Fiona Hamilton
The Times of London
United Kingdom
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Nicola Bulley: why did it take 23 days to find a body?
Lancashire police is facing questions over whether there were failures in its search for Nicola Bulley.Twenty-three days after Bulley, 45, a mother of two, was → Read More
David Carrick: Metropolitan Police officer admits to dozens of rapes
A Metropolitan Police officer has admitted more than 80 sex offences, including 47 rapes against 12 women during two decades at the force, making him one of th → Read More
Met Police officer charged with raping two women
A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been charged with raping two women within ten days. PC Rupert Edwards is accused of attacking the women, who were in → Read More
Media fanning flames of Just Stop Oil protests, says police chief
Just Stop Oil will stop its campaign of disruption on the country’s motorways today, it has announced.Members of the climate change protest group have climbed g → Read More
Stop ‘criminal activists’ sowing misery, Suella Braverman tells police
Police have shown an “institutional reluctance” to clamp down on environmental protesters and it is their duty to take a “firmer line”, the home secretary said → Read More
Manchester Arena bombing: lessons from 7/7 should have stopped history being repeated
As the bomb’s bang subsided and the shrapnel and debris settled, there was a split second of silence in the Manchester Arena. Then the screaming began and it wa → Read More
Fake kidnapping and Twitter bots: how ethnic violence flared in Leicester
His knife glinting in the darkness, the hooded young man slipped down the usually quiet residential street. More than a dozen others ran past a row of Hindu hom → Read More
Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral: Westminster Hall’s doors close as lying in state ends — follow latest
Key momentsFuneral begins at 11am, followed by private committal at 4pm Your definitive hour-by-hour guide The orders of service in fullHow to watch: TV → Read More
Metropolitan Police chief could make every officer swear new oath to the King
The new Metropolitan Police commissioner has proposed that every officer reswears their allegiance to King Charles III, The Times has learnt. Sir Mark Rowley on Tuesday told rank and file officers that he had found it “very powerful” when he was sworn back into office → Read More
New Met chief vows to restore trust in ‘corrupted’ police
The new Metropolitan Police commissioner has expressed disappointment in how officers engage with the public and has warned that the force has been “weak” in dealing with corruption, The Times has learnt.Sir Mark Rowley told officers yesterday he was “disappointed” that, during weekend patrols, some → Read More
When and where is the Queen’s funeral? The plans in detail
The Queen’s funeral service will take place at Westminster Abbey in nine days’ time, the first funeral service at the Abbey for a British monarch since that of → Read More
Queen Elizabeth II dies: King Charles III heads for London before addressing nation — follow latest
Her Majesty the Queen has died at Balmoral, surrounded by her family → Read More
Anti-drugs officer accused of being daily cannabis user
A senior police officer who drew up the anti-drugs strategy for the Metropolitan Police has been accused of using cannabis daily at a time when Dame Cressida Di → Read More
Cressida Dick ‘victim of constructive dismissal’ from Met Police
Dame Cressida Dick was a victim of constructive dismissal and the Mayor of London acted improperly when he ousted her as Metropolitan Police commissioner, an official report found today.Dick “felt intimidated” into stepping down following the ultimatum from Sadiq Khan, who did not follow “due proces → Read More
Hundreds of children a year strip-searched by Metropolitan Police officers
Scotland Yard is strip-searching hundreds of children a year, according to analysis that will revive concerns about the force’s treatment of minors in the wa → Read More
Metropolitan Police trio shared racist abuse of Meghan on WhatsApp group
A group of Metropolitan Police officers shared discriminatory and offensive messages including racist abuse about the Duchess of Sussex and a description of a black child as a monkey.The officers, who were all part of a unit at Bethnal Green police station in east London, shared videos that associat → Read More
Kevin Spacey to be charged with four sex offences in Britain
The Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey will be charged with four sexual assault offences against three men in Britain, prosecutors have confirmed.Spacey, 62, wil → Read More
Mike Bush: Met commissioner hopeful has a drink-drive conviction
The New Zealand police reformer who wants to run Scotland Yard has a drink-driving conviction.Mike Bush, one of six applicants for the role of Metropolitan Poli → Read More
Keir Starmer faces Durham police investigation over lockdown beer
Force delayed announcement to avoid influencing local elections → Read More
Met police stop and search black teenager 60 times in two years
A black teenager was stopped and searched 60 times in two years, the Independent Office for Police Conduct, the police watchdog, has revealed. It has called for use of the “intrusive” powers to be overhauled. → Read More