Martin Bentham is Home Affairs Editor at the Evening Standard and is based in London
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Former Tory and Labour donor charged with bribing foreign politician
Peter Virdee, 50, allegedly bribed Asot Michael from January 2015 to July 2017 when he was the minister for tourism in Antigua and Barbuda
Elba warns knife crime is at 'boiling point' as he stages protest
Actor calls for ban on zombie knives and machetes and action from tech companies
Harry Pitman's family mourn teenager at vigil following NYE stabbing
Harry's mother, brother and sister attended the vigil on Tuesday
'Startling' rise in London children falling under spell of far Right
Children in the capital arrested over terrorist activity is running at double the 20-year average
Rapes and murders in Metaverse 'could be treated as criminal offences'
Graeme Biggar, the NCA’s director general, says crimes committed in virtual reality could have real life impacts on victims
Rapist on list of Met's most dangerous sexual predators convicted
Offenders on list of 100 predatory men considered the biggest threat to women and girls in the capital are jailed
'Use more facial recognition tech to protect women from sex predators'
Policing minister Chris Philp says use of technology should be expanded significantly to help protect women and girls from sex predators
London faces 'biggest convergence of threats seen for a long time'
The Commons Home Affairs Select Committee was told that this is "an exceptional period where we have a sense of counter-terrorism risk which is immediate"
Israel sends warning to Hamas as group threatens to kill hostages
The threat came as fierce fighting continued in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis
'Time is up' for rapists as 'progress made' says Justice Secretary
Increase in rapists being prosecuted is sign of 'zero tolerance', Alex Chalk says
Russian spies in 'sustained' cyber attacks on MPs and civil servants
Sources say the attacks were to undermine trust in British politics and had been going on since at least 2015
Police trying to 'demonise' pro-Palestine marches, organisers say
A 'tiny minority' of protesters had committed potential hate or terror offences, organisers told MPs
‘Set targets to reduce the number of women who are killed by men’
The report by campaign group Killed Women was released ahead of a planned protest outside Parliament by victims’ families and supporters
Official rebuke for Mayor’s claim of ‘falling’ knife crime
Office for Statistics Regulation said a mayoral press release was wrong to claim that knife crime in the capital has declined since he took charge of City Hall in 2016
Payments to Rwanda continue after deportation plan ruled unlawful
The Home Office is continuing to pay 'fixed costs' to Rwanda after deal struck, a top civil servant says
Gaza conflict raises risk of terror attacks, says Met terrorism chief
Head of Scotland Yard’s counter-terrorism command warns conflict could lead to more young Londoners becoming radicalised
Net migration hit record level of 745,000 in 2022 - revised estimate
The previous estimate for the year to December 2022 had been 606,000, but the ONS has since revised this upwards
Oligarch 'paid wife £7m to leave London to avoid fraud action'
Billionaire Gennadiy Bogolyubov accused of plundering more than £1.5 billion along with another oligarch
Met appeal to find men who wore Hamas-style headbands on march
Police believe men worn the clothing as a deliberate tactic to make it harder for police to identify them
Historian wins £50,000 prize for book on resistance to the Nazis
Halik Kochanski, who has taught at King’s College and University College London, wins prestigious prize for her work Resistance