CRESSIDA DICK

British authorities have quashed plans to prosecute protesters who attended a vigil for a murdered woman during the country's pandemic lockdown.

The British government says veteran counterterrorism police officer Mark Rowley will be the new chief of London’s troubled Metropolitan Police.

The Labour leader urged Boris Johnson to quit over a police inquiry, but is now himself being investigated.

A British court has ruled that London police acted unlawfully when they used coronavirus restrictions to prevent a vigil in memory of a murdered woman.

Cressida Dick was supposed to be a pioneering reformer, but she couldn’t overcome the culture of the force.

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Cressida Dick said she is resigning after a string of controversies that undermined public confidence in London's Metropolitan Police and prompted a falling out between her and the capital's mayor.

Five things you need to know about the coronavirus pandemic this Tuesday evening.

After weeks of damning allegations of boozy gatherings at Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official residence, police have changed tack and decided to investigate.

Met Police Commissioner Cressida Dick says the force will look into "potential breaches of Covid-19 regulations".

The “partygate” scandal that threatens to derail U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s administration has deepened as police opened an investigation into gatherings at government offices that allegedly violated COVID-19 lockdown rules.

Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said Tuesday that the police will investigate alleged parties held at Downing Street and Whitehall due to an apparent breach of Covid-19 rules.

The force says it will consider investigation if the civil service inquiry points to potential criminal offences.

Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were found dead in bushes in Fryent Country Park in Wembley Park, northwest London, last year.

The mother of the women said police actions suggested signs of "racial profiling, misogyny or classism."

Police in Britain’s capital are desperately trying to regain the trust of women after revelations about how a serving officer used his position to abduct, rape and murder a young woman, taking the unprecedented step of advising women and girls how to protect themselves during interactions with police.

Dame Cressida Dick says she recognises a "bond of trust has been damaged" after facing calls to resign.

The British government says the country's most senior police officer will stay in her job for another two years.

London’s top police official says the city’s police department is reviewing its files but not opening an investigation of Britain’s Prince Andrew.

Kashif Mahmood seized hundreds of thousands of pounds for a crime gang controlled from Dubai.

London — British lawmakers allowed a controversial new policing bill to proceed on Tuesday evening, legislation critics say would curtail the public's right to protest. The man accused of killing Everard is a serving police officer. Demonstrators gathered outside the House of Commons as Parliament was debating, chanting "kill the bill." Speaking to protesters, Ngozi Fulani, who runs the domestic violence charity Sistah Space, says: “This is for Sarah and for every other woman. Police detain a woman as people gather at a memorial site in Clapham Common Bandstand, following the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard.

Patel said that "some of the footage circulating online from the vigil in Clapham is upsetting" and said she had asked the Metropolitan Police for a "full report on what happened" at the vigil. In a statement, Khan echoed her call, saying that "scenes arising from the policing of the vigil were completely unacceptable." Everard, a marketing executive, was last seen on March 3 walking home from a friend's house in south London. Women came together to mourn Sarah Everard - they should have been able to do so peacefully. Police detain a woman as people gather at a memorial site in Clapham Common Bandstand, following the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard.

Patel said that "some of the footage circulating online from the vigil in Clapham is upsetting" and said she had asked the Metropolitan Police for a "full report on what happened" at the vigil. In a statement, Khan echoed her call, saying that "scenes arising from the policing of the vigil were completely unacceptable." Everard, a marketing executive, was last seen on March 3 walking home from a friend's house in south London. Women came together to mourn Sarah Everard - they should have been able to do so peacefully. Police detain a woman as people gather at a memorial site in Clapham Common Bandstand, following the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard.

A week after Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle dropped their televised bombshells about the rest of the royal family, the British tabloids are by and large continuing to back Harry’s grandma, dad, brother and sister-in-law. To be sure, the homicide case hasn’t entirely pushed the House of Windsor out of the British press. Among the tidbits of wisdom: Harry’s dad, Prince Charles, is deeply upset, and the verbal brickbats threaten the future of the British monarchy. AdvertisementThe British tabloids have in recent days sought to painstakingly pick apart each of Meghan’s key accusations. And with that come increasing questions about what role the monarchy should play in British society going forward.

But the vigil ended with clashes between police and those attending, and many questioned whether the police force was too heavy-handed. Home Secretary Priti Patel said scenes from the vigil in south London were “upsetting." AdPolice were seen scuffling with some women at the event, and one woman was seen pinned to the ground by two officers. Everard, a marketing executive, was last seen walking home from a friend’s apartment in south London at about 10:30 p.m. on March 3. Her body was found hidden in an area of woodland in Kent, more than 50 miles southeast of London, on Wednesday.

A missing sign outside Poynders Court on the A205 in Clapham, London Wednesday March 10, 2021 during the continuing search for Sarah Everard who has been missing for a week. The 33-year-old disappeared on Wednesday March 3 after leaving a friend's house in Clapham, south London, and began walking to her home in Brixton. The Met Police have said that a serving diplomatic protection officer is being held over the disappearance of Sarah Everard. The fate of Sarah Everard is all the more shocking because the suspect charged Friday with abducting and killing her is a U.K. police officer whose job was protecting politicians and diplomats. London police arrested a member of the force's Parliamentary and Diplomatic Protection Command on Tuesday as a suspect in the case.

LONDON – London police arrested a man Friday on suspicion of murdering an officer inside a police station nearly two months ago. Matiu Ratana, 54, was shot at Croydon Custody Center in south London in the early hours of Sept. 25 by a handcuffed suspect. Ratana, a hugely popular officer, was taken to hospital but later died from his wounds. The officer is the 17th from the London force to be killed by a firearm since 1945. Before Ratana, the last London police officer killed in the line of duty was Constable Keith Palmer, who was stabbed to death in March 2017 during a vehicle and knife attack outside Parliament.

A police officer stands outside Croydon Custody Centre where a police officer was shot in the early hours of Friday, Sept. 25, 2020, in Croydon, England. A British police officer has been shot dead inside a London police station while detaining a suspect. Londons Metropolitan Police force said the officer was shot at the Croydon Custody Center in the south of the city early Friday. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)LONDON – A British police officer was shot dead inside a London police station early Friday by a suspect he was detaining, who then appears to have turned the gun on himself. The officer is the 17th from the London force to be killed by a firearm since 1945.

A US police officer has been charged with the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)BERLIN After a day of anti-racism protests across Europe, Berlin police said 93 people were detained in connection with a demonstration in the German capital most of them after the main rally had ended. More anti-racism demonstrations were planned for Sunday across the U.K., including one outside the U.S. Embassy, just south of the River Thames. At least 15,000 people had rallied peacefully in Berlin on Saturday in response to the May 25 death of American George Floyd, which has triggered global protests against racism and police brutality. ___Follow all AP stories about global anti-racism protests and government reactions at https://apnews.com/GeorgeFloyd.