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Anthony France
Anthony France is Crime Correspondent for the Evening Standard and is based in London
Crime
Sadiq Khan ‘absolutely determined’ to tackle violence in second term
The mayor said: “There are far too many grieving families in our city.”
UK
Police search cafe for body of teen feared killed by Fred West
Gloucestershire Police said they had found evidence that a body could be buried within The Clean Plate café in Southgate Street.
World
Couple move into Europe’s first 3D-printed house - built in five days
“It is beautiful,” said renter Elize Lutz
UK
Radiant Princess Charlotte celebrates sixth birthday in new photo
A new photograph of Charlotte was taken by her mother The Duchess of Cambridge in Norfolk this weekend.
UK
Four children rushed to hospital after eating ‘cannabis-laced’ sweets
The children, aged 12 and 13, were vomiting uncontrollably and falling in and out of consciousness.
News
Shirley Ballas’s home town of Wallasey tops UK property hotspots
One in three properties in the Wirral town sold within a week
Crime
£3.7m dark web drug dealers jailed after using auto ‘bot’ for orders
Their app gave customers regular updates, even apologising for supply issues during the Covid-19 pandemic
Crime
Boy, 17, held at gunpoint by ‘worst of society’ burglars in Stockwell
DC Will Wigzell: “This was an incredibly traumatic experience for the young victim.”
Crime
Ten held as drugs worth £10m seized at north London warehouse
DCI Mark Brookes: “We know there is an inextricable link between drugs, violence and organised crime.”
Crime
Detectives urge anonymous caller to help solve West Ham teen’s murder
The 18-year-old student was stabbed to death in what is believed to be a mistaken identity killing as he walked home from a West Ham game
Crime
Gunman caught on CCTV trying to shoot reveller outside Soho club
Three men have been jailed for the attack