Crime & Police

The assault is alleged to have taken place at Southend theme park Adventure Island

Girl, 11, 'sexually assaulted' on theme park ride in popular seaside resort

Emergency services at the scene at Carr Mill Dam in St Helens

Girl, 15, dies after getting into difficulty while swimming in St Helens dam

Police have released an e-fit image and CCTV still of the suspect

Woman wakes up to intruder who broke into her home in 'terrifying' attempted rape on quiet suburban street

Ferrari wore the spit hood in 2018

Dementia-suffering woman, 91, 'handcuffed, hooded and strapped down by Met police'

The force's commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has written to health and social care services to say police will no longer attend after August 31 unless there is a threat to life.

Mental Health Crisis Team worker's chilling warning - 'there will be deaths' if police absent from mental health calls

Police restrained the 91 year old woman in a spit guard hood

Dementia-suffering woman, 91, 'handcuffed, hooded and strapped down by Met police' after cops aim taser at her

Sarah Hughes, CEO of mental health charity Mind, says she worries the move will put vulnerable people at risk.

‘Lives at risk’: Fears over Met plan to stop attending 999 calls linked to mental health

Sangita on police and mental health

The 'demand for mental health services is outstripping supply' says Sangita Myska

Metropolitan Police officers will not attend emergency calls if they are linked to mental health incidents from September.

Met Police to stop attending emergency calls linked to mental health in bid to 'focus on crime'

Police say the teen died in an ambulance after a medical emergency on Friday night

Boy, 16, dies at In It Together music festival after 'medical emergency' at Welsh event