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Fireworks and ammonia used to attack police at cuts protest

26.05.11
Police injured trying to control anti-cuts protesters came under an extraordinary barrage of missiles while being sprayed with ammonia, strangled and head-butted ... more

Peaceful day is priority for Met's royal wedding policing plan

08.04.11
COMMENTARY: Scotland Yard has pledged that 'different rules will be in play' when it comes to policing the royal wedding in three weeks' time. ... more

London's broken windows - a price worth paying

29.03.11
The blame game is under way after the weekend riot. But the capital should be proud to play host to political protest... more

Ring of steel for royal wedding: Met gets new powers to stop violence

28.03.11
Tough new police tactics are to be introduced to tackle violent anarchists plotting to target the royal wedding, it was revealed today... more

The dilemmas of policing large protests

28.03.11
The clean-up operation after Saturday's march has restored normality to the West End, but the retailers whose shops were attacked by rioters are furious... more

Scotland Yard's new strategy to tackle activists: Baseball caps and talk

28.01.11
Scotland Yard reveals it aims to have 'more dialogue' with activists as thousands of demonstrators prepare to march in London tomorrow... more

G20 officer says he didn't mean to mislead MPs

25.01.11
One of the Met's top officers was forced to apologise today for giving false information to MPs about the deployment of undercover officers... more

MPs to quiz Met chief over 'plain-clothes tactics' denial

20.01.11
Senior Met Police commander will be asked to account for the false information he gave MPs when he denied that plain-clothes officers were among the 2009 G20 demonstrations in London... more

Ministers told to come home for vote on student tuition fees

08.12.10
All government ministers ordered back to Britain to take part in tomorrow's crunch tuition fees vote... more

We'll never give in, says student fees protester who's just 12 years old

07.12.10
Boy of 12 taking part in this week’s mass protest over university tuition vows to be on the “front line” of the march... more

Headteacher: I’ll call in police if pupil demo turns violent

29.11.10
Headteacher of a London sixth form has warned parents that he could draft in the police if pupils get out of control during tomorrow’s student protests... more

Student vandals turn second university fees protest violent

24.11.10
Students clash with police as tens of thousands march through London in a second mass protest against tuition fees and university budget cuts... more

'Let pupils protest to stop them walking out of lessons'

23.11.10
Headteachers are being told to allow pupils to protest inside schools to stop them joining a national demonstration against university tuition fee increases... more

Football thugs seized at Heathrow as security is stepped up

10.06.10
Football thug with a conviction for manslaughter and assault has been seized by police at Heathrow after trying to fly to South Africa... more

Met to deploy mobile riot squads when England games are screened

07.06.10
Scotland Yard is to mobilise extra patrols and have riot squads on duty to deal with any outbreaks of alcohol-fuelled disorder in pubs and clubs during the World Cup... more

Scotland Yard unveils ‘toughest ever’ curbs on World Cup thugs

02.06.10
Police launch the toughest ever crackdown on football thugs plotting trouble at the World Cup... more

Yard 'slow to act' on missing ID badges

17.09.09
Scotland Yard chiefs were accused of dragging their feet over disciplining officers for failing to wear identity numbers... more

Sir Paul Stephenson: Officers ‘acted in a professional manner’

26.06.09
Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson praised the Met’s handling of the protests... more

G20 police chief: I saw my officers do nothing wrong

19.05.09
Met chief in charge of policing G20 protests unconcerned by officers' actions... more

Tamil protests cost the Met almost £8 million

19.05.09
Demonstrations by pro-Tamil supporters have cost the country's largest police force almost £8 million, it was revealed... more

City prepares for violence

30.03.09
Thousands of activists from across Europe were converging on London amid growing fears protests will turn violent... more

3,000 police on alert for sand-pit protests to block summit

20.03.09
Thousands of riot police are to tackle G20 protesters who plan to use giant sand pits to bring London to a standstill... more

Wanted: hard core in Israeli embassy riots

22.01.09
Police released images of men wanted for attacking police and smashing shop windows during anti-Israeli demonstrations in London... more

China's thugs and fears over 2012 'gun guards'

08.04.08
The Olympic flame fiasco has ignited a row over foreign security services helping to police the 2012 Olympics, the Evening Standard can reveal... more

Olympic officials and police blame each other over torch relay farce

07.04.08
Olympic officials and the Metropolitan police are locked in a row over who was to blame for the torch relay farce which brought embarrassment to London... more

China envoy 'to quit Olympic torch relay over Tibet demos'

03.04.08
The Chinese ambassador is on the brink of pulling out of the Beijing Olympic torch relay through London... more


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