This week innovators, investors and tech giants come together at London Tech Week to assess the investment, innovation and talent which calls London home. Attendees include visionaries from over 90 countries seeking to apply new tech to solve the world’s…
Continue ReadingCity of London Police: Operation Swipe
Op Swipe is the City of London Police’s operation to deter, detect, apprehend and prevent phone snatching. This proactive approach involves: Visible public messaging – iconic ‘blue plaques’, placed at phone theft hotspots and locations where arrests of phone snatchers have…
Continue ReadingBen Murphy Joins City of London Police Authority Board
This week, the Court of Common Council has elected Councillor Ben Murphy onto the City of London Police Authority Board. The Board’s role is to make sure the City of London Police runs an effective and efficient service by holding the Commissioner to…
Continue ReadingCity of London Police: Phone Snatching Day of Action
The City of London Police is carrying out a day of action today (2nd April) against phone theft, which will include new pavement markings in locations in the City where phone snatching has occurred. As outlined in our Q3 2024…
Continue ReadingBishopsgate: Fatality at Heron Tower
As reported in the Evening Standard, a man died at 2.10pm today, after falling from Heron Tower on Bishopsgate, London. Whilst it would be inappropriate to comment during the course on an ongoing investigation, I wanted to assure residents and…
Continue ReadingBishopsgate: Ward Newsletter – March 2025
I am delighted to share the latest edition of our Bishopsgate Ward Newsletter with you. Your comments and feedback are always appreciated, to help us understand what you would like to know more or less about.
Continue ReadingCity of London: Driving Growth for the Future
Tonight, I attended the City of London Corporation’s Policy and Resources Committee annual dinner at Haberdashers Hall. The Policy and Resources Committee is responsible for the City Corporation’s governance arrangements, recommending its strategic priorities, agreeing policy, allocating overall resources and…
Continue ReadingCity of London Police: ‘Insure our Survival’ Protests : 29th-30th January 2025
The City of London Police are aware of an organised Extinction Rebellion protest taking place in the City of London area on Thursday 30th January 2025. This is linked to the ‘Insure our Survival’ campaign and will be taking place…
Continue ReadingCity of London Police: Webinar On Policing Protests / Activists
The City of London Police are hosting a webinar about policing protests and activities, following an incident on Monday 20th January 2025 in which the activist group ‘Shut The System’ claimed responsibility for interfering with external underground internet/telephony cabling around…
Continue ReadingBishopsgate: Gym Theft Awareness Campaign
The City of London Police observed a seasonal increase in theft from gyms during January to March 2024, largely due to gyms tending to be busier during this period and due to the many offers available for day passes (to…
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