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Elderly woman stabbed to death on her front doorstep as knifeman threatens public

Barney Davis Published April 1, 2026 5:39pm Updated April 1, 2026 6:29pm Tributes have been paid to an elderly woman stabbed to death on her front doorstep. A knifeman then ran around the residential street in Plumstead and threatened workmen nearby at around 9am on Wednesday. Met police officers went to Red Lion Place and […]

Families ‘barricaded’ inside shops after gangs of teenagers swarm Clapham high street

Sam Corbishley Published April 1, 2026 7:47am Updated April 1, 2026 10:54am To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Mobs of teenagers ran riot through the streets of south London and Birmingham during Easter holiday ‘linkups’. Two were arrested after crowds of youths flooded several shops […]

Suspected drug dealer jumps out of dock and flees court after being told he faces jail

Luke Alsford Published March 30, 2026 11:19am Updated March 30, 2026 4:34pm To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video This is the moment a suspect ran away from court in the middle of a hearing. A manhunt is now underway after Abu Faye, 26, […]

Hunt for knifeman after man, 26, stabbed to death five minutes from Houses of Parliament

Sam Corbishley Published March 28, 2026 2:28pm Updated March 28, 2026 2:28pm Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a man was stabbed to death in central London last night. The victim, aged 26, was found with knife wounds in Abbey Orchard Street, Westminster, shortly after 10pm on Friday. Police officers gave first aid before […]

Sexual predator sticks tongue out at victim after Tube assault

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A man who sexually assaulted and stalked women on trains and at stations has been jailed. Craig Anthony Anderson, 38, of no fixed address, attacked young women while they were travelling on the Tube and rail network […]

Gang members jailed for smuggling Albanians into the UK

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Three organised crime gang members have been jailed for smuggling Albanians into the UK in lorries and charging them £11,000. Met detectives tracked the criminals by trawling through CCTV at the service stations on the M25 where […]

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Gangland machete killer gets more time for stamping on Uber driver’s head

Sam Corbishley Published March 26, 2026 9:08pm Updated March 26, 2026 9:08pm A gang member serving a life sentence for murdering two young men after mistaking them for rivals has had his sentence increased for battering a taxi driver in a separate attack. Jason Furtado, 29, helped plan the ambush that saw Leonardo Reid, 15, […]

Teen robber who threatened to behead Aled Jones with machete strikes again

A teenager who threatened to cut TV presenter Aled Jones’s head off and left a Bridgerton star traumatised after trying to steal her phone has pleaded guilty to another attempted robbery with a machete. Zacariah Boulares, now 19, was armed with the huge blade when he tried to steal a Rolex watch from Neil Tallantire. […]

Convicted murderer who killed pregnant girlfriend has sentence increased to whole life order

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video A man who killed his pregnant partner while on license for a previous murder will die behind bars after his 42-year sentence was deemed ‘unduly lenient’. Shaine March, 48, stabbed and slashed 32-year-old Alana Odysseos 23 times […]