The north-east of England has the highest rate of child poverty of anywhere in the UK, for the first time overtaking London as the nation’s hotspot for hardship and deprivation, new analysis... Read more »
Mother and her five-year-old daughter are stabbed to death in house in North West London – as police arrest man, 37, on suspicion of murder The bodies of a woman, 37, and... Read more »
A shocking video has emerged showing a group of at least eight men setting on one man on a North London street, punching and kicking him in broad daylight as he cowers... Read more »
The police watchdog has confirmed it is investigating the strip-search of another child by the Metropolitan Police, after two other controversial cases. Two teenage girls, known as Child Q and Olivia, were... Read more »
An investigation by officers from the Met’s South East Public Protection unit has led to the conviction of a ‘manipulative sexual predator.’ Robert Wain, 59, of Victoria Street, Gillingham, was convicted at... Read more »
A West London school has seen riots at the school gates which last week led to a teenage boy reportedly having a corrosive liquid thrown in his face and a teacher taken... Read more »
These are the squalid scenes inside the home of a mother jailed for causing the death of her 11-month baby. Eleven-month-old Nafahat Diini died of a chest infection after weeks of neglect at... Read more »
Children with a form of leukaemia can now access a ground-breaking new treatment in Ireland instead of having to travel to Britain. CAR-T cell therapy is used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukaemia,... Read more »
T he head teacher of an east London school where a 15-year-old black school girl was strip-searched has stood down due to health issues. Making the announcement in a letter to parents... Read more »
When Mary Pimm discusses the lack of scrutiny over the Metropolitan Police, she knows what she’s talking about: she spent five years at the helm of police custody inspections in Hackney. Independent... Read more »
