Author: Henry Caldwell

Counter Terrorism Police Take Over Golders Green Jewish Ambulance Arson Investigation As Online Claim Of Responsibility EmergesCounter terrorism officers have assumed control of the investigation into the arson attack on four Jewish community ambulances in north London, as police confirm they are examining an online claim in which a group has claimed responsibility for the attack.Detective Chief Superintendent Luke Williams, who leads policing in north west London, delivered a formal statement on Monday morning in which he disclosed that while the incident had not been declared a terrorist event, the specialist resources and expertise of Counter Terrorism Policing were now…

A serving Metropolitan Police officer has lost his job following a formal misconduct hearing that concluded he could not be trusted to carry out duties involving discrimination or hate crime investigations impartially.PC Brendan Jones was dismissed without notice on 26 February 2026, after a panel determined that comments he made to colleagues — in which he reportedly suggested that “the Muslims were taking over” — amounted to a serious breach of professional standards.The remarks came during a workplace conversation about a television documentary on doomsday preppers, during which PC Jones allegedly told fellow officers that the end of civilisation had…

Dozens of residents were woken and forced to leave their homes in the early hours of Monday morning after a series of explosions tore through a north London street, where four Jewish community ambulances had been set deliberately alight.Around 30 people were taken to a local shelter after being evacuated from properties near Highfield Road in Golders Green, where the blast was powerful enough to blow out windows in an adjacent block of flats. One resident, Ushi Gross, told the BBC he was roused from sleep by what he described as an explosion at around 1.30am. “We’ve all been woken…

Traders on one of West London’s busiest Asian shopping streets say they are living in fear after a string of violent raids left their premises wrecked, their staff too frightened to return to work, and no arrests made by police. Several businesses on Ealing Road in Wembley were targeted by groups of masked young men earlier this month, with footage circulating online showing individuals storming the interiors and causing widespread damage. Among those hit were Suraj Sweet Mart, Panesar Food and Wine and the Manek Chowk Indian restaurant. The owner of Manek Chowk, speaking anonymously, said his staff had objects…

A construction company has been fined more than £40,000 after a 19-year-old worker plunged to his death through an inadequately covered ventilation shaft at a West London building site in what a safety regulator has described as a wholly avoidable tragedy. Renols Lleshi was working on the 12th floor roof garden of a residential block under construction at the Ark Soane Academy site in Mill Hill Road, Acton, on 5 July 2023, when the covering beneath him gave way. He fell six floors and died at the scene. An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive found the ventilation shaft…

A former volunteer police officer has been sentenced to 24 years in prison after being convicted of a series of sexual offences, including the rape and assault of a child. Gwyn Samuels, who previously served as a Special Constable with the Metropolitan Police under the name James Bubb, was found guilty of five offences following a trial at Amersham Law Courts. Sentencing took place on Friday 20 March. Upon release, Samuels will serve a further eight years on licence and has been made subject to a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life. The offences took place between January 2018 and…

London’s buses could face disruption on the same days as planned Underground strikes, after a second union launched a ballot for industrial action against Transport for London. Unite, which represents bus station and network traffic controllers employed by TfL, has begun a formal vote on strike action in a separate dispute over roster changes. The ballot closes on 13 April, and the union has warned that any resulting walkouts could fall on the same dates already earmarked by the RMT for Tube driver strikes later in the spring and summer. A Second Front Opens Up RMT members on the Underground…

A £20,000 reward is being offered by the Metropolitan Police for information that leads to the prosecution of whoever killed Daneche Tison, a 26-year-old shot dead in north-west London nearly three years ago. Mr Tison was wounded outside a block of flats on Bruckner Street, Queen’s Park, in the early hours of 19 July 2022. Officers who attended the scene were unable to locate him at the time, and he later made his way to hospital where he died from his injuries. Despite a number of arrests made in the years since, no one has ever been charged in connection…

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has laid out a step-by-step path back to EU membership, urging the Labour Party to make rejoining a central pledge at the next general election — a position that puts him well to the left of the government’s current stance on Brexit. Speaking to La Repubblica Magazine, Khan argued that the economic and social damage caused by leaving the EU is now beyond dispute, and that full membership is ultimately unavoidable. He framed the question not as whether Britain will return, but how long it will take to get there. A Five-Stage Plan Back Into the…

Cocaine, MDMA and thousands of pounds in cash have been recovered from addresses in two north London boroughs following a series of police raids targeting County Lines drug networks. The operation, carried out on Wednesday, saw Metropolitan Police officers execute warrants across Camden and Islington as part of a continuing intelligence-led effort to break up organised crime groups operating in the capital. Three men, aged between 25 and 32, were arrested at the scene and remained in custody following the raids. The trio face suspicion of offences including being concerned in the supply of Class A drugs, possession with intent…