser sentenced for breaking Covid rules

News • Jun 04, 2021 16:00 BST

Police received several calls to reports of a large number of people playing music on a boat on the River Lea between Tottenham Lock and Hackney in February.