More than 2,000 Metropolitan Police officers were signed off work due to stress, depression, anxiety or PTSD in the past year, reflecting a severe mental health crisis within the force.
Cummings, who has also lived in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, had been in relationships with both women. One woman says she was raped while she was seeing the defendant; the other says she was raped shortly after a relationship ended.
Dozens of women have come forward with allegations of abuse by the late Harrods owner going as far back as 1977, with numbers steadily increasing since the broadcast last year of the BBC documentary Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods.
The 7/7 bombings marked a significant turning point for the Metropolitan Police's counter-terrorism squad, intensifying their focus on responding to terrorist incidents.
A busy road in Thornton Heath has been cordoned off by police following an incident. The cordon, visible at 8pm yesterday, blocked Beulah Road near the junction with Parchmore Road. Police tape ran across the road outside the post office with officers and police cars present.
When they arrested me, they said to me: Joe, is this supported accommodation?' They didn't know. You would think there would be a system in place when they are going to an address to say this is a care setting.
The People's Assembly Against Austerity anticipates a massive turnout for its "No to Austerity 2.0" protest, aimed at sending a strong message to Sir Keir Starmer.