The Metropolitan Police chief has said he is “shocked and frustrated” at a planned protest in support of Palestine Action in London on Monday. Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said while the right to protest is essential, “actions in support of such a group go beyond what most would see as legitimate protest”. It comes as...
Getty Images The IOPC found there were gross misconducts cases to answer over the treatment of the woman Two serving Metropolitan Police officers and a former officer will face a gross misconduct hearing after a 90-year-old woman with dementia was “red-dotted” with a Taser, handcuffed and put in a spit hood. The woman was targeted...
George Thorpe BBC News, South West Met Office The Met Office has issued a weather warning for thunderstorms across England and Wales on Saturday A warning for thunderstorms has been issued across parts of England and Wales including Devon and Cornwall. The Met Office said the warning would be active between 09:00 and 18:00 BST...
A yellow warning for thunderstorms has been issued by the Met Office for large parts of England and Wales. The warning, which covers the majority of southern England, parts of the Midlands and most of south Wales, comes into effect from 09:00 BST on Saturday and lasts until 18:00. Around 10-15mm of rain could fall...
PA Media Cdr Julian Bennett was initially dismissed in October 2023 The Metropolitan Police says Londoners “will be as outraged as we are at the utter waste of public funds” after a disciplinary process for one of its senior officers took almost five years. Cdr Julian Bennett has been dismissed from the force for a...
The UK has recorded its warmest spring on record and its driest in more than 50 years, provisional Met Office figures show. It was also the sunniest spring on record for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the second sunniest in England since the amount of hours of sunshine began to be recorded in 1910....
Low reservoir levels and reduced river flows have become commonplace across the UK due to a spring deficient in rain. Many water companies will be hoping for a wet summer to redress the balance and help avoid the need to introduce restrictions to water usage in the months ahead. However, the seasonal forecasts are a...
Reuters Sir Mark Rowley The government’s pledges on crime will not be kept without substantial extra money for policing in next month’s spending review, the head of the Metropolitan Police has said. In an article for the Times, Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley referred to a decade of underinvestment and new pressures on police forces....
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Chris George Barry Yeagers was 12 years old when he and his family were evacuated from Guernsey When Barry Yeagers turned 12 years old, he never expected to leave Guernsey for any reason, let alone the start of World War Two. But when it became clear Nazi Germany forces had their sights set on the...
Reuters Singer Rihanna has confirmed she is expecting her third baby while attending fashion’s biggest night of the year, the Met Gala in New York. Rihanna, whose real name is Robyn Fenty, and her partner, rapper A$AP Rocky, already have two sons. A$AP Rocky thanked reporters who offered their congratulations on the red carpet. “It...
By the time you all get to read this, all the celebrities and wanna-bees, often in outlandish costumes…oh. Excuse me. ‘High fashion.’ Anyone lucky and/or rich enough will have sashayed up the sweeping, wide staircase into the Met Gala 2025, Anna Wintour’s must-be-seen social event of the year. I’m serious about the staircase part. THIS...
Jacqueline Howard BBC News BBC Counter-terrorism police have arrested five men on suspicion of terrorism offences, the Metropolitan Police said. Four Iranian nationals – two aged 29, one aged 40 and one aged 46 – were arrested in various locations around England on Saturday as part of a “pre-planned operation”, the force said. The nationality...
Heavy rain forecast across Devon and Cornwall has led to a 19-hour weather warning being issued. The Met Office said the warning would be in place from 14:00 BST on Friday until 09:00 on Saturday as a “prolonged spell of rain” moved across the two counties. It said up to 75mm (2.95 inches) of rain...
PA Media The oak tree was estimated to be up to 500 years old The cutting down of an ancient oak tree in north London is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police. The remains of the oak, estimated to be up to 500 years old, were discovered by council workers last week in Whitewebbs Park,...