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A man set himself on fire opposite Britain’s Houses of Parliament on Friday, police said.
Parliament Square, opposite the Palace of Westminster, is popular with demonstrators.
“We were called at around 4:00 pm to a man ablaze in Parliament Square. He has been taken to a south London hospital,” a Metropolitan Police spokesman [...]

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Home Secretary Jacqui Smith unveiled details of the security plan for the Games in three year times Photo: PA
The news came as Home Secretary Jacqui Smith unveiled details of the security plan for the Games in three year times.
The Olympics in 2012 is presenting the Home Office with [...]

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THE METROPOLITAN Police and Transport for London are continuing to tackle illegal cabs and touting with 25 arrests made over last weekend following Operation Helvellyn, part of a drive to tackle taxi touts in central London.
The Police and the Cab Enforcement Unit, part of the Transport for London (TfL) targeted illegal cabs during [...]

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The Metropolitan Police are confident they can cope with the tens of thousands of Manchester United and Manchester City supporters who will converge on London on Sunday.
United face Tottenham in the Carling Cup final at Wembley at 3pm while City play West Ham at [...]

Police are investigating allegations of serious abuse of a five-year-old victim of child trafficking while he was in the care of Haringey, the London council that failed to prevent the death of Baby P.
The Metropolitan police child abuse team launched the investigation last month after claims that the child was being beaten while in the [...]

An ambulance carrying a seriously ill four-week-old baby on an emergency journey has overturned on a motorway.
The accident happened on Sunday morning at the junction of the M62 and M621 at Gildersome, just outside Leeds.
The ambulance, travelling from Preston to Leeds, crashed near the scene of two earlier accidents and police said ice on the [...]

Prostitution has a long and inglorious history in the capital. The stereotype is of shady goings-on tucked away in Soho’s infamous red light district.
However, there is a well-to-do, leafy part of town where the illicit sex trade is doing booming business.
You wouldn’t think it of Tooting Bec Common with its leafy green surroundings and houses [...]

London’s mayor has been accused of abusing his political position after admitting contact with a senior Tory MP currently under police investigation.
Boris Johnson told the London Assembly he spoke with Tory immigration spokesman Damian Green following his arrest into alleged Home Office leaks.
Mr Johnson, as chairman of the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA), was briefed on [...]

A gang of thieves who targeted passengers on London trains has been handed lengthy jail terms.
British Transport Police spent hours painstakingly tracing the four men using CCTV before making an appeal on the BBC’s Crimewatch programme.
The gang, all from London, targeted both commuter and Tube trains in their campaign of robbery and threats.
Within hours of [...]