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Tokyo named world's safest city - while London only comes 20th
The Safe Cities Index 2017 from The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Tokyo at the top while UK and US cities stayed out of the top 10.
British Transport Police bans white men from recruitment workshop
British Transport Police (BTP) has been accused of discrimination after white men were barred from workshops in Manchester, Birmingham and London for aspiring applicants.
Gang hunted after vicious attack outside Fabric nightclub left man with permanent damage
Unprovoked attack left the man with serious facial injuries, as well as permanent damage to his retina.
Notorious moped gang who targeted George Osborne and 100 others in 16-day rampage is jailed
A London moped gang that carried out more than 100 crimes across Camden, Westminster, Islington, and Kensington and Chelsea over a 16-day period have been jailed for 18 years.
Woman falls to her death inside St Paul's Cathedral
The woman was thought to be visiting the popular tourist attraction when she fell from the Whispering Gallery.
Revealed: The happiest place to live in London
Richmond upon Thames is hailed as the happiest place to live in London, according to an annual poll from online property firm Rightmove.
Kings Road stabbing: 16-year-old boy knifed on high street in west London
The stabbing victim was taken to hospital, where he was undergoing surgery, a spokesperson for Met Police said. No arrests have been made.
Six machete-wielding robbers raid jewellery store and pile onto single moped to escape
London police are hunting a for a gang of six robbers who raided the Mappin & Webb jewellery store in Regent Street before making off on a single moped.
London National History Museum crash suspect 'released under investigation'
Despite mounting speculation, police later confirmed that the incident was not terror related, instead describing it as a road traffic collision.
Woman arrested after climbing gates of Buckingham Palace
A woman in her 30s' was arrested as she tried to scale the gates at Buckingham Palace. Police said the incident is not terror-related.
Euston station evacuated as security alert sparks 'stampede'
British Transport police confirmed there was nothing suspicious to report at London's Euston Station after passengers were ordered to clear the platforms.
Taxi ploughs into crowds at London's Natural History Museum
Multiple people injured on Exhibition Road in London, home of the Natural History Museum and Science Museum after a car hits pedestrians. Police have detained one man.
Child drug dealers recruited to carve out lucrative, new markets in rural England
Big city gangs are increasingly operating "country lines", sending young recruits into the provinces to take over the local drug scene.
Ex-private schoolboy 'raped 8-out-of-10 drunk city worker after her all-day brandy and wine binge'
The alleged victim had been drinking in London all day before she met William Paton in a London bar, a court heard. The woman alleges she awoke to find Paton having sex with her.
91-year-old woman threatened police officers with a meat cleaver and cosh in south London
Police and a doctor were called to a house in London Lane, Bromley, after the pensioner began acting strangely. When they got their, she was wielding the cosh and meat cleaver.
London October Tube strike cancelled following fresh talks
Tube drivers were due to walk out at midnight on 5 October to begin staging a 24-hour protest over working conditions. Aslef report that has now changed.
Scared passengers force open train door to evacuate after man reads out Bible passages
British Transport Police said no arrests were made.
Uber British boss quits amid battle with regulator for key London licence
The taxi- hailing firm's UK head leaves as new global boss Dara Khosrowshahi flies to London this week to hold talks with Transport for London over its licence in the capital.
'Knifeman' arrested in London's Oxford Street in front of horrified weekend shoppers
No injuries were reported, according to a Met Police spokesman.
Cottager stole date's trousers at knife-point then ran away after they had sex in a London park
Pair met at Northwood Recreation Ground after chatting online.
Uber boss jets into capital for crunch talks with TfL over London licence
New head Dara Khosrowshahi has vowed to change the tainted corporate culture of the ride-hailing firm.
Pensioner fighting for life after suffering broken back in vicious street robbery
Ahmet Dobran, 82, who walks with a cane, was beaten to the ground by three men, who stole jewellery and a watch.
We trial some Uber alternatives so you don't have to
Navigating the city can be a challenge so IBTimes UK test rides your next go-to taxi service.
Met Police officer charged with six counts of rape, including attack on 15-year-old girl
PC Adam Provan allegedly attacked a 20-year-old woman and two teenage girls.
We'll all be exploited like Uber drivers unless we fight back against the 'gig economy'
The ongoing squabble about regulating the consumer side of firms like Uber is only half of the story.
Angry racist screamed at Jews on their way to synagogue 'we will wipe you out'
Glenn Okafor, 32, approached members of the Jewish community marking the Sabbath day in London.
Second biggest ever diamond sold for $53m to Graff's of London
Graff Diamonds bought the Lesedi La Rona diamond from Canada-based Lucara Diamond earlier this week.
Satanic murderer faces life after he knifed fiancée to death telling her to drink his blood
Ivan Griffin, 24, stabbed to death Sabrina Mullings, 38, in her flat in Upper Norwood, south London.
London burglar attacked pensioners with acid in their homes and mother outside her daughter's school
Gerard Whelan went on a crime spree in Illford that left several people with life-changing injures.
Benedict Cumberbatch reveals how fans stalled The Child In Time filming
"Running outside into a busy street and people were like, 'Can I have a selfie?" Cumberbatch said.