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  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    Police look at train attack suspect’s possible link to other knife crimes

    Cambridgeshire officers were alerted on three occasions about man with knife in Peterborough before mass stabbing

    A forensic officer in protective clothing examines the exterior of an LNER Azuma train at a station platform.
  • Monday, 3 November, 2025
    UK society
    Young Britons’ attitudes hardening on crime and welfare

    Voters are particularly disillusioned with what they say is UK’s ‘broken social contract’

    Montage shows someone stealing a mobile phone out of a woman’s backpack against a data backdrop
  • Sunday, 2 November, 2025
    One remaining suspect held in train stabbing case as police say no suggestion of terrorism

    Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder is British national born in the UK

    A forensic officer takes pictures in the cordoned-off area at Huntingdon Station
  • Sunday, 2 November, 2025
    Train stabbing fuels UK public’s feeling of insecurity

    Cambridgeshire attack is second mass knife crime incident in less than a week

    Police officers and emergency workers search the tracks beside a train
  • Sunday, 2 November, 2025
    Two arrested after mass stabbing on train in Cambridgeshire

    UK defence secretary says early indication suggests it was ‘an isolated attack’

    Police cars and ambulances with flashing lights are parked outside Huntingdon train station in eastern England at night.
  • Wednesday, 29 October, 2025
    Afghan refugee arrested after fatal stabbing in north-west London

    Home Office said 22-year-old suspect was not living in accommodation for asylum seekers

    Forensic officers in blue protective suits and gloves stand behind police tape on a residential street, examining the area
  • Wednesday, 29 October, 2025
    Rich People’s ProblemsJames Max
    I fear for my bling on the mean streets of London

    Serious crime is falling but street snatchers have left us all feeling vulnerable. Are we being paranoid?

    Illustration of an arm wearing a glistening gold watch surrounded by several pairs of staring eyes
  • Friday, 24 October, 2025
    UK immigration
    Lammy ‘appalled’ at accidental release of Epping asylum seeker from prison

    UK justice minister orders probe after Ethiopian man jailed for sexual assault is freed instead of being moved to deportation centre

    Hadush Kebatu in handcuffs beside a police car during his arrest, with officers visible and some faces blurred.
  • Thursday, 23 October, 2025
    Financial fraud
    Criminals using AI are driving sharp rise in UK fraud cases

    As part of a tech arms race, banks are also using artificial intelligence to stop scams with increasing effectiveness

    A phone displays a scam message claiming the recipient won $50,000, with warning icons superimposed and blurred hands typing in the background.
  • Thursday, 23 October, 2025
    Crime reports show rise in shoplifting and fraud

    Latest figures for England and Wales reflect 30-year decline in violent crime

    A yellow sign with handcuff icon in a supermarket warns, "Shoplifting has a price. You could be arrested, jailed or fined," near bottles of wine.
  • Friday, 17 October, 2025
    UK politics
    Dispute over court testimony was final straw in UK-China spy case

    Crown Prosecution Service kicked off political firestorm when it abandoned charges against two British men

    Christopher Berry, wearing a brown coat, and Christopher Cash, in a dark jacket and white shirt.
  • Friday, 17 October, 2025
    Keir Starmer
    Two Ukrainian men accused of Keir Starmer arson attacks plead not guilty

    Trial scheduled for April next year in relation to three fires in May, including one at PM’s family home in north London

  • Friday, 10 October, 2025
    Telecoms
    UK telcos step up efforts to combat ‘epidemic’ of handset fraud

    Surge in scams forces VodafoneThree, EE and Virgin Media O2 to tighten controls on mobile phone purchases

    A man looks at his phone while walking past an O2 store with prominent O2 branding in central London.
  • Saturday, 4 October, 2025
    Terrorism in UK
    Gaza protesters defy calls to cancel marches after synagogue attack

    More than 400 people were detained in London for expressing support for proscribed group Palestine Action

    Police officers remove a woman in sunglasses and a green jacket during a protest in Trafalgar Square.
  • Friday, 3 October, 2025
    Terrorism in UK
    Home secretary urges activists to cancel Palestine Action protest after Manchester attack

    Shabana Mahmood calls on Defend Our Juries to call off London rally in wake of Thursday’s terrorist incident

    Police officers form a line facing tightly packed demonstrators outside the High Court in London.
  • Thursday, 2 October, 2025
    Manchester
    Two killed in attack at Manchester synagogue

    Police say the perpetrator is a British citizen of Syrian descent after Starmer denounces terrorist incident

    Armed police officers stand behind police tape at an emergency scene with emergency vehicles and personnel in the background.
  • Tuesday, 30 September, 2025
    FT live news
    Labour conference as it happened: Starmer delivers keynote speech to the party

    Chancellor backs PM amid speculation Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham could mount challenge

    Keir Starmer waves and smiles on stage next to his wife in a bright orange dress at the Labour Party conference.
  • Monday, 29 September, 2025
    Cryptocurrencies
    Crypto laundering mastermind pleads guilty in London court

    Woman admits £5bn investment fraud that she allegedly ran in China

    Montage featuring a photo of Zhimin Qian, a representation of bitcoin, and a Chinese flag
  • Friday, 26 September, 2025
    Kido hackers tell affected families to sue nursery chain

    Cyber attackers release children’s data on to dark web and blame nursery for not complying with their demands

    Small child draws on paper surrounded by toys on table
  • Thursday, 18 September, 2025
    Cyber Security
    Briton charged in US and UK over major cyber attacks

    The 19-year-old is alleged to have extracted $115mn in ransom payments from victims

  • Friday, 5 September, 2025
    FT live news
    UK politics as it happened: Cooper becomes foreign secretary in cabinet overhaul after Rayner exit

    Sir Keir Starmer conducts sweeping reshuffle after his deputy resigns following breach of ministerial code

  • Tuesday, 26 August, 2025
    Andy Haldane
    Do broken windows mean a broken Britain?

    In spite of reported crime rates falling, the UK public perceive them to be rising, and therein lies the problem

    James Ferguson illustration of a window with the shape of the UK smashed through it
  • Tuesday, 26 August, 2025
    Inside Politics
    Cash alone won’t fix Britain’s rising crime problem

    Elected police and crime commissioners largely show little interest in core issues and are a big barrier to reform

    A security camera is mounted on the ceiling overlooking the aisles of Freshfields Market, with shoppers visible below.
  • Sunday, 24 August, 2025
    UK prisons
    Tougher community penalties to replace short jail terms in England

    Move by government comes after Gauke review found short sentences ‘have a limited deterrent effect’

    Shabana Mahmood stands in front of a tall security fence topped with barbed wire at HMP Millsike
  • Wednesday, 13 August, 2025
    Financial fraud
    Surge in ‘money mules’ raises concern at UK financial watchdog

    Sharp rise in number of people letting criminals use their bank account to launder funds

    Bundles of new British £20 polymer banknotes, secured with rubber bands, featuring a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
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