NEARLY 8,000 women are serving officers with the Metropolitan Police at all levels, from the humblest new recruit to the Commissioner herself – but it wasn’t like that in the early days. It’s just over 100 years since the Metropolitan ...

A TEENAGE BOY was shot in Hackney at around 11.15pm on Wednesday, 1st May in Marlborough Avenue, E8 – and now police are looking for two men, one of who is thought to have shot the victim. Police and the ...

A SWASTIKA was spray-painted onto the side of a building in Stour Road, Bow, E3. The vandalism occurred at around 11.30pm last Tuesday, 7th May. Police believe that three people were involved. They were all dressed in dark clothing. One ...

HE IS THE burglar who entered a home in Wood Green but didn’t take anything away with him – with his actions caught on high quality CCTV. Now police want to find out who he is. The incident occurred on ...

POLICE ARE asking the public for help in finding Fatjon Koka, 23, an Albanian national who is believed to have been living in Vicarage Lane, Stratford E15. Koka is wanted for questioning about a stabbing incident in Vicarage Lane on ...

EX-POLICE CHIEF Sir Norman Bettison – who was in charge of the police operation at Hillsborough football ground on the day 96 fans died – is to walk free after criminal charges arising out of his conduct on the day ...

NO POLICE OFFICER will face misconduct charges as a result of events surrounding the death of Rashan Charles in Hackney last July. Charles died as police attempted to arrest him. The incident was automatically reported to the Independent Office for ...

TOWER HAMLETS police have issued a picture of a woman they wish to speak to in connection with distraction burglaries in the borough. •Anyone who recognises the woman or believes they have seen her in connection with a burglary is ...

AN ORDEAL IS OVER, after two years, for Detective Sergeant Iain Wallace, who works in Newham. DS Wallace had been accused of stealing £2,000 in cash during an official search of a residential property back in August 2016. In February ...

NEARLY ONE YEAR ago, someone tried to murder a 28 year old man in Dagenham. As the anniversary of the event approaches, the Metropolitan Police East Area Command Unit have issued a renewed appeal for public help in finding Wade ...