A number of Tory MPs have criticised the recent Public Order Act, which critics say is too "heavy-handed"

Tory MPs slam 'heavy-handed' protest bill - as Met chief defends Coronation arrests despite criticism

'Somerset Gimp' re-arrested after prowling villages and terrifying local residents in latex suit

'Somerset Gimp' re-arrested after prowling villages and terrifying local residents in latex suit

Police arrested a man and shot dead two dogs after a stand off in Tower Hamlets

Man charged after police tasered him in east London and gunned down his two dogs after tense stand off

Fiona Beal has little memory of killing her long-term partner

Primary school teacher claims her only memory of killing her partner and burying the body is 'a dragging sensation'

The mother of murdered teen Jermaine Cools has made an emotional plea to tackle knife crime, saying "it can be anyone's child" as her son's killer was jailed for life at the Old Bailey.

'It can be anyone's child': Mother of murdered Jermaine Cools' plea as killer Marques Walker is jailed for life

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Angel Lynn was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend

Kidnapped Angel Lynn has 'blocked out' memories of her attacker after being left brain-damaged by falling out of van

Kent police received a report of disturbance on Saturday.

Woman who was ‘held hostage’ in hour-long police stand-off in Dartford dies from gunshot wounds

Stephen Tompkinson

DCI Banks star Stephen Tompkinson says it would be 'career suicide' to assault drunk man as he denies charges

The sex offenders make disturbing jokes in footage unearthed by ITV

Rolf Harris jokes with Jimmy Savile about leaving girl 'safely in my capable hands' in unearthed footage

Police arrested a man and shot dead two dogs after a stand off in Tower Hamlets

Footage shows moment police gun down two dogs and Taser man after tense stand off as Met insists animals posed threat

Renell Charles was killed in Walthamstow in a bloody weekend of violence in London

Schoolboy stabbed to death in Walthamstow named as Renell Charles, 16

Police are working across the city on a series of shootings and stabbings this bank holiday

Two men shot and taken to hospital in Bow as police appeal for witnesses

The boy was stabbed to death in Easton Street, Wycombe, on Sunday evening

Boy, 17, stabbed to death in Wycombe street as police hunt up to four masked attackers after weekend of violence

Jordan, 18, (left) was killed in Dagenham and police were at the scene of the 16-year-old's murder on Friday

'Drop your knife and quit the gangster life': Teen stabbed to death in 'machete fight' in Dagenham identified

Police officers at the scene in Priory Road, Dartford

Woman 'being held hostage is shot' at Kent home before police swoop in to free her

Eight were killed on the scene in Texas yesterday afternoon

Nine shot and killed in shopping mall massacre with 'children among victims' at H&M in Texas

Three people were stabbed to death within eight hours on Friday

Lawless London: Three people including schoolboy, 16, stabbed to death within eight hours

Paralegal who passed CPS intelligence to criminal gang leaders after starting relationship with kingpin jailed for 9 years

Paralegal who passed CPS intelligence to criminal gang leaders after starting relationship with kingpin jailed for 9 years