UK News & Investigations

A BIG police response in Longwood Gardens, near Clayhall, Ilford, last night was after a woman was assaulted. Police in about five vehicles were seen in the road near one of the entrances to Clayhall Park. London Ambulance Service vehicles were also seen at the scene from about 9pm. Video taken at the scene shows vehicles on blue lights and several police officers in the street. A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said: “We were called at 8.17pm on 19 April to reports of

AN ATTACKER is still at large after two staff members from Leicester Square's The Moon Under Water pub were sprayed with a substance this morning (April 20 2026). A male suspect reportedly said: "I'm going to light you" before a substance was hurled at the two employees at about 4:50am. A Met Police spokesperson said: "Police were called at around 5:00am on Monday, 20 April to a pub on Leicester Square, Westminster following reports of two members of staff being assaulted. “I

POLICE have said there is no evidence to support the Epsom gang rape happening as reported. Full statement from Assistant Chief Constable for Local Policing Sarah Grahame: "Over the past week, there has been widespread speculation and commentary following a report of a rape in Epsom in the early hours of Saturday (11 April). We are aware of the strength of feeling this has created, and of the frustration caused by our limited public comment on the matter. During this time, we

Police are investigating how a bag containing a force laptop and phone ended up in the lost property of a central London eatery nine days after it was stolen. The rucksack was reported as being stolen from an off-duty officer while he was in a venue in Great Portland Street, at about 5:40pm on March 30 this year. It was handed into Charing Cross police station on April 8 after being found in the lost property of a different venue, a restaurant, within 1km of the location of t

THREE men were arrested on suspicion of drug offences in front of members of the public on a busy Saturday in Huddersfield. Several police officers were seen searching a vehicle and detaining the men in New Hey Road, as people nearby queued for fish and chips in the West Yorkshire town. A West Yorkshire Police spokesperson said: "Three men were arrested following a police stop of a vehicle in the Marsh area of Huddersfield at around 7.30pm on 4 April. "The men, aged 21, 22 an

SHOCKING accidental prisoner releases have largely been caused by an 'archaic' paper-based prison records system, the Government has admitted. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy today, April 15 2026, vowed to stamp it out, as the Government moves to digitalise system. Updating Parliament Lammy pledged to cut release mistakes to as close to zero as possible – backed by up to £82 million – tackling the rise in errors which began under the last government as prisons were pushed t

Humberside Police has closed a major investigation into child sex grooming gangs in Hull for the second time, bringing no charges. The first probe called Operation Marksman ran from 2019 to June 2021 when it closed with no charges even though 34 people had been arrested. Details of the first investigation were revealed by UK News and Investigations editor Jon Austin while he was Crime Editor of the Sunday Express. It was after a former social worker whistleblower alleged th

THE Labour government has claimed to have reduced knife homicides by more than a quarter after taking 63,000 knives taken off our streets since the July 2024 General Election. The Home Office today announced that knife homicides have fallen by 27 percent and knife-point robberies and hospital admissions for stabbings down by 10 percent and 11 percent respectively. It comes as next week the Government will launch its plan that it hopes will halve knife crime within a decade t

CELEBRITY peer Lord Brocket has denied five sexual offences against the same woman. Lord Charles Brocket, 74, a former contestant on I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!, appeared at Isleworh Crown Court today<April 1 2026> after being charged with two counts of rape last and three sexual offence charges agaisnt the woman last August. Lord Brocket, who is being prosecuted under his full name of Charles Nall-Cain Brocket, is charged with two counts of rape, two counts of sexu

LONDON'S most crime-riddled hotspot is rarely proactively policed by the Met Police during the week, a probe by UK News and Investigations can reveal. An audit of police foot patrols in and around Leicester Square throughout 2025 found that during the week there was rarely a visible police presence from Sunday to Thursday unless some other form of proactive operation, such as targeting mobile phone thefts, was underway. The audit found that the force often displayed a good pr