Martin Bentham is Home Affairs Editor at the Evening Standard and is based in London
Martin Bentham is Home Affairs Editor at the Evening Standard and is based in London
More vessels join international search for missing Titanic submersible
Rescuers face a race against time to save Titanic adventurers before their air supply runs out
Missing British billionaire is ‘daring, inquisitive adventurer’
British billionaire Hamish Harding is among those on board the missing Titanic submersible
Two students and man whose ‘van stolen’ victims of Nottingham attack
University of Nottingham ‘shocked and devastated’ at killings, as police say they believe vehicle used to ’ram’ people was stolen from man in 50s who died with knife injuries
Far-Right convicts soar in new sign of rising extremism threat
The number of far-right terror convicts in prison has risen to a record high
Risk of bolting horses at coronation ‘led to lower arrests threshold’
Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe says the force is ready to apologise to anyone wrongly detained at the crowning of King Charles
New disease warning over migrants held at Manston
Severe overcrowding that erupted at the centre last autumn is in danger of being repeated this summer, ministers have been warned
‘Use surge policing to tackle knife hotspots’, minister says
Policing minister called for more stop and search ‘done respectfully’ to get knives off London’s streets
Kathleen Stock: ‘I am glad Sunak backs free speech at Oxford debate’
The Prime Minister said it would be wrong to stop Professor Kathleen Stock from airing her views on gender identity at the Oxford Union
Record migrant figures fuel new Tory row
Prime Minister says migration figure is too high but not out of control
Asylum cases backlog rises by 50 per cent to hit record high
Findings from Home Office data come despite government pledges to reduce the backlog
Met row continues as DPP suggests police are not bringing enough cases
Max Hill’s comments follow Sir Mark Rowley accusing the Crown Prosecution Service of ‘cherry-picking’ easy cases to boost its conviction rates’
Met chief accuses CPS of failing victims by ‘cherry-picking cases’
‘We need to target difficult cases and let juries not lawyers decide’, Sir Mark Rowley said
Now Labour demands answers from Tories on ‘dirty cash’ probe
Labour asks Conservative party chairman: ‘Just how much access did Tory donor have?’
MPs demand Tories return donations amid money laundering probe
MPs pressure Conservative Party in Commons to return donations from business tycoon after Standard reveals he is ‘person of importance’ in ‘dirty money’ case
Millionaire Tory donor linked to major money laundering operation
- Javad Marandi, who is one of London’s most successful tycoons and has a home on Belgravia’s Eaton Square, has strongly denied any wrongdoing
- Dirty money ruling is victory for the Standard — and for open justice
Rowley ‘crazy’ for not accepting Met institutionally racist -Casey
The Met Commissioner rejects the use of term ‘institutional’ to describe the force’s problems - but does accept the findings of Baroness’s damning report
Boy, 14, fighting for life after being stabbed in Crystal Palace
The boy was found wounded by officers after they were called to reports of a stabbing on the edge of Crystal Palace Park just after 5pm on Sunday
Police still making dreadful recruitment moves, watchdog warns
Inspectors uncover new ‘you cannot be serious, you are really letting that person in?’ cases of unsuitable people being recruited to the police
We’ll end ‘sim farms’ to beat the scammers, says minister
Tom Tugendhat aims to cut fraud — which currently accounts for around four in 10 of all crimes — by 10 per cent