Are All Coppers Bastards? Actually Most Are Unimaginably Brave.
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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London News
London-wide news and developments with relevance or potential consequences for Havering residents.
“Another Spit in Their Face”: Welfare Support Axed for some Emergency Service Heroes
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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Exclusive: ‘Don’t cry — it upsets the defendant’-Families of knife crime victims told.
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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Reflections on the Maccabi Tel Aviv fan ban.
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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‘It Doesn’t Matter What Colour, What Creed And What Faith You Are, We All Bleed The Same.’
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 Appeal for Witness After Serious Assault on 16-Year-Old Boy in Hainault.
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 Potential Peace, Another Weekend With More Palestine Protests.
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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Remembering PC Keith Blakelock – 40 Years On
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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The Bad, The Good And Most Importantly, Maintaining Perspective After Panorama.
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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“The Rotten Apples vs The Real Protectors: What The Met Documentary Didn’t Show”.
Once again, the Metropolitan Police is in the spotlight, and once again, it is for all the wrong reasons. A documentary aired last night revealed behaviour that was not only revolting in itself, but equally shocking in the mentality that allowed it to go on unchallenged.
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‘You Look Like A C**t With That Moustache’-The Truly Dusgusting Abuse Officers Face Each Day.
Police officers across London and the wider UK are facing growing levels of verbal and physical abuse, much of it vile, unnecessary and utterly unacceptable.
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Inserts, Auditors, Abuse And A Whole Load Of Demoralised Police Officers.
The recent protest against the state visit of President Trump saw a relatively small event, as compared to the 75,000 who took to the streets of London back in June 2019 when Trump paid his first state visit.
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“From Pride to Fear: The Shocking Decline of British Policing”
Back in the 1980s and 1990s, policing was a career people were proud to join. It was a job where men and women stayed for 30 years, committed to their service, their teams, and their communities. Officers knew their leaders, and leaders stood alongside their teams. There was pride, loyalty, and a sense of belonging.
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TfL Superloop SL12 Express Bus Route Between Gants Hill And Rainham Gets Green Light.
Following a consultation earlier in the year, Havering has now been included in the TfL Superloop. SL12 Express will now go from Gants Hill through to Rainham. The consultation ran from March until May, as TfL revealed plans to expand the Superloop express bus network to include Havering.
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More Met Police Officers Voluntarily Leaving Than Those Retiring.
The Metropolitan Police is facing one of the biggest challenges in its history- more officers are leaving voluntarily than those reaching retirement, and London now has fewer police officers per head of population than at any point in the past decade.
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Where Have Our Pubs Gone? Havering And London’s Vanishing Pubs As 400 Shut In One Year.
Across London, pubs that once stood as cornerstones of community life are vanishing at an alarming rate, many turned into flats or left to rot. What were once lively hubs of laughter, debate, and camaraderie are increasingly becoming just another line on a property developer’s portfolio.
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City Hall Conservatives Accuse Mayor Of London Of Abdicating Duty During Tube Strikes.
City Hall Conservatives have accused Mayor Sadiq Khan of abdicating his fundamental duty to London during the capital’s worst transport crisis in years, with the Mayor maintaining a conspicuous silence while millions of commuters suffer through devastating Underground strikes.
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The Arrest Of Graham Linehan-Could Officers Have Refused To Undertake The Arrest And Be Thrown Under The Proverbial Bus?
So, the Commissioner commendably speaks out in relation to the controversial arrest of Graham Linehan and this appears to have actually made an impact upon politicians who acknowledge that officers have a near impossible task in enforcing laws passed by a democratically elected Parliament.
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Police at Breaking Point- How Much Longer Can Officers Withstand London’s Endless Protests?
How long can London continue to sustain these relentless protests every weekend? And more importantly, what impact is this having on our frontline officers tasked with policing them?
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‘Together For Havering SEND Children’s and Carers Rights’-Parent Carers To Attend London Rally.
Only with appropriate support can all children thrive in an ableist education system – one that simply isn’t designed to meaningfully include all children.
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