Martin Bentham is Home Affairs Editor at the Evening Standard and is based in London
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Former Tory and Labour donor charged with bribing foreign politician
Peter Virdee, 50, allegedly bribed Asot Michael from January 2015 to July 2017 when he was the minister for tourism in Antigua and Barbuda
Police appeal for help to find hate crime suspects on march
The worst of the disorder was inflicted by far-Right extremists taking part in a counter-protest
PM says he'll hold Met chief 'accountable' for allowing Gaza march
Prime Minister set to meet Sir Mark Rowley on Wednesday to discuss the planned pro-Palestinian march
Pro-Palestinian groups face new pleas to call off Armistice Day march
PM says 'sickened' at threats to British Jews as tensions soar over fighting in Gaza
March on Armistice Day ‘increases risk of terror attack'
Stark warning about dangers of allowing Saturday’s planned march to go ahead
Police will use new tactics to arrest hate protesters - Met chief
Sir Mark Rowley says his officers will use 'sharper interventions' to arrest anyone carrying out hate crimes
Spies to target criminals exploiting ‘cloak of invisibility’ online
NCA unveils plan to help law enforcers target organised criminals operating over the internet
Revealed: ‘McMafia’ banker’s wife’s jewellery NCA trying to seize
Full details of Harrods big spender's luxury purchases that law enforcers say were bought with proceeds of crime revealed for first time
‘My nightmare as I pray my mother and brother will be freed’
Ayelet Svatitzky describes how she felt ‘numb’ when told about her oldest brother's death
UN: Gaza death toll ‘unimaginable’ if aid isn’t allowed in
'Gaza has already run out of body bags', the UN has warned
‘They are shouting die Israel’: last text from doomed British mother
Heartbreaking final message of British mother pleading for help released by her family
Disease outbreak warnings as ‘majority’ of Gaza has no running water
The warning comes as hundreds of lorries full of emergency supplies wait in Egypt for a possible opening of the Rafah crossing into Gaza
‘More probation staff needed to ease jails crisis’
A shift away from the use of short sentences is intended to reduce the pressure on prison capacity
‘Two British teenage girls’ among at least 199 hostages held in Gaza
The girls, aged 13 and 16, were kidnapped by terrorists during an attack last weekend, Tzipi Hotovely claimed
Calls increase for aid passage to alleviate suffering in Gaza
UN boss Antonio Guterres said rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access was needed to help stricken civilians inside Gaza
Israel warns its Gaza onslaught ‘is going to be very severe’
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Israel as the state continues to attack Gaza
There’s worse vengeance to come, Israel tells Hamas
The number killed by retaliatory airstrikes in Gaza has risen to 950 while the Israeli death toll is up to 1,200
Israelis pledge ‘no hiding place’ for Hamas terrorists
Ground offensive looms as fears rise over fate of hostages
Israel ‘to unleash ground war within 48 hours’
Forces say they have retaken land near Gaza but there are reports of more kidnappings
Hate crimes against transgender people hit average of 13 a day
Home Office statistics show that 4,732 hate offences targeting transgender people were reported to forces in the 12 months to the end of March