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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.
Freemasons from the United Grand Lodge of England. Photo: United Grand Lodge of England
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’.

Sexual harassment and assault

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

Jeffrey Epstein

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

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.

Peter Mandelson speaks during a ceremonty in the National Gallery in London in June 2025. Photo: AP
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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

China cryptoqueen jailed for more than 11 years by UK court over US$6.4 billion bitcoin fraud
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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.

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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’.

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.

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.

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Gold smuggling cases have been soaring in Japan lately on the back of the rising price of the precious metal. Photo: Kyodo
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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

Britain

UK police arrest 3 for spying as Lithuania eyes Russia-linked sabotage network

European security officials have previously warned that a widespread sabotage campaign blamed on Russia is growing more dangerous.

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British police said they arrested two men, aged 41 and 46, and a 35-year-old woman in the east London county of Essex. Photo: AFP
Britain

Starmer says UK will not tolerate racial intimidation after far-right London rally

In his first comments on Saturday’s rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson, Starmer also condemned attacks on police officers.

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Police officers clash with supporters of British anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson, during a demonstration in London on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Britain

Protesters clash with police at 110,000-strong far-right rally in London

Some demonstrators displayed images of Charlie Kirk, the US conservative activist and Trump ally who was killed in Utah this week.

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United States

Trump dines out near White House and says he’ll send troops to another US city

The US president made a surprise visit to a Washington restaurant to showcase his law enforcement crackdown.

Britain

Dozens arrested at latest UK protest for banned group Palestine Action

The pro-Palestinian group was banned under anti-terrorism legislation in July, making it a crime to support or belong to the organisation.

Police officers detain a demonstrator on the day of the “Lift The Ban” rally organised by Defend Our Juries, challenging the British government’s proscription of “Palestine Action” under anti-terrorism laws, in Parliament Square, in London on Saturday. Photo: Reuters
Indonesia

Indonesian students defy police, face tear gas as deadly protests spread

Police have arrested 1,240 people in Jakarta since protests broke out last week over lavish perks for lawmakers.

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A protester sets fire to the gate of the regional parliament building in Bandung, Indonesia, on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Britain

UK police arrest 5 men at hotel near London during anti-asylum protest

Two groups of protesters marched to the Crowne Plaza Hotel near Heathrow Airport before some masked men tried to break in, police said.

Britain

Teenage boy and man, 54, arrested after fire at London restaurant

Five people were injured in the incident at Indian Aroma in Ilford. Two of them remain in life-threatening condition, police said.

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