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Tracking calls, texts and emails is vital to fighting crime, says DPP

19.11.09
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... more

Email snooping powers to win go-ahead despite abuse warnings

09.11.09
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... more

'Sink school' that turned into best in the country

02.11.09
Former 'sink school' where 90 per cent of teenagers failed to achieve good GCSEs was named the best in the country... more

Girl led boy to 'merciless' gang murder

04.09.09
Teenage girl who acted as a 'honeytrap' to lure a smitten 16-year-old to his death at the hands of a love rival is to be sentenced... more

Police 'should have held honeytrap killers before'

13.07.09
Two youths involved in the "honey-trap" murder of a teenager should have been arrested months earlier for a previous stabbing... more

‘I phoned son minutes before honeytrap killing’

23.04.09
The mother of stabbed schoolboy Shakilus Townsend told the Old Bailey how she rang her son on his mobile phone minutes before he was killed in a honeytrap... more

Thief used Google Earth in roof raids

21.04.09
A criminal who used Google Earth to zoom in on historic buildings before stripping lead from their roofs has been jailed — weeks after being spared prison by magistrates... more

‘Two-timing girl lured her boyfriend to be killed by rival’

20.04.09
A teenager was lured to his death in a honey trap by his 15-year-old girlfriend, the Old Bailey heard... more

Frankmusic ready to seal the deal

02.04.09
Vincent Frank's supreme confidence on stage suggests he's already decided his debut album will be a hit. He's almost certainly right. ... more

Bus smashes into shop front as driver fights off knife robbers

12.03.09
A double-decker bus carrying dozens of passengers smashed into a car and a shop as its driver fought off two teenage robbers who attacked him with knives as he drove along a busy south London street... more

Woman, 18, kidnapped at laundry

03.03.09
Police have issued an appeal to trace an 18-year-old woman snatched from a launderette and bundled into a car... more

Stations can be frightening late at night, admits minister

18.02.09
A transport minister admitted that waiting for a train late at night in London in a poorly lit and unmanned stations can be a "frightening experience"... more

Manhunt after 'Tarantino-style' murder of students

03.07.08
Detectives have launched a massive manhunt after the "Tarantino-style" murder of two French students in London... more

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