A police constable has been dismissed without notice after allegations of gross misconduct were proven. PC Rachid Taghelite, attached to the Central West Command Unit, appeared at a misconduct hearing, which concluded on Thursday, 17

Masterlite would like to make customers aware of a safety concern with the below B22-E27 lampholder converters. There is a risk of electric shock resulting from direct contact with internal live parts which could occur

A serving Met officer has been charged with a criminal offence. PC Sebastian Payne, who is attached to the South West Command Unit, was charged on Tuesday, 6 August with controlling and coercive behaviour in

Police want to identify two males after an 80-year-old man was robbed of a “substantial amount of cash” which he had withdrawn from a bank a short while before. The robbery occurred on 13 March,

Officers investigating an assault in #SouthOckendon earlier this year are releasing efits of two men they want to trace. It was reported a man in his 30s had been assaulted by a group of people

Over 1 million boxes of essential food have now been delivered to those at highest risk across England, with more than 290,000 boxes being distributed every week and 330,000 delivered in the last week,

A man has been jailed after he threatened and spat at hotel staff and a police officer. Nicolae-Raul Cozacu, 43 of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to common assault and using threatening/ abusive/ insulting words

Prisons Minister Lucy Frazer has provided an update on measures introduced to contain the spread of COVID-19 in our jails. This follows new modelling by Public Health England (PHE) and HM Prison and Probation Service

Firefighters across the UK could support the delivery of COVID-19 testing, including taking samples for antigen tests, in the latest agreement between the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), fire chiefs and fire service National Employers. After

People applying for Universal Credit will now be able to use their existing Government Gateway account to confirm their identity, helping to speed up their claim. The move is expected to help thousands of claimants

Four teenager boys have been arrested in connection with the investigation into an unprovoked attack on two men in Wimbledon Village. The two victims – both aged in their 20s – were randomly attacked by

Officers were called to High Street Mews in Wimbledon Village at 2.25pm on Sunday, 8 March after two men, aged in their 20s, were randomly attacked by an unknown group of people.

Close to fifty years in prison sentences was secured by a specialist team of Kent Police detectives and uniformed officers in March 2020.

The government increases efforts to bring home travellers stranded abroad by coronavirus (COVID-19) with extra flights and 10 more airlines joining its scheme We are committed to supporting Britons getting home either through commercial routes

Foreign Office steps up plans to bring home Britons stranded oversea The government increases efforts to bring home travellers stranded abroad by coronavirus (COVID-19) with extra flights and 10 more airlines joining its scheme The

A man has been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in Walthamstow A man has been charged with murder following a fatal stabbing in Walthamstow. Rizwan Abassi – 31 of Alexandra Road, E17 was

Third prisoner to die in custody after testing positive for covid-19 A 77-year-old man has become the third prisoner to die in custody after testing positive for covid-19. He is the second prisoner to die

I have introduced these temporary changes to help employers and landlords conduct checks more easily as people follow advice to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives, during the coronavirus outbreak.