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Metropolitan Police

The latest news and top stories on the Metropolitan Police. A prominent London-based governmental body, the Metropolitan Police Service (also known as the Met) is dedicated to law enforcement and crime prevention across Greater London, excluding the City of London. Headquartered at New Scotland Yard, it is the UK’s largest territorial police force. Its main areas of focus include investigating crime, counter-terrorism, maintaining public order and protecting key individuals. Established in 1829, the Met is recognised for its historical significance as one of the world’s oldest police forces, serving as a model for policing globally.

Police arrest a protester for not removing a face covering during a protest held by pro-Palestinian group Al-Quds in central London on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Israel-Iran conflict

Police arrest 12 as hundreds join banned pro-Palestinian march in London

Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood agreed to ban the march after police said it was organised by a group ‘supportive of the Iranian regime’.

16 Mar 2026 - 3:43AM

Britain

UK PM Starmer admits his ‘mistake’ in appointing Mandelson as US ambassador

13 Mar 2026 - 2:36AM

Thailand

Thai police thought she was drunk. She was already dying

10 Mar 2026 - 12:25PM

US, Israel war on Iran

UK counterterrorism police arrest 4 on suspicion of spying for Iran

The men are suspected of helping Tehran’s intelligence service by spying on people and places linked to London’s Jewish community.

6 Mar 2026 - 5:25PMvideocam

Police in London have arrested four men accused of spying for Iran. File photo: EPA

Britain

UK government agrees framework on publishing Mandelson vetting documents

Material ‌about the screening of the former ambassador to the US is currently ⁠being ⁠received by the Cabinet Office from across government.

27 Feb 2026 - 4:31AM

Britain

Former UK ambassador Mandelson arrested after Epstein leaks

Peter Mandelson is being probed over allegations that he sent sensitive documents to Jeffrey Epstein.

24 Feb 2026 - 1:35PMvideocam

Crime

UK protection officers instructed to guard 2010 Epstein party: reports

Emails from the recently unsealed ‘Epstein files’ suggest UK officers were utilised at the sex offender’s New York residence.

23 Feb 2026 - 9:55AM

A Manhattan residence once owned by Jeffrey Epstein. Photo: AFP

Britain

UK to consider removing ex-prince Andrew from royal line of succession

Police, meanwhile, are urging Andrew’s former protection officers to come forward with any allegations of Epstein-related sex offences.

21 Feb 2026 - 1:33PMvideocam

Britain

UK court rules London police can require officers to disclose Masonic membership

Freemasons had challenged the policy, saying that it amounted to creating a discriminatory ‘blacklist’.

17 Feb 2026 - 9:31PM

Sexual harassment and assault

‘Every parent’s nightmare’: UK nursery worker Vincent Chan jailed for sex crimes

Nursery worker in London sentenced to 18 years for abusing young children in his care.

13 Feb 2026 - 12:50PM

Vincent Chan in custody. Photo: Metropolitan Police via AFP

Jeffrey Epstein

UK king to ‘support’ police assessing Andrew’s Epstein communications

King Charles has ‘profound concern’ as British police assess if his brother passed sensitive reports to Jeffrey Epstein.

10 Feb 2026 - 4:29PM

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor rides a horse in Windsor Great Park, near to Royal Lodge, a property on the estate surrounding Windsor Castle. Photo: Reuters

Britain

UK’s Mandelson faces demands to repay US$75,000 severance after Epstein link

Government allies urge ex-ambassador to return controversial UK taxpayer-funded buyout as probe into his Epstein connections deepens.

8 Feb 2026 - 4:19PM

Japan

Japan’s ‘new-wave yakuza’: tokuryu gangs take control of lucrative sex business

The arrest of a leader of Japan’s largest tokuryu has put the spotlight on how the gangs are edging out the yakuza and worrying the police.

29 Jan 2026 - 5:49PM

Britain

UK plans to create a ‘British FBI’ national police force

The new National Police Service will tackle the most complex and serious crimes, the UK government says.

26 Jan 2026 - 8:52AM

Police outside Royal Mint Court, the proposed site of a new Chinese mega-embassy, in London. The UK government says the new police body will lift the burden on the 43 local police forces in England and Wales. Photo: Reuters

Britain

UK police arrest dozens after protesters breach prison grounds

The incident took place outside HMP Wormwood Scrubs in West London, where a pro-Palestinian hunger striker is being held.

26 Jan 2026 - 1:27PM

HMP Wormwood Scrubs in West London. Photo: Reuters

Sexual harassment and assault

UK police won’t investigate ex-prince Andrew over Virginia Giuffre allegation

Giuffre, one of the women at the centre of the Epstein scandal, had accused the British royal of asking his bodyguard to dig up dirt on her.

14 Dec 2025 - 1:22AM

Britain

UK police probe Heathrow pepper spray attack linked to suitcase robbery

Chaotic chain of events caused several hours of delays for passengers trying to get to and from the airport.

8 Dec 2025 - 11:51AM

Britain

4 arrested after protesters throw dessert at Britain’s Crown Jewels

Take Back Power, which describes itself as a new non-violent civil-resistance group, claims it was behind the act at the Tower of London.

7 Dec 2025 - 1:36AM

Two supporters of Take Back Power group after dessert was thrown over the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London. Four protesters were arrested for throwing food at the display case. Photo: Take Back Power/PA Media/dpa

Cryptocurrency

Video | China’s ‘Goddess of Wealth’ jailed for over 11 years by UK court

Qian Zhimin defrauded 128,000 investors in China from 2014 to 2017 in fraud case that also led to conviction of Malaysian Seng Hok Ling.

12 Nov 2025 - 5:25PM

Crime

UK police release 1 of 2 men over train stabbing attack, laud ‘heroic’ worker

Eleven people were injured in Saturday’s attack, and a railway staff member who ‘saved lives’ remains in a life-threatening condition.

3 Nov 2025 - 4:53PMvideocam

Crime

UK police arrest asylum seeker sex offender mistakenly freed from prison

Man was captured nearly 48 hours into a manhunt, as Starmer orders an investigation into the ‘embarrassing blunder’.

27 Oct 2025 - 11:06AM

Demonstrators protest after the mistaken release of an asylum seeker sex offender. Photo: Reuters

Britain

Palace and UK government under pressure to strip Prince Andrew of titles and home

Buckingham Palace is bracing for more embarrassing revelations about disgraced Prince Andrew, who still technically holds the title of duke.

21 Oct 2025 - 3:15PM

British newspapers reporting on Prince Andrew giving up using his title Duke of York. Photo: AP

Japan

4 smugglers arrested for bringing gold into Japan from Hong Kong in underwear

The suspects are accused of having conspired to smuggle about 8kg of gold powder on a flight in July last year.

21 Oct 2025 - 2:15PMvideocam

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor

UK’s Prince Andrew asked police to help smear sex abuse accuser: report

Royal allegedly tasked a personal protection officer in 2011 with finding information on Virginia Giuffre, including a purported criminal record.

20 Oct 2025 - 9:46AM

Crime in Hong Kong

London gang dismantled as raid uncovers 1,000 stolen phones bound for Hong Kong

Met arrests at least 17 involved in a criminal network suspected of having smuggled over 40,000 stolen phones from UK to China.

7 Oct 2025 - 11:03PMvideocam

A box bound for Hong Kong containing about 1,000 iPhones was discovered in a London warehouse. Photo: Handout

Britain

UK police investigate mosque fire as ‘hate crime’ after synagogue attack

Arson in town of Peacehaven follows a fatal synagogue assault in Manchester, which police linked to potential Islamist extremism.

6 Oct 2025 - 11:29AM

Sussex Police shared images of masked men dressed in dark clothing and appealed for help from the public to identify them. Photo: Sussex Police via dpa

Germany

Madeleine McCann suspect tries to confront prosecutor who accused him of murder

Christian Brueckner, chief suspect in the 2007 disappearance of the UK child, was denied a meeting with Hans Christian Wolters in Germany.

30 Sep 2025 - 6:45AM

Crime

Chinese woman admits US$7.4 billion bitcoin fraud at UK court

Qian Zhimin, also known as Zhang Yadi, pleaded guilty at London’s Southwark Crown Court to acquiring and possessing criminal property.

30 Sep 2025 - 3:20AM

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Metropolitan Police

Police arrest 12 as hundreds join banned pro-Palestinian march in London

Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood agreed to ban the march after police said it was organised by a group ‘supportive of the Iranian regime’.

UK PM Starmer admits his ‘mistake’ in appointing Mandelson as US ambassador

Thai police thought she was drunk. She was already dying

UK counterterrorism police arrest 4 on suspicion of spying for Iran

The men are suspected of helping Tehran’s intelligence service by spying on people and places linked to London’s Jewish community.

UK government agrees framework on publishing Mandelson vetting documents

Material ‌about the screening of the former ambassador to the US is currently ⁠being ⁠received by the Cabinet Office from across government.

Former UK ambassador Mandelson arrested after Epstein leaks

Peter Mandelson is being probed over allegations that he sent sensitive documents to Jeffrey Epstein.

UK protection officers instructed to guard 2010 Epstein party: reports

Emails from the recently unsealed ‘Epstein files’ suggest UK officers were utilised at the sex offender’s New York residence.

UK to consider removing ex-prince Andrew from royal line of succession

Police, meanwhile, are urging Andrew’s former protection officers to come forward with any allegations of Epstein-related sex offences.

UK court rules London police can require officers to disclose Masonic membership

Freemasons had challenged the policy, saying that it amounted to creating a discriminatory ‘blacklist’.

‘Every parent’s nightmare’: UK nursery worker Vincent Chan jailed for sex crimes

Nursery worker in London sentenced to 18 years for abusing young children in his care.

UK king to ‘support’ police assessing Andrew’s Epstein communications

King Charles has ‘profound concern’ as British police assess if his brother passed sensitive reports to Jeffrey Epstein.

UK’s Mandelson faces demands to repay US$75,000 severance after Epstein link

Government allies urge ex-ambassador to return controversial UK taxpayer-funded buyout as probe into his Epstein connections deepens.

Japan’s ‘new-wave yakuza’: tokuryu gangs take control of lucrative sex business

The arrest of a leader of Japan’s largest tokuryu has put the spotlight on how the gangs are edging out the yakuza and worrying the police.

UK plans to create a ‘British FBI’ national police force

The new National Police Service will tackle the most complex and serious crimes, the UK government says.

UK police arrest dozens after protesters breach prison grounds

The incident took place outside HMP Wormwood Scrubs in West London, where a pro-Palestinian hunger striker is being held.

UK police won’t investigate ex-prince Andrew over Virginia Giuffre allegation

Giuffre, one of the women at the centre of the Epstein scandal, had accused the British royal of asking his bodyguard to dig up dirt on her.

UK police probe Heathrow pepper spray attack linked to suitcase robbery

Chaotic chain of events caused several hours of delays for passengers trying to get to and from the airport.

4 arrested after protesters throw dessert at Britain’s Crown Jewels

Take Back Power, which describes itself as a new non-violent civil-resistance group, claims it was behind the act at the Tower of London.

.css-1t72pn8{color:#C79A00;}Video | China’s ‘Goddess of Wealth’ jailed for over 11 years by UK court

Qian Zhimin defrauded 128,000 investors in China from 2014 to 2017 in fraud case that also led to conviction of Malaysian Seng Hok Ling.

UK police release 1 of 2 men over train stabbing attack, laud ‘heroic’ worker

Eleven people were injured in Saturday’s attack, and a railway staff member who ‘saved lives’ remains in a life-threatening condition.

UK police arrest asylum seeker sex offender mistakenly freed from prison

Man was captured nearly 48 hours into a manhunt, as Starmer orders an investigation into the ‘embarrassing blunder’.

Palace and UK government under pressure to strip Prince Andrew of titles and home

Buckingham Palace is bracing for more embarrassing revelations about disgraced Prince Andrew, who still technically holds the title of duke.

4 smugglers arrested for bringing gold into Japan from Hong Kong in underwear

The suspects are accused of having conspired to smuggle about 8kg of gold powder on a flight in July last year.

UK’s Prince Andrew asked police to help smear sex abuse accuser: report

Royal allegedly tasked a personal protection officer in 2011 with finding information on Virginia Giuffre, including a purported criminal record.

London gang dismantled as raid uncovers 1,000 stolen phones bound for Hong Kong

Met arrests at least 17 involved in a criminal network suspected of having smuggled over 40,000 stolen phones from UK to China.

UK police investigate mosque fire as ‘hate crime’ after synagogue attack

Arson in town of Peacehaven follows a fatal synagogue assault in Manchester, which police linked to potential Islamist extremism.

Madeleine McCann suspect tries to confront prosecutor who accused him of murder

Christian Brueckner, chief suspect in the 2007 disappearance of the UK child, was denied a meeting with Hans Christian Wolters in Germany.

Chinese woman admits US$7.4 billion bitcoin fraud at UK court

Qian Zhimin, also known as Zhang Yadi, pleaded guilty at London’s Southwark Crown Court to acquiring and possessing criminal property.

Video | China’s ‘Goddess of Wealth’ jailed for over 11 years by UK court