Author: James Whitmore

A clip of an Arsenal supporter pleading with Pep Guardiola to step aside in this season’s Premier League title race has gone viral across social media, capturing the raw frustration of fans watching another finely poised contest with Manchester City.In the footage, filmed as the Manchester City manager arrived at the team’s hotel, one fan can be heard shouting words almost identical to the lament that has now become the clip’s defining line: “Pep, let Arteta win the league! You’ve won enough already… Let him win something! I hate you, you’ve ruined my life!” The video has since spread rapidly…

An 18-year-old has been charged with the murder of a young woman found stabbed at her home in central London more than a year ago, following his extradition from the United Arab Emirates.Enzo Bettamio, of no fixed address, was flown from Dubai to the United Kingdom on Friday, 24 April after joint inquiries between the Metropolitan Police and specialist lawyers in the Crown Prosecution Service’s extradition and International Units. He was formally charged the following day with the murder of 27-year-old Kamonnan Thiamphanit and is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 25 April.What investigators say happened in…

Three men and a teenager have made their first appearance at the Old Bailey charged in connection with an arson attack on Jewish community ambulances in north-west London, an incident prosecutors have described as a targeted assault on the Jewish community.Hamza Iqbal, 20, Rehan Khan, 19, Judex Atshatshi, 18, and a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, attended the preliminary Crown Court hearing together. All four were remanded in custody until a plea hearing scheduled for 28 August.What prosecutors say happened in Golders GreenThe charges relate to an incident in the early hours of 23 March, when…

Two men have been charged by the Metropolitan Police in connection with the murder of a 27-year-old man shot in Clapham last September, with both due to appear in court on Friday.Kyrone Moodie was fatally wounded after officers were called to reports of a shooting on New Park Road shortly before 9pm on 8 September 2025. Despite the efforts of paramedics from the London Ambulance Service, who treated him at the scene before he was taken to hospital, Mr Moodie died the following day. A second man, aged 20, was also injured in the incident.What the charges set outThe charges…

The Metropolitan Police are solving more than one in five shoplifting cases in areas where a new retail crime reporting system has been trialled, significantly outperforming the force’s wider detection rate, according to figures released this week.The technology, which allows retailers to submit incident reports and CCTV footage to officers instantly, has been piloted since January in parts of London including Lewisham and the central boroughs. Since it was rolled out, 21.4 per cent of cases handled through the platform have ended in an arrest, charge or conviction — compared with a force-wide average of 14 per cent.What the new…

Police in protective clothing have cordoned off Kensington Gardens and are examining a number of suspicious items found near the Israeli embassy in London, after a video emerged overnight in which a group claimed to have targeted the building with drones carrying dangerous substances.The Metropolitan Police confirmed on Friday afternoon that the embassy itself had not been attacked, but said urgent enquiries were under way to establish whether the discarded items were connected to the claims made in the video.What officers found in the parkKensington Gardens was closed to the public from the morning as counter-terrorism officers moved in to…

The Metropolitan Police has secured a government-backed ban on one of London’s most controversial annual marches, with the Home Secretary citing fears of violence amid rising Middle East tensions.Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed on Wednesday that she had approved the Metropolitan Police’s request to prohibit the Al Quds Day march, scheduled for this Sunday in London. The ban, which covers both the march itself and any associated counter-protests, comes into effect at 4pm Wednesday and will remain in place for one month.The power to ban a march of this kind has not been used since 2012, making this one of…

A Metropolitan Police officer has been dismissed from the force following a misconduct hearing that found he had sexually assaulted a woman while off duty at a pub in central London.PC Jason Capery, who served with the Central West Basic Command Unit, was found to have breached professional standards at a hearing held on Tuesday 10 March. The panel heard that Capery behaved inappropriately toward a woman known to him during an off-duty visit to a pub in Marylebone.Capery had already admitted his guilt in criminal proceedings, pleading guilty to sexual assault by touching at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 4…

A teenager with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder missed his GCSE examinations after a London council failed to provide him with a school place for around three months, an official investigation has found.Brent Council has been ordered to pay £1,000 in compensation following a ruling by the Local Government Ombudsman, which concluded the authority failed in its duty to arrange alternative education for the boy, identified in the report only as Y, within a reasonable timeframe.Y, who had significant difficulties with language and communication and was supported by an education, health and care plan, was removed from his school roll in…

Train services across parts of south London were suspended for several hours on Monday morning after a person was found dead on the tracks at a station in Sutton.Emergency services were called to Wallington station shortly after 6am following reports of a casualty on the line. Paramedics attended alongside British Transport Police officers, but the individual was pronounced dead at the scene. No details regarding the person’s age or gender have been released.A British Transport Police spokesperson confirmed the incident is not being treated as suspicious, and said a file is being prepared for the coroner ahead of a future…