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Police officers in London are under pressure like never before. They’ve been told they will now need licences to do their jobs, while facing criminals who are reportedly “outsmarting” them. With rising crime, fewer officers, and shrinking resources, the frontline is stretched to breaking point. Here are the facts that show just how serious the situation has become.
Our emergency service workers are facing unprecedented situations. The high level of trauma they deal with has probably hit record levels. What sadly has not hit record level, but has actually hit low levels, is the support they are receiving. Police officers, firefighters and paramedics are ending their own lives. The level of suicide amongst police officers and firefighters has hit new levels. But who actually cares?
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London is one of the most expensive cities in the world to live in, yet its frontline police officers face a harsh reality. The public perception that police officers earn huge wages is completely incorrect for the majority of officers on the street. Many cannot even afford to live in the capital they are tasked with protecting.
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Having attended multiple protests of all kinds since 2019, one pattern is impossible to ignore: almost every group, regardless of political position, ends up accusing the police of bias, of supporting the “other side,” or of acting against their particular cause specifically whilst letting others get away with it.
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Policing is one of the toughest professions in our society, and in today’s world, officers face scrutiny like never before. Social media has become the primary lens through which the public judges police actions. But too often, short clips uploaded online show only a fraction of an incident, missing crucial context before and after the footage. These snippets can easily be misinterpreted, painting an incomplete or inaccurate picture.
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On Wednesday 7 January in Wealdstone, Harrow, a woman in her 40s was handcuffed by police and issued a £100 fine by Council enforcement officers after breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) that bans feeding birds in town and district centres. Police became involved when she refused to stop feeding pigeons and repeatedly refused to provide her name and address when officers asked for them so a penalty notice could be issued. Once her details were obtained, she was de-arrested and handed over to council enforcement officers.
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Havering has done it. Our borough has been crowned first place winner at this year’s London New Year’s Day Parade, beating every other London borough in the capital’s biggest and most celebrated annual event.
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The Marshalls and Rise Park Conservative Action Team, made up of Councillor Robert Benham, Bailey Nash-Gardner and Councillor Nisha Patel, along with Romford MP Andrew Rosindell, have written to London Mayor Sadiq Khan demanding urgent action over the ongoing disruption caused by the long-delayed refurbishment works at Gallows Corner.
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A Dagenham teenage drug runner, one of three involved in the murder of a 51 year old man, has been sentenced to sixteen years imprisonment.
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Police officers are one of the most scrutinised professions in the country. They’re not sitting around refusing to help when someone calls for assistance. The vast majority join the service because they want to make a difference in their communities. Responding to calls for help is exactly why they’re there.
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Havering brought colour, creativity and pure community spirit to the capital on New Year’s Day as its spectacular “Once Upon a Pantomime” float dazzled crowds at the world-famous London New Year’s Day Parade.
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As 2025 draws to a close, it is the perfect moment to recognise the extraordinary courage of our police officers across London. Praise for police officers is a rarity, and far too often the heroic work they do goes unnoticed. Poor communication from police forces compounds this, with very little said publicly about the life-saving, courageous acts carried out every single day. In a world where headlines often focus on controversy, the bravery and selflessness of these men and women is too easily overlooked.
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A man who stabbed an 11-year-old girl in a horrifying attack in Leicester Square has been sentenced, after Met Police officers arrested him within just four minutes of the incident.
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Met detectives have launched a murder investigation following the death of a 39-year-old woman at an address on Old Brompton
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The cost of a single Tube ride in Zone 1 is about to jump sharply, hitting commuters right in the pocket. Peak fares will surge 6.9 per cent, rising from £2.90 to £3.10. Off-peak journeys, including weekends, are going up even more a 7.1 per cent hike taking fares from £2.80 to £3.
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London has just 1 police officer for every 217 residents, yet politicians remain silent as crime rises.
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A 15-year-old boy has died after being stabbed on a busy Islington street on Tuesday, 9 December. Police and London’s air ambulance rushed to Westbourne Road at 13:02 after receiving reports of a stabbing. The teenager was treated by paramedics and taken to hospital, but tragically died later that afternoon.
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Anti-knife crime campaigner Courtney Barrett has hit out at those in authority, saying Londoners are being left at risk as
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We are constantly told that knife crime in London is falling. Yet for people living here, watching the chaos unfold week after week, it feels like the opposite. For ordinary Londoners what they see isn’t improvement. What they see is police tape, flashing blue lights and yet another crime scene. In the capital a cordon has now become a grim symbol. It rarely stretches across a street for anything other than a stabbing and the only question that follows is whether the victim has survived.
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Officers are urgently appealing for the public’s help to find a 12-year-old boy who has been missing from east London since Thursday evening.
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