Author: James Whitmore

Counter-terrorism officers are leading the investigation into a double stabbing in Barnet, north London, after a man was Tasered and arrested at the scene having allegedly attempted to attack police officers.Two men, one in his seventies and one in his thirties, were knifed in Highfield Avenue on Wednesday morning. Officers responded shortly after 11.16am, with local police, armed officers and the London Ambulance Service all attending the scene.Both victims were treated at the scene before being taken to hospital, where they were said to be in a stable condition.According to the Metropolitan Police, the suspect also tried to stab officers…

Counter-terrorism officers are leading an investigation into a suspected arson attack at a memorial wall in Golders Green, north-west London, in the latest incident to unsettle the area’s Jewish community.The Metropolitan Police said a fire was reported at the memorial site on Limes Avenue at 7.28pm on Monday, April 27, with the blaze itself believed to have been started shortly after midnight that morning, at around 12.15am. The memorial wall itself escaped damage.The inquiry is being led by Counter Terrorism Policing London with support from officers in the North West Command Area. However, the force stressed that the incident is…

A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts as part of a wide-ranging counter-terrorism investigation into a series of attacks targeting London’s Jewish community.The Metropolitan Police said the suspect was detained on Sunday at an address near Barnstaple in Devon and is now being questioned at a police station in London.The arrest is the latest in a sweeping inquiry that has now seen 26 people detained since an attack on Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green on March 23. Officers have also been investigating an incident in which an ignited container was thrown at a Persian-language media…

Londoners already squeezed by rising energy, council tax and transport costs could be paying hundreds of pounds a year extra on their water bills without realising it — and the culprit is often buried under their own front garden. New analysis of more than 9,000 leak callouts across the capital and the South East suggests that nearly six in ten hidden household water leaks are happening not in the bathroom or kitchen, but in the underground supply pipes that run between the water main and the front door. These pipes are the homeowner’s responsibility, not the water company’s — and…

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…