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The Met Police serve the Greater London area.

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Two-month-old baby dies after cardiac arrest with man and woman arrested
PoliceThe child was pronounced dead in Enfield, north London, on January 19. The man and woman have since been released under investigation, and the death is not being treated as suspicious
Nine Covidiot coppers fined after ignoring social distancing for breakfast in cafe together
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The Met Police officers were each fined £200 for breaking Covid lockdown restrictions after a passer-by took pictures of them tucking into breakfast inside a cafe earlier this month
Serial slasher at large in London as cops link murder of dad, 48, to two other attacks
MET PolicePolice are searching for a suspected serial knifeman after three attacks - one of which proved fatal - in the same area only days apart. Cops are hunting a 'lone white man'
Deer mauled to death by dog in heartbreaking footage before being run over
Crime
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Alfie the red setter chased after the injured deer and attacked from its back before park-goers intervened to separate the two animals
London cops rush to massive brawl of 40 people fighting with 'swords and bottles'
MET PoliceLondon Metropolitan's Ealing Police reported on Sunday afternoon that officers had broken up a huge brawl involving 40 men armed with swords and bottles earlier the same day
Burglars 'pose as delivery men' before storming home to hold five kids at knifepoint
CrimeThe twisted robbers forced their way into a London family home in a horrifying incident which saw a 13-year-old girl having to shield her younger siblings from the criminals
Police hunt man over attempted abduction of boy, 5, snatched in front of mum
Crime
The Metropolitan Police said the individual ran a short distance with the five-year-old after allegedly snatching him in front of his mum in Northala Fields in Northolt in the London Borough of Ealing
Police foil illegal rave in disused railway tunnel as DJ equipment and bar found
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The Metropolitan Police raided the disused railway tunnel in Dulwich Wood, southeast London and seized equipment for illegal raves which officers said would spread coronavirus
Two men found dead at home as woman arrested after running into road 'holding a knife'
CrimePolice were called to the house in Tavistock Gardens in east London in the early hours of Sunday where two men were found seriously injured, along with a woman suffering from non-life-threatening injuries
Lockdown fines to soar as police ordered to crack down on people leaving their homes
Lockdown
The Metropolitan Police said officers will "be more inquisitive" if they spot Londoners out and about in the capital. They will then "move more quicky to enforcement"
Man arrested after 8-hour dramatic stand-off with armed police at London flat
MET PoliceMetropolitan Police officers were seen waiting outside Selbourne House just south of the River Thames as a situation developed. Video shows them crouched down by a wall
Police break up nearly 60 NYE parties in London and fine more than 200 ravers
CoronavirusThe capital is currently facing Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions, and NHS chiefs begged with Brits to stay home last night. However, hundreds were still caught breaking the rules
Three people rushed to hospital after Edgware Road stabbing on New Year's Day
In the NewsTwo men have been rushed to critical care while a woman has been taken to hospital following a stabbing on London's bustling Edgware Road, moments after the New Year celebrations
Miss Universe Great Britain pageant contest in London shut down by police
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EXCLUSIVE The event's head judge claims they were forced to call off the event after someone tipped off the Met Police, even though he insists they were abiding by coronavirus restrictions
Haunting pictures of 'perfect' girl, 2, found dead in flat with NHS worker mum
FamilyShiwangi Bagoan, 25, and Ziana Bagoan were pronounced dead at the property in Hounslow, west London, on December 14. One friend said the mum "seemed fine" when she saw her last week
Man stabbed to death and two others injured in day of bloodshed in London
Knife CrimePolice were called at 7.15pm on Sunday to reports of a stabbing in St Anns Road, Harrow, where a man - believed to be in his 20s - was pronounced dead at the scene
Madeleine McCann's parents brand probe into prime suspect as 'beyond bizarre'
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Maddie McCann's parents Kate and Gerry McCann are said to have concerns about the probe into prime suspect Christian Brueckner days after the lead prosecutor spoke about alleged evidence
Violent teen girl who attacked 'vulnerable' woman, 84, in attempted mugging sentenced
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Alexandrina Mitkova, 19, snatched the handbag from an 84-year-old victim during a "violent attack" in October this year. She was sentenced in court on Thursday
Schoolboy, 15, knifed to death named as tributes paid to teen who was 'always laughing'
Knife CrimeTeenager Kayjon Lubin, 15, was stabbed to death in Newham, East London, at approximately 7pm on Friday evening. Police has since arrested a 25-year-old man in connection to the death
Boy, 15, knifed to death and 17-year-old fighting for life in separate London stabbings
Knife CrimeA 15-year-old schoolboy died following the fatal knife attack in North Woolwich, east London, while another male teenager, 17, is fighting for life following a stabbing in Hounslow in the west of the city
Police pull woman over only to find she's in labour and driving herself to hospital
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Police officers became concerned about a car in the early hours of the morning but after opening the front door they found a "very heavily pregnant and upset" woman
Police called as Tesco Black Friday sign defaced to say 'Slaves Sold on Friday'
CrimeStaff at a branch of Tesco in South Tottenham, North London, were horrified to discover graffiti on a Black Friday sale sign in the staff canteen had been vandalised to include racist language
Boy, 13, fighting for life after 'man attacked pupils with pole outside school'
CrimePolice have arrested a man on suspicion of GBH after the incident outside Dunraven in Streatham, south London, while a boy is in hospital with "life-threatening" injuries
Innocent woman, 32, gunned down as gang filming music video ambushed by rival thugs
LondonMet Police chief Dame Cressida Dick was "very moved" after visiting the scene where the 32-year-old woman was shot in the chest as a gang filming a music video brawled with rivals