East Area officers working to raise awareness of criminal gangs exploiting young people
Police are appealing for parents and carers of youngsters at risk of being drawn into crime to take action. There are a number of ways in which young people can become vulnerable to exploitation throughout their formative years and officers from the Met’s East Area Command which encompasses Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge are […]
Officers are appealing for information to help locate a man who has been reported missing from Greenhithe
Ben Ludlow is last known to have been in the Swanscombe area at around 6.30pm on Monday 17 May 2021. The 21-year-old is described as being around six feet tall, of medium and with brown hair that is short at the sides and longer on top. When he was last seen, Ben was wearing light […]
Two arrested for theft of vehicle after pursuit in Everton and Anfield
Officers arrested two men in connection with the theft of a motor vehicle in Everton on Saturday, 15 May.At around 5.30am, police were called to reports that a Peugeot van had been stolen from a driveway on Gleave Crescent. The vehicle was located later that morning and was pursued by officers through Anfield for approximately five […]
Appeal: Man Seriously Injured After Being Driven At By Car, Heckmondwike
Police are appealing for witnesses after a man received serious leg injuries after being assaulted in Heckmondwike. Kirklees CID would like to speak to anyone who saw or has information about the incident which took place at approximately 8pm on Friday May 14th on Church Lane in Heckmondwike. It occurred after the victim, a 61-year-old […]
Can you help us locate missing Jade from Basingstoke?
Can you help us find missing Jade Cox from Basingstoke? The 18-year-old left her family home on Abbey Road, Basingstoke, at 6.15am on Thursday 13 May and was last seen that afternoon in Reading Town Centre. We, along with Jade’s family, are growing increasingly concerned for her safety and are now asking the general public […]
The parents of a little boy who died this morning after a suspected gas explosion in Lancashire have paid tribute to their “beautiful little angel”
Police were called to the scene of a blast in Heysham at about 2.40am on Sunday morning. Officers attended and found two houses collapsed with serious damage to a third property. Lancashire Police said the boy, named George Arthur Hinds, aged two years and 10 months, died as a result of the incident. George’s […]
Officers keen to identify potential witness in burglary investigation
Police investigators are keen to speak to a potential witness as part of a burglary investigation. CCTV footage has been obtained from a Premier store in Cromwell Road in Newark at around 4pm on 13 March 2021 showing the suspect and a woman inside. Police are now appealing for that woman to come forward and […]
Appeal to identify man in connection with linked sexual assaults in Southwark
Detectives are appealing for help to identify a man they wish to speak to in relation to a series of sexual assaults in south London in April. On the afternoon of Sunday, 4 April, three women were touched inappropriately, by the same man, in the space of just a few minutes. The incidents took place […]
Harlow Appeal after Westfield disturbance
Police are appealing for further information after a fight in the Westfield area of Harlow last night, Friday 14 May. Police were called just after 6pm to reports that three people, two men and a woman, were assaulting a man using weapons. The victim, who had previously been sat in a van, then left the […]
Detectives appeal for information after suspected stabbing
Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses after man was hospitalised following a suspected stabbing. Police were called to Kilton Road in Worskop at around 7.30pm last night (Friday 14 May) after a man required hospital treatment for injuries consistent with a stabbing. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening or life-altering. Two men, […]
