The officer had stopped at a petrol station to quickly buy a drink when he spotted an attack in progress. | ITV News London

The Metropolitan Police has abruptly dropped its objections to China's planned "super embassy" in London after reviewing a Beijing-funded research document, contradicting its own recent warnings about public safety risks.

The Met Police has been urged to rule out cutting the police unit that protects the Royal Parks, as it tries to plug a £450million budget gap. The force's commissioner, Sir Mark Rowley, has said specific teams, including the Royal Parks, could be slashed in a "worst-case scenario".

As you might expect, the further from the centre of London you go, the lower the rates of crime are, mostly. The lowest rates of crime last year were in Richmond-upon-Thames followed by, Kingston-upon-Thames and Sutton. They saw 60.7, 62.1 and 62.9 offences per 1,000 people, respectively.

Organisers of Saturday's pro-Palestine march say Mark Rowley did not engage with pro-Palestine and Muslim groups but focused instead on pro-Israel organisations

The Metropolitan Police has dramatically been taken out of special measures - two-and-a-half years after a slew of scandals and “persistent concerns” about its performance were exposed, a watchdog announced.

London's Metropolitan Police force has improved its performance and no longer needs special monitoring, England's police watchdog said on Thursday, more than two years after a string of failures triggered additional scrutiny.

Police in the U.K. have launched an international manhunt for a suspect in the murder of a Citibank executive who was found beaten to death in her London flat.

The Metropolitan Police has been removed from special measures after more than two years, after watchdog says "good progress" has been made. | ITV News London

Chris Nineham, the founder of the anti-war group Stop the War Coalition, has been arrested during a pro-Palestine march in Central London. His arrest prompted clashes between police and demonstrators, with protesters chanting ‘Free him!’ as he was escorted to a police van. pic.twitter.com/FHZDbcyDXa

A 23-year-old man attacked 10 women over a four-hour period across London, the Metropolitan Police has said. The man is alleged to have sexually assaulted six of the women in a series of attacks in Islington and Camden on Sunday morning. Detectives are now appealing for any more victims to come forward.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm after five people were stabbed on Thursday morning in south London, emergency services said.