Crime & Police

Police will attend drastically fewer mental health callouts

Police not attending most mental health callouts 'to free up a million hours a year'

Graham Head was jailed for a chilling pair of sexual assaults in Sussex while posing as a cab driver

Predator fake taxi driver who travelled with 'rape kit' including latex gloves and Viagra jailed for 18 years

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Just Stop Oil protests have cost £7.7m for the last 13 weeks

'It's not protest, it's crime': Senior Met cop condemns Just Stop Oil as LBC reveals £7.7m bill to police disruption

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Just Stop Oil have carried out 13 weeks of protests in London

Revealed: £7.7 million cost of policing Just Stop Oil’s 13 weeks of protests on the streets of London

Police did not solve more than three-quarters of burglaries reported to them last year

More than three-quarters of burglaries reported go unsolved, coming to nearly 600 per day

The man died in Croydon custody centre

Man, 30, wanted on recall to prison, dies in police custody in south London

Police handcuffed the woman before subsequently 'de-arresting' her when it emerged she had a valid ticket.

'She didn’t provide her ticket': Police defend handcuffing mother in front of her crying son over bus fare

Anjem Choudary has been charged with terror offences

Hate preacher Anjem Choudary charged with three terror offences - including running terrorist group

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During a phone-in on LBC, the policing minister Chris Philp was questioned on the spate of attacks attributed to the niche breed.

Policing minister says American Bully XL ban 'an option' as breed's popularity fuels massive rise in dog attacks

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Policing minister Chris Philp has confirmed a review of Met Police dismissal procedure is due imminently

Met Police dismissal process to be reviewed in 'weeks not months' as force tries to deal with misconduct, minister says