METROPOLITAN police have launched a new initiative aimed at improving the safety of cyclists on the capital’s roads. It involves plain clothes police officers riding unmarked bicycles riding around London. The team will head for areas which are showing up ...

A TEENAGER was stabbed in Whitechapel on Friday, 14th July – and police are appealing to members of the public who were in the area at the time to come forward. Police and the London Ambulance Service were called to Brick Lane ...

Investigators will look into why a young man died after police chased him, caught him and pushed him to the ground. The incident took place in Hackney in the early hours of Saturday morning. Chief Superintendent Simon Laurence, Hackney Borough ...

A MAN HAS committed a sexual assault in Newham – but his female victim has disappeared. Police are trying to find her so that they can continue with the prosecution of the suspect. The incident occurred on 4th July, at ...

THE MORNING after the terrorist attack at Finsbury Park, faith leaders from across London went to New Scotland Yard to discuss hate crime. The faith leaders issued the following statement. “An attack on one community is an attack on us all. ...

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE have asked the Government for more funds to cover the extra commitment to dealing with terrorist attacks and the Grenfell Tower fire which it has had to provide in recent weeks. The Met is also keeping up ...

LONDON’S SMALL BUSINESSES are increasingly being targeted by online criminals who are trying to exploit weaknesses in their IT systems. Now the Metropolitan Police are trying to help those businesses protect themselves. The London Mayor and Metropolitan Police set up ...

HACKNEY POLICE are escalating their attempts to find a suspect in connection with two separate sex attacks in Hackney which took place in May. •The case has now featured on BBC1’s Crimewatch programme, which broadcast CCTV footage of one of ...

DETECTIVES investigating the London Bridge terrorist attack have thanked the public for coming forward with information about the three pink knives used by the attackers to stab innocent victims. Police now believe they have identified where the terrorists obtained these weapons. ...

A firearm was discharged at a 40th birthday party being held at the Praba Banquesting Hall in the High Road in Ilford late on Monday night and going into the early hours of Tuesday morning. This was the report a ...