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New City College apprentices had the rare opportunity to quiz Prime Minister Keir Starmer on apprenticeships, skills and work opportunities during an exclusive session at Downing Street, followed by a private tour inside Number 10.
More than 14,000 officers were signed off last year with mental-health issues — yet the Federation wants psychometric tests.
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For children with SEND needs, the world is often not a safe or easy place — and that’s not just because of their condition.
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A man has been sentenced to 27 years for the murder of a teenager after an attack in Westminster.
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A man has been found guilty of murdering an elderly man, after robbing him for his shopping in Manor House earlier this year.
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“We are in a position where underfunding and the guidance on charging are pushing us towards a two-tier early education system for our children.”
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For over five years, The Havering Daily has worked with bereaved families and anti-knife crime campaigners, standing with them outside some of the most well-known places in London — yet, despite their pleas, no one has stepped up to genuinely tackle this crisis.
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An urgent police investigation is underway to locate a prisoner released in error from HMP Wandsworth last week.
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Historic England has today (Thursday 6 November 2025) published its Heritage at Risk Register 2025. The Register gives an annual snapshot of the health of England’s valued historic buildings and places. It helps to ensure they can be protected and continue to be enjoyed in the future.
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Anti-knife crime campaigner Courtney Barrett has delivered a powerful message following the horrific stabbing in Huntingdon last weekend – warning that years of cuts and social decline have created the perfect storm for violence.
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A new support group has been created to honour and remember Metropolitan Police officers who have sadly passed away.
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Officers are met with unprecedented levels of violence — machetes, swords, knives, boiling water, cars, and even guns. And yet, for some, they are all bastards.
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Welfare teams and welfare dogs are being axed by some police forces — at a time when police officers need welfare support more than ever.
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Bereaved mothers have spoken of the harrowing experience of being told not to cry or show emotion during court proceedings for their children’s killers — because it might “upset” the defendant.
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As this article concerning the controversial decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from their match with Aston Villa was being ‘loaded’ on to an email, news came through that the Israeli club had made in clear that they would not accept tickets for their fans to attend the match even if offered.
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On Saturday 25 October outside London’s City Hall, bereaved families from across Britain stood together in a powerful display of grief, anger and resolve. Led by legendary campaigner Courtney Barrett, the demonstration laid bare the devastating toll of knife crime — and the failure of a system which continues to let these families down.
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Police are appealing for a key witness to come forward following a serious assault on a 16-year-old boy in Hainault.
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Against a background of a Middle-East peace initiative, a further national Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) took place on Saturday; the question Met police planners were doubtless asking was whether this would decrease or increase the numbers attending.
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Monday 6 October marked forty years since the tragic death of PC Keith Blakelock, a Metropolitan Police officer who lost his life while serving his community during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham on 6 October 1985.
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It was a programme that had received considerable advanced publicity over weeks and, as the day dawned, officers across the Met and indeed the country viewed the upcoming revelations with apprehension. Whatever the content, the result was inevitable; that all Met officers would be collectively smeared with morale, already on the floor, now suffering another blow.
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