Vacuum cleaner sparked Cutty Sark fire
14.35 Tue Sep 30 2008
The blaze which caused £10 million worth of damage to the Cutty Sark was sparked by an industrial vacuum cleaner, police have revealed.
Met woman 'to launch race claim'
07.12 Thu Sep 11 2008
A senior Muslim woman in Britain's largest police force is poised to bring a race discrimination claim, it has been reported.
Race claim police chief suspended
16.33 Tue Sep 09 2008
A senior Met Police officer who claims he suffered racial discrimination at the hands of his bosses in the force has been suspended.
Death threats sent to race-row Met officer
09.47 Mon Sep 01 2008
A senior police officer engaged in a high-profile race row with Scotland Yard's top brass has received "very credible" death threats.
Blair singled out in race case
17.31 Thu Aug 28 2008
A senior officer has launched his discrimination claim against the Metropolitan Police force.
Rooney quizzed over spitting allegations
08.05 Fri Aug 01 2008
Footballer Wayne Rooney has been questioned by police after allegedly spitting at a paparazzi photographer.
Mayor gets legal advice over police inquiry
10.22 Wed Jul 30 2008
City Hall has taken legal advice over whether Britain's most senior policeman can be suspended.
Met chief denies race promotion block
14.34 Thu Jul 10 2008
Britain's top policeman slammed claims he tried to block the promotion of a senior ethnic minority officer as "inconceivable".
Rape conviction rate 'not good enough'
13.02 Wed Jul 09 2008
Police forces should set up specialist units to investigate rape allegations, a senior officer has said.
Crackdown on knife crime needed
23.00 Mon Jul 07 2008
Conservative leader David Cameron has said anyone caught carrying a knife in public without a reasonable excuse should be sent to prison.
Police step up knife crime crackdown
18.31 Sat Jul 05 2008
A team of police officers dedicated to targeting gangs is taking to the streets of London in a bid to tackle knife crime.
Police hit by race row
11.36 Mon Jun 30 2008
The Home Secretary has been asked to intervene in a fresh police race row.
Straw: 'I will change witness law'
23.31 Sat Jun 21 2008
The Government is seeking an "urgent" change in the law to allow anonymous witnesses to give evidence.
Police want to question 'Tetra Pak' heir
10.03 Tue Jun 17 2008
The heir to Tetra Pak is wanted for questioning over reports of failing to stop after an accident.
Probe into loss of Al-Qaeda files
16.52 Thu Jun 12 2008
An official who left secret files on al-Qaeda and Iraq on a train should not have had them in public, the Government said.
Secret documents left on train
23.47 Wed Jun 11 2008
Secret Whitehall documents relating to al-Qaeda and Iraq were left on a train in London, it has emerged.
Probe into Dawit 'police failings'
17.26 Fri Jun 06 2008
An investigation has been launched into the handling of events leading to the death of Arsema Dawit.
Scotland Yard in replica guns amnesty
11.55 Mon Jan 21 2008
Scotland Yard has launched an amnesty on replica guns.
Islington stabbing: two teenagers held
12.48 Sat Dec 29 2007
Two teenagers remain in custody over the fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old youth.
Anti-terror chief resigns from Met
21.43 Tue Dec 04 2007
Britain's top anti-terror officer, Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman, has retired from the Metropolitan Police.
Arrests during huge drugs raid operation
10.09 Wed Nov 14 2007
Around 800 police officers have raided more than 50 addresses across England as part of a major drugs and stolen property operation.
Home Secretary backs Met chief
15.56 Sat Nov 03 2007
The Home Secretary has restated her support for Met Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair amid a barrage of calls that he should be sacked.
Monkey noises PC forced to quit
11.56 Wed Oct 31 2007
A police constable who made monkey noises at a black prisoner has been told he must resign from the Metropolitan Police force.
Officer denies ordering Menezes shooting
12.57 Fri Oct 19 2007
The police chief in charge of the officers who killed Jean Charles de Menezes has denied giving the order to shoot the innocent Brazilian.
New Menezes CCTV images released
22.16 Wed Oct 10 2007
New images of the police officers who pursued Jean Charles de Menezes have been released.
Menezes surveillance operation probed
13.19 Mon Oct 08 2007
More evidence on how Met police officers handled the surveillance operation on Jean Charles de Menezes is to be heard at the Old Bailey.
Detectives quit over Woodhams inquiry
18.44 Fri Oct 05 2007
Two police officers have been forced to resign for failing to properly investigate a vicious knife attack on Peter Woodhams.
Met "invited disaster" before shooting de Menezes
20.25 Mon Oct 01 2007
A police officer identified Jean Charles de Menezes to armed colleagues by saying "here he is", before the innocent Brazilian was shot.
Anti-terror searches soar in London
12.51 Tue Aug 07 2007
The Metropolitan Police have admitted searches using anti-terror powers rocketed in the wake of the attempted car bomb attacks.
Dozens arrested in Chinatown drugs swoop
10.55 Wed May 23 2007
Police have arrested more than 30 people suspected of dealing drugs in London's Chinatown.
Children's bodies found in London
16.48 Sun May 06 2007
Police have found the bodies of two young children in south London.
Dawn raids: 17 arrested in London
11.33 Wed Apr 18 2007
The Metropolitan Police has arrested 15 men and two women after a series of raids in the London borough of Brent.