POLICE have said there was no incident at Hornchurch police station last night after a large presence of officers and ambulances was present. A Met Police spokesperson: "We’ve checked and there was no incident at the police station, which was being used as a rendezvous point by officers." A witness at the scene in Station Lane, Hornchurch, at about 10pm on Wednesday June 17 2026 said: "There was an ambulance service vehicle outside when lots of police vehicles both marked and unmarked, I...

A FORMER Met Police chief exploited his former position to have drug-fuelled sex with vulnerable young gay men, a sentencing judge today said. Peter Kirkham, 65, who has been a regular political commentator about crime and justice issues on Sky News, Channel 4, GB News and the BBC had pleaded guilty to two drug supply offences and three possession of controlled drug offences at Kingston Crown Court ahead of a sexual exploitation trial. He was cleared of all sexual offences, but, sentencing...

AN Indian national has been charged with a sanctions offence by the Crown Prosecution Service following an arrest by National Crime Agency (NCA) officers after Royal Marines boarded a ship in the English Channel. Ajay Pant, 38, has been charged with directly or indirectly supplying or delivering by ship prohibited oil / oil products from Russia to a third country during the period of June 2026 in contravention of Reg 46Z9B Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019. The vessel was...