Britain’s biggest police force is pushing the Home Secretary to force phone companies to make stolen devices harder to reuse as chief Sir Mark Rowley continues a crusade to make the handsets “unusable bricks”. Sir Mark issued an ultimatum in March calling on telecoms giants to take action to make phones less desirable to steal […]
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The Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has asked the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to force all phone companies to make stolen devices “unusable bricks” in order to make them harder to sell on and less desirable to steal. London is widely regarded as the phone-snatching capital of Europe, with between 200 and 300 devices […]
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video He told Metro: ‘I ran out on instinct. I’m a dad of twins aged five months, and as a dad I just reacted. ‘I wasn’t scared, I just didn’t think. I’m not a hero, I just did […]
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Brooke Davies | Senior News reporter Published June 11, 2026 12:01am Updated June 11, 2026 8:44am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Stolen mobiles will essentially become unusable bricks after Apple agreed to help deter phone snatching. The technology giant has made a […]
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Police are braced for more violence after “sickening” racist disorder as a Sudanese man was remanded in custody over the Belfast knife attack which triggered the unrest. Hadi Alodid, 30, appeared in court charged with attempted murder over Monday’s knife attack in which victim Stephen Ogilvie lost an eye. Mr Ogilvie, who is aged in […]
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An alleged teenage assassin from Norway smiled and pretended to shoot with his empty hands when armed police raided his hotel room in Huddersfield, a court has heard. Johannes Kongsnes Natland, 19, is on trial at the Old Bailey for allegedly travelling to Britain on March 17 last year to carry out a “hit” for […]
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This is the shocking moment staff were attacked by a group of suspected shoplifters in a supermarket in north London. Footage shared online show the group kicking and throwing punches at workers at a Lidl supermarket while shocked shoppers look on. A clip shows up to four young people attacking staff at the store in […]
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London has left Paris, Barcelona, Rome and New York trailing in Time Out’s Best Cities for Food. The UK capital came fourth behind Lima in first place, followed by Bangkok and Mexico City, with Barcelona in fifth place. Howard Dawber, Deputy Mayor of London for Business & Growth, stressed: “London is the greatest city in […]
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In a video message shared on behalf of Comic Relief, Sir David cheered on the former Lioness as she took on an ultramarathon distance 38.5 mile run, into Manchester on Wednesday. Setting off on Monday from London’s Wembley Stadium, the former Manchester City midfielder is making her way north to Sunderland’s Stadium Of Light over the […]
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Brooke Davies Published June 10, 2026 7:00am Updated June 10, 2026 2:18pm Perusing the aisles at Sports Direct with her young daughter, Anamaria Mihai thought something was a bit off – she was being followed. They were in the Woolwich branch looking for a new pair of shorts, but at every turn she noticed members […]
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