New powers to track the email, text message, phone and computer activity of every citizen are 'vital' for law enforcement, Britain's top prosecutor warns
Read full article...What is unusual about the Croydon scheme is that what is in effect random surveillance of the streets is being carried out covertly, instead of openly as with normal CCTV
Today's unsettling revelation that children as young as 10 are regularly being stopped and searched by police in London raises questions in all directions - some of which need answering far outside the criminal justice system
Soaring numbers of primary school pupils in London are being searched on suspicion of carrying weapons
Todays's decision that the key plotters behind the 9/11 attacks should face trial in a public court is not only a symbolic and poignant moment for the city’s residents but could prove to be a significant step in the battle to combat Islamic extremism.
Row over London’s top arts job reignited after one of the people responsible for selecting the candidate accused Boris Johnson of turning the process into a 'waste of time'
Trevor Phillips faces fresh pressure to quit as head of the Government's equalities watchdog after a damning assessment of his leadership was submitted to Parliament
Thousands of innocent teenagers will have their DNA kept on the national database into adulthood
New Government plans on the DNA database are an attempt to strike a balance between the needs of crime fighting and the need to protect civil liberties and are based on the most up to date research on offending habits
Ministers vow to press ahead with new powers to retain the email, text message, computer and phone records of every citizen despite warnings that the safeguards against abuse are inadequate
Pressure grows on Government to restrict the use of cautions to deal with thousands of serious offences as the country's chief prosecutor urges a review of out-of-court justice
Detectives hunting Britain's most wanted serial rapist-burglar have obtained more than 2,000 DNA samples from potential suspects in an attempt to end his 19-year crime spree
Number of cyclists killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads soared this spring, latest figures reveal
Judge criticises prosecutors after he was forced to delay seizing the assets of a London crime boss who has flouted justice for seven years
The extraordinary delays which have beset the May case are turning it into one which makes the convoluted Jarndyce and Jarndyce legal epic in Charles Dickens's Bleak House seem like an example of summary justice.
Hopes of a swift recovery from the recession were dashed as City economists warned that Britain is now likely to face a longer battle to restore the country to prosperity
The shock figures on the poor state of the economy today offer good and bad news for consumers
Met under pressure to reverse its decision to begin armed patrols on some London streets
NEW: Armed officers are to go on regular street patrols for the first time in British police history, in a bid to fight London gun gangs
Met accused of 'complacency' over homophobic crime after figures showed an 18 per cent rise in gay hate offences in the capital
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