Posts Tagged ‘police’
Hackney man jailed for five years after antisemitic tirades near synagogue
Tavius Jean-Charles, 36, shouted death threats at members of the Jewish community and suggested a Jewish school should be blown up
Read More‘I’m running out of hope’: NHS worker driven to brink after 20 months of hell from anti-social neighbour
Tenant left sleep-deprived and on verge of breakdown by ‘nocturnal’ neighbour
Read MoreMan arrested after shouting ‘shame Hitler didn’t kill you’ on 254 bus
Threats were made against Jewish passengers on a bus in Upper Clapton Road
Read MorePolice ‘fail to protect’ women and girls from ‘unacceptable’ hate crime levels on TfL
There were 4,593 VAWG (violence against women and girls) offences on the Tfl network in 2025, with just 3 per cent resulting in a charge or summons
Read More‘The destruction of our livelihoods’ – Ridley Road Shopping Village traders to hold public meeting as ‘evictions’ loom
Traders told to leave by 31 March as their landlord has declined to renew their tenancies
Read MoreYoung people don’t trust Met Police or feel safe in their area, report shows
An investigation found young Londoners “feel they are not believed by the police” and that “they are seen as a suspect first”
Read MoreMet Police fall short on key call handler target – ‘there is more to be done’
Call handlers are failing to meet the force’s target to answer 90 per cent of emergency calls within 10 seconds
Read More‘So many layers of lies’ – police spied on Hackney organisation working to expose Met corruption, inquiry hears
The Hackney Community Defence Association (HCDA) was the subject of police monitoring for a decade
Read MoreMet Police may face further staffing cuts if Home Office fails to bridge funding gap say bosses
The Met Police have suggested they could be forced to make staffing and recruitment changes if they don’t receive an expected funding uplift from the Home Office
Read MoreWoman injured and man dead in Clissold Park shooting – as police appeal for witnesses
Officers confirm that the pair were ‘known to each other’ and they believe it was an ‘isolated incident’
Read MoreGreens welcome Met’s removal of 371 school officers – but others brand it ‘most catastrophic decision in keeping children safe’
Surveys revealed that 93 per cent of Londoners supported the presence of Safer Schools Officers in school buildings
Read MoreMan who killed partner in car then confessed to brother is detained under Mental Health Act
Gogoa Lois Tape was sentenced to a hospital order for the manslaughter of Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche
Read MoreMan guilty over Dalston shooting that left nine-year-old girl with bullet lodged in brain
Javon Riley, 33, had denied three charges of attempted murder, relating to three men, and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to the girl
Read More‘Treating us all as suspects’ – Doubts over success of Met Police’s Live Facial Recognition technology
Critics have branded the use of LFR, which maps a person’s unique facial features, and matches them against faces on watchlists, as an ‘erosion of civil liberties
Read MoreIndefinite ban for Hackney man who left dogs in crates without food or water
Matthew Berry handed lifetime ban following RSPCA investigation
Read MoreInside a record store’s fight for survival in Hackney
Recycle Vinyl’s owner came to Dalston with dreams of a multi-use record shop and dance space – the reality has been harsh
Read MoreCouncil casts doubt on ruling that race was ‘not a factor’ in Child Q incident
Police complaints body says sacked Child Q officers guilty of ‘gross misconduct’ but teenage girl’s ‘humiliating’ strip-search was not prompted by her race
Read MoreChild Q: Two Met officers’ strip-search of 15-year-old Black girl at school was gross misconduct
‘They failed to follow the policies that exist to ensure that children in these situations have appropriate protective measures in place’
Read MorePolice launch murder probe after stabbing and gas explosion in Stoke Newington
Victim named as 46-year-old Annabel Rook, with man, 44, arrested following ‘domestic-related incident’
Read MoreDalston councillor slams ‘discriminatory’ use of facial recognition
Green co-leader Zoë Garbett criticises police as data shows face scanners mostly used in boroughs with large Black populace
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