Crime

Published: 02 October '2025. The English Chronicle Desk Scotland Yard has once again come under the spotlight after a BBC Panorama undercover investigation revealed alarming evidence of racism, Islamophobia, and misogyny within the Metropolitan Police Service, this time centered on Charing Cross police station. Despite previous efforts and reports aimed at reforming the culture within the Met, the documentary indicates that systemic problems persist, raising serious questions about leadership, accountability,...

Published: 01 October '2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A group of imprisoned opposition leaders in Georgia has written to the United Kingdom’s foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, raising alarms over what they describe as a growing and unprecedented influence of Iran within the country’s ruling party, Georgian Dream. The letter, composed from prisons in Rustavi—a city situated approximately 20 kilometers southeast of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi—paints a...

Published: 29 September '2025. The English Chronicle Desk Thames Valley Police have launched a public appeal for witnesses following a shocking sexual assault in Banbury, Oxfordshire, where a woman in her 30s was raped by a group of men in the churchyard of St Mary’s Church and its surrounding town centre. The attack, which occurred in the early hours of a Sunday morning, has sent ripples of concern throughout the...

Published: 29 September '2025. The English Chronicle Desk The Metropolitan Police is exploring potential reforms that could require its officers to disclose membership in the Freemasons, a move prompted by concerns over conflicts of interest and the potential impact such affiliations could have on investigations, promotions, and disciplinary matters within the force. The consultation forms part of a broader review into the Metropolitan Police’s declarable associations policy, which currently requires...

Published: 28 September '2025. the English Chronicle Desk A recent investigation into far-right networks on Facebook has revealed that these online communities are acting as significant drivers of radicalisation in the United Kingdom, exposing hundreds of thousands of users to extremist narratives and racist misinformation. The Guardian-led probe, which analysed months of data, suggests that otherwise ordinary members of the public, many of them older adults and retirees, are running...

Published: 26 September 2025. The English Chronicle Desk In a sweeping cross-border operation coordinated by Interpol and funded by the United Kingdom, law enforcement agencies across 14 African countries have arrested more than 260 suspects linked to a surge in online sextortion and romance scams. The sting, conducted between July and August, has been described as one of the largest cybercrime crackdowns on the continent to date, targeting sophisticated criminal...

Published: 26 September 2025, The English Chronicle Desk The UK government is moving to introduce powers that would allow probation officers to photograph, name, and publicly identify individuals completing unpaid community sentences in England and Wales. The sentencing bill, currently progressing through Parliament, would give legal authority for the first time to publish the names and images of offenders ordered by courts to undertake work such as clearing litter, scrubbing...

Published: 25 September 2025. The English Chronicle Desk Fear is a fundamental survival mechanism, deeply rooted in human evolution. It alerts us to danger, triggers the fight-or-flight response, and keeps us alive. Yet, for a very small number of people, fear is a sensation they never experience. How do these individuals navigate a world designed around caution and risk? Jordy Cernik, a British man, offers a remarkable example. He had...

Published: 25 September 2025. The English Chronicle Desk Buenos Aires has been shaken by one of the most disturbing crimes in recent memory after three young women were brutally raped, tortured, and murdered in what authorities have described as a “narco act of revenge.” The killings, reportedly ordered by a drug gang leader, were not only carried out in shocking fashion but were also broadcast live on a closed group...

Published: 22 September '2025. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A teenager is fighting for his life after being shot outside Wembley Stadium in northwest London in the early hours of Sunday morning. The Metropolitan Police confirmed that officers were called to Atlantic Crescent at around 5:30am following reports of a shooting. Upon arrival, they discovered an 18-year-old male suffering from a gunshot injury. The victim was immediately...